The Lamb's Book of Life

    I don't remember where I got this eraser but it is about 8 inches long and an inch and a half wide.  It has written on it, "For Big Mistakes."  It is supposed to be humorous and there are probably some things  I would like to erase, but can't.  While my record keeping is average, it is not perfect and I don't remember all that I should remember.  I do know some people who are into "journaling."  They are able to keep track of every event that takes place in a certain day and then keeps them in books, sometimes similar to a daily diary.  There is One Who is keeping the best set of records and that is God Himself.   Revelation 21:27 says, " And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life."   
        There are a number of places in the Scriptures where the Book of Life is mentioned.  It is a single book which has in it the name of each individual that is born into the family of God.  We would say that they have been saved or born again or that they have received the precious gift of salvation.  So, this single book contains the names of the saved that will eventually be in the Holy City for all eternity.  Since God is the greatest Book Keeper, He also has another "set" of books in which are written every deed that we have ever done or ever even thought of doing.  There is no getting around it that it is the best set of record books ever written.  Not only are your deeds there but your very thoughts are also present.  At the Great White Throne Judgment, all of the books will be open.  Revelation 20:12 reminds us, "And 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."  God is fair and the Book of life is opened even at the Great White Throne Judgment as if to show that the name of the person being judged is not present.  He then turns to the "books" that have written in them everything that you ever did.  the good and the bad are there, but of course, our good deeds have absolutely no merit for salvation and the name of the individuals present at this judgment were never written in the Lamb's Book of Life.  Once your name is written there, it will never be erased, no matter how big an eraser there might be.  The question that we must settle in this life is whether our name is in the Lamb's Book of Life or not.  If it is not, then the individual standing before God will be judged out of the "Books."  If it is in the Book of Life, then the door swings open wide and you enter into the eternal  presence with God in heaven in the Holy city as described in the closing chapters of the Book of Revelation.  Praise God that He is Faithful and True.