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Is Your Name Written in the Book of Life?
Posted in Book of Life, tagged Book of Life, Prayer for Rosh HaShanah, Rosh HaShanah on September 23, 2025|
Understanding the Link Between Rosh HaShanah and the Book of Life
Posted in Book of Life, New Testament, Old Testament, tagged Book of Life, Prayer for Rosh HaShanah, Rosh HaShanah on September 23, 2025|
One of the prayers I came across for Rosh HaShanah goes like this: “Remember us for life, O King Who desires life, and inscribe us in the Book of Life for Your sake, O Living G-d”
I find this intriguing in light of the New Testament teaching on the Book of Life and those whose names will be found therein. For example, in Revelation 3:5, we read “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.” This is Jesus who is speaking here. He is making it clear that He, Jesus, is the one who determines whose name is in the Book of Life.
In Revelation 20:12, John tells us “I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.”
Revelation 20:15 confirms the importance of the Book of Life stating that “anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
In speaking of the new Jerusalem, in Revelation 21:27, John tells us “there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”
The interesting thing about the Book of Life in the New Testament is that it is linked to Jesus. Jesus is the judge and only those whose names are listed in the Book of Life with be with Jesus in the new Jerusalem.
Father God, maker of heaven and earth. Hear the prayers of our Jewish brethren this Rosh HaShanah and cause their names to be forever written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. May they come to know Jesus, the Christ and enter into the atonement provided by His shed blood on the cross of Calvary.
Understanding Rosh HaShanah: Significance and Traditions
Posted in Bible, Leviticus, Old Testament, tagged Feast of Trumpets, Leviticus 23, Rosh HaShanah on September 22, 2025|
Rosh HaShanah (Feast of Trumpets) is one of the 7 holidays instituted by God which were intended to be times to meet with God. It was NOT one of the feasts during which Jewish males were required to go to Jerusalem. Rosh HaShanah marks the beginning of the Civil New Year on the Jewish calendar. The 10 days of repentance that follow and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) make up the High Holy Days for Jewish people.
Prior to Rosh HaShanah, the shofar (ram’s horn) is blown to call people to repentance and to remind them that it is time for the holy days.
In Leviticus chapter 23, the LORD spoke to Moses regarding this feast day saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.’
The Jewish tradition teaches that God writes every person’s words, deeds and thoughts in the Book of Life, and He opens it and examines it on Rosh HaShanah. Jewish tradition further holds that if an individual’s good deeds outnumber sinful ones for the year, that person’s name will be inscribed in the book for another year on Yom Kippur. As a result, during Rosh HaShanah and the 10 days of repentance following it, people can repent and do good deeds to increase the likelihood that their names will be written in the Book of Life the following year.
Many Christians believe that Rosh HaShanah along with the other 2 fall holidays (Day of Atonement and Feast of Booths) will be fulfilled at the second coming of Christ.
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