The book does not unseal events. That is your misconception of the process. John shows the state of the book throughout the book of Revelation. No one could open the Lamb's book of life other than the Lamb. As the Lamb was opening each Seal, an event did occur on earth, because John was told to come and see, look towards earth, for that event.
You claim the scroll had to be unrolled or an event would not take place.
I claim that no name can be removed from the Lamb's book of life until it is opened all the way. It was sealed from before creation.
Moses talked about the same book when he wanted to blot out his own name.
How can a name be removed if the book is still Sealed?
"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
Are you going to state God purposely did not redeem some people, but never placed their name in the book that was sealed?
"And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals."
Are you claiming that it was just the words of the events that happened? This book, you deny is the Lambs book of life, is not just the prophecy of a future. It is the names of all the redeemed. Why do you think God needs to have a book sealed that describes events. It said words were written in the book, not events.
Things on earth do start falling apart when each Seal is opened. But the words in the book are not the events themselves.
You are taking a literal book and turning it into a mere symbol of a prophetic nature.
I gave verses and examples, and yet you have not shown any thing from Scripture, but only complaining I don't have proof, and you are the one with all the insight.
Since God already knew Jesus would die on the Cross, He placed every one into this book of life and sealed it with 7 Seals before creation. No one since the beginning has been found worthy to open it.
"And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon."
Do you think this book in chapter 5 just suddenly appeared seconds before the Seals were opened? If no one could even look upon it, how did John know it was there?
"And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals."
Did John see this book in the first century. Or can John only see the book like the rest in heaven, only when it was about to be opened?
When exactly are names removed from this book since they are not found there, later on in the book of Revelation?
Now you claim there is another book with names of those redeemed, not the Lambs Book of life, which indicates people are redeemed? Is God constantly entering removing, entering the same names over and over depending on people's choices of each day?
The Lamb's book of life is not a book of Remembrance. It has been Sealed since the beginning of creation. Because no one has ever, since the beginning, even had a chance to look at it, much less open it. Moses knew about the names written down, that could be removed. Which book was he referring to?
Did you not get John's point that the book of Revelation was about unsealing this book and removing names from the book? Was it all the other events like a forest that got in the way of the actual event?
Where in Scripture does it state that God keeps future events locked up in a book? Sounds like something a human would imagine, unless you have Scripture to back up that claim. At what point does John stop talking about one book and then talks about the Book only pertaining to the Lamb? Because the narrative is only about the Lamb's book of life and who stays and who gets removed. Also, please provide Scripture that God is constantly editing the Lamb's book of life, because God did not choose to redeem the whole world, but left it up to daily decisions of sinful humans whether they wanted in or out.
Well for all this language- you did not once show where a saints name appears in the book sealed with 7 seals.
But let us look at the two books you allege are the Lambs Book of Life and show me where they are teh same based on what Scripture says and not reasoning says.
Revelation 6
King James Version
6 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
this is what the bible says happens when each of the seals are opened. Not one mention of saints going into New Jerusalem anywhere.
Now the one book the Bible specifically calls the Lambs Book of Life:
27 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.
So show how these two books are one and the same baseds on Scripture.
I claim that no name can be removed from the Lamb's book of life until it is opened all the way. It was sealed from before creation.
Moses talked about the same book when he wanted to blot out his own name.
No name can be reomved from teh Lambs Book Period!!
It is your claim and not the bible that says so.
Also you need to know there is a difference between the book of life (more correctly rendered the book of the living) and the Lambs Book of Life!
