God’s main book, of course, is the Bible. Divinely inspired and transcribed by men on two separate continents over thousands of years, the Bible gives us instructions in 66 books on how to live according to God’s will: it contains the history of creation and God’s chosen people Israel, Jesus’ life and ministry and the history of the early Church; and it tells us about what will happen in the end times and the final end of all mankind. Jesus Himself is the Word, and the Word became flesh and walked among mankind.
In the Bible itself, four different kinds of books are mentioned. The first book is the book of the Law. This is the two tablets with the Ten Commandments. You will see the book of the Law referred to in the Old Testament as the Testimony, and you can find the Testimony referred to in many verses in the book of Exodus, especially in the verses that reference the ark. The Testimony (the tablets of the Ten Commandments) was placed in the ark. The book of the Law is also referred to in Deuteronomy 28:58, Deuteronomy 30:10, Deuteronomy 31:26 and Joshua 1:8.
The second book is the Book of the Covenant. It contained all of the civil and health laws God gave to Moses in the desert for the people to live by. The first reference to the Book of the Covenant can be found in Exodus 24:7. In 2 Kings 23 and 2 Chronicles 34:30, King Josiah read the Book of the Covenant to all the people so that they would live for the Lord once again.
Every person who has ever lived has a book in God’s library. Each book contains everything a person ever did, whether good or bad. The first mention of this book is in Psalms 56:8, where David says, “My tears are in your book.” In Psalm 139:16, David says that all of his days were written in God's book even before he (David) was born. Those people who were not resurrected at the first resurrection will be raised at the second resurrection, and at the Great White Throne judgment, everyone's books are opened and they are judged according to what is written in their book.
The other book mentioned in the Bible is the Book of Life, which is sometimes referred to as the Lamb’s Book of Life (see Revelation 21:27). The Book of Life contains the names of those who have repented of their sins and trusted in Jesus for their salvation. The first mention of this book (although indirectly) in the Bible is in Exodus 32:32. Moses goes up on the mountain to ask God to forgive Israel for their sin of worshiping the golden calf but if God wouldn't forgive Israel, then God should blot Moses out of His book. God replies that anyone who has sinned against Him will be blotted out of His book. Paul refers to the Book of Life in Philippians 4:3. You can find many references to the Book of Life in the book of Revelations.
If your name is written in the Book of Life, you will live with Jesus for all eternity. Dear reader, is your name written in the Book of Life? If your name is not written in the Book of Life at the time of the Great White Throne judgment, you will be thrown into the lake of fire to suffer for all eternity (see Revelation 20:15). If you don't want to spend eternity in the lake of fire, please repent of your sins and put your trust in Jesus for salvation. Read the Bible, God's main book, and learn about Jesus and about how God wants you to live.
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