As a spiritual-futurist, I have a BA degree majoring in history. One cannot know the future without knowing the past which holds clues to what is on the horizon. The world is in such a rapid expansion of knowledge that we are close to entering a tipping point that will forever change earth as we know it.
If there is a symbolic-methphorical- and non-literal book in the New Testament, it has to be the book of Revelation. It rivals the book of Daniel in the Old Testament for symbolism and those two books are the fundamentalist and end times folks favorite book- bar none! However, I simply want to address one minor point- the so-called Lamb's book of life.
>Revelation 21:27 says only those whose names are in the BOOK OF LIFE can enter into heaven.
>Revelation 20:12 reads, "I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
>Revelation 20:15 says, "Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Of course this is a metaphor or hyperbole. How BIG would such a book be anyway? What language would it be written in? Obviously this is just another of those DUALITY principles that tells us who is IN and who is OUT. If it existed it should be called the "Book of Meritocracy": but it does not exist- literally.
If is so good to know that there's no need for such a book because we are ALL in it. God is unconditional love and we were ALL sent into the world with a two way ticket. We're going back home and our Creator knows ALL who were sent. After all, we were created by the Creator- whatever you choose to call God.
God is LOVE! And I Cor. 13 reminds us all that "LOVE DOES NOT KEEP A RECORD". So, what's the need for a book? :-)
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