The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 1 Chronicles 1:1-4,
"Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah. The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
The book of 1st Chronicles begins with a genealogy. The section documents a brief outline of the generations from Adam to Noah. It is brief in that it highlights only a few of the people that lived during that period. Perhaps the reason not all are listed is that the intent is not to list all who lived but just those that support the purpose of the book.
I am reminded of other books that we read about in the Bible that will have a complete accounting. These are books that have no human authorship involved and are maintained in heaven itself. We read of such books in the account of the upcoming great white throne judgment that we read of in Revelation 20:11-15,
"Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire."
We are speaking of very important books here. Our destination in eternity, whether it be heaven or hell, is determined by the presence of our name in a book called the "book of life". "Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire."
"Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah. The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
The book of 1st Chronicles begins with a genealogy. The section documents a brief outline of the generations from Adam to Noah. It is brief in that it highlights only a few of the people that lived during that period. Perhaps the reason not all are listed is that the intent is not to list all who lived but just those that support the purpose of the book.
I am reminded of other books that we read about in the Bible that will have a complete accounting. These are books that have no human authorship involved and are maintained in heaven itself. We read of such books in the account of the upcoming great white throne judgment that we read of in Revelation 20:11-15,
"Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire."
We are speaking of very important books here. Our destination in eternity, whether it be heaven or hell, is determined by the presence of our name in a book called the "book of life". "Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire."
Other books present at the judgment record the deeds of all. The accounts documented in those books provide for the judgment coming to each individual "The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books."
Just as generations are documented in 1st Chronicles, so other books document other things. In Revelation 20 our very lives are documented, specifically the things we have done.
Records are kept, documentation is made, and nothing gets past the Lord, as he will exercise precision judgment of us. "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Hebrews 4:13.
How wonderful I have the Lord Jesus Christ as my advocate. He himself will be the judge of every individual who has ever lived, and as astonishing as it is, he himself has paid the penalty for those sins he would otherwise hold against us. That is what the cross of Jesus Christ is all about. All he asks of us is to embrace him in faith!
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