Is Your Name "in the Book of Life"? - RESURRECTIONS TO LIFE AND JUDGMENT

 The righteous, who did good things before their death, will receive "a resurrection of life" because  their names will already be written in the book of life.  This means that the resurrection of "those who did good thigs"described at John 5:29 is the same as "the resurrection of the righteous" mentioned at Acts 24:15.  This  understanding is in harmony with the statement made at Romans 6:7,  which says: "The ones who has died has been acquitted from his sin." The sins committed by these righteous ones were canceled at death, but their record of faithfulness remains.  (Hebrews 6:10) Of course, these righteous resurrected ones will need to remain faithful in order for their names to remain in the book of life. 

What about those who practiced vile things before they died?  Although their sins were canceled at death, they have not established a record of faithfulness.  They do not have teir names written in the book of life. Hence, the resurrection of "of those who practiced vile things" is the same as the resurrection of judgment." The unrighteous will be judged in the sense that they are judged worthy of having their names written in the book of life. Only if these unrightous ones reject their former wicked course of life and dedicate themselves to Jehovah can they have their names written in the book of life.

Whether they were previously righteous or unrighteous, resurrected ones will need to obey the laws found in the new scrolls that will be opened durign the 1,000 years. The apostle John describes what he saw in vision: "I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened.  But another scroll was opened; it is the scroll of life.  The dead were judged out of those things written in the scrolls according to their deeds." - REVELATION 20:12, 13.

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