Book of Life
Divine record book
The Book of Life is a divine record, appearing in Jewish and Christian scripture, containing the names of those destined for salvation or eternal life.
To be written in the Book of Life is to be among the righteous; to be blotted out is to face judgment.
The concept appears in Revelation and the Hebrew Bible, and has entered broader usage for any definitive registry of the worthy.
- divine judgmentDeity's moral verdict
- heavenly courtDivine realm's ruling body
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
Yom Kippur · spiritual renewal · clean slate · machzor · Rosh Hashanah · redemption · gates of heaven · shofar · Jewish ethics · inscription · Jewish customs · divine mercy · final judgment · new beginnings · paradise · Revelation · grace · fate
- Afterlife Judgmentscales of justice, judgment day, final judgment, Osiris, Anubis
- Biblical Afterlifeheaven, paradise, Hades, Gehenna, lake of fire
- heavenly rewardscrown of glory, heavenly inheritance, kingdom of God, paradise, golden crown
- High HolidaysRosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, High Holy Days, shofar, machzor
- TishreiRosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, High Holy Days, shofar
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem, heavenly city
Book of LifeBook of the Dead
Egyptian afterlife guidebook
lake of fire · second death · eternal damnation · hell · damnation
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