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1 Chronicles 16:27

A Question for Both Sides

January 01st, 1970 | Category: Salvation

In reading over an old Bible study I had preapred for a men’s group on Revelation, man I need to get off of this horse ;), I came across two verses that we discussed at length. I made little notes for it so that these verses could be a good point of debate. So I have one question, for both sides of the issue.

For the Non-Calvinist, how would you interpret Revelation 13:8Open Link in New Window and 17:8, they are parallels of each other.

Revelation 13:8Open Link in New Window, “and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain.”
Revelation 17:8Open Link in New Window, “And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.”

For Calvinists, how would you interpret this verse in Revelation 3:5Open Link in New Window,

The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life.

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2 Comments so far

  1. michael October 7th, 2006 6:29 pm

    When I preach on the first two texts, I’m a Calvanist. When I preach on the third, I’m Arminian. Inconsistent? Not if consistency is measured by faithfulness to the text. When I stand before the Lord Jesus, in whom these apparent tensions are resolved, I would rather be regarded as faithful to His word than discover that I had twisted the Scriptures to maintain perfect logical consistency. To paraphrase Karl Barth: the church of Jesus Christ is not the daughter of Aristotle.

  2. Hank October 13th, 2006 9:39 am

    That was my point. I wrote that post at masstheology.com and I wanted to see if a person was going to be more true to the text or their systems. That’s why I wrote my comments on 2 Peter 3:9Open Link in New Window and John 3:16Open Link in New Window. I like what Piper said, and I paraphrase, if the text sounds Arminian, let it sound Arminian. If the text sounds Calvinist, let it sound Calvinist.

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