Psalms 87:6
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The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
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Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy— all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”