Revelation 20
Proof scriptures · 2
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field…
Isaiah 27:1
…the LORD… shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Revelation 20:1
1. "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Proof scriptures · 12
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead… and have the keys of hell and of death.
Colossians 2:15
Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Matthew 12:29
How can one enter into a strong man’s house… except he first bind the strong man?
John 12:31-33
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Hebrews 2:14
That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.
Luke 10:18
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Genesis 3:1-15
The serpent’s first appearance and prophecy of ultimate defeat (the seed will crush the serpent’s head).
Isaiah 24:21-22
They shall be gathered together… and shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
Isaiah 27:1
The Lord… shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent… the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 61:1
…He hath sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.
Matthew 27:52-53
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Proof scriptures · 14
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Psalm 110:2
The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Hebrews 2:14
That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.
Colossians 2:15
Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
2 Peter 3:8
One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead… and have the keys of hell and of death.
Revelation 3:7
Jesus Has the Key of David
Revelation 3:9
Synagogue of Satan (the corrupted old temple system)
Revelation 12:9
The casting down of Satan
Revelation 12:12
He hath but a short time
Revelation 19:20
Final defeat of the beast and false prophet
Ephesians 4:9
He descended to the lower parts.
Isaiah 24:21-22
…the LORD shall punish… the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
Revelation 20:3
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should set a seal upon him, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Proof scriptures · 21
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Isaiah 24:21-22
The LORD shall punish… the kings of the earth… and they shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
Colossians 2:14-15
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances… nailing it to his cross… triumphing over them in it.
Revelation 5:1-5
Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?… the Lion of the tribe of Judah… hath prevailed.
Revelation 4:1
A door was opened in heaven.
John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead… and have the keys of hell and of death.
Isaiah 22:22
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder… he shall shut, and none shall open; and he shall open, and none shall shut.
Zechariah 3:9
…I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Isaiah 25:8-9
He will swallow up death in victory… and it shall be said in that day…
Ephesians 4:8-10
He descended first… that He might fill all things.
Luke 11:21-22
The stronger One strips the strong man.
Matthew 27:51
the veil torn.
Revelation 3:10
the hour of temptation… to try them.
Revelation 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints…
John 5:43
receiving another in his own name.
Matthew 28:12-13
the tomb cover-up story.
1 John 2:22
the liar denies that Jesus is the Christ.
John 20:17
spoken by Jesus to Mary Magdalene after the resurrection: “Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Daniel 7:9-10
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit… the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Daniel 7:22
…judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Proof scriptures · 20
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Daniel 7:9-10, 22, 27
Thrones were set… judgment was given to the saints of the most High.
Hebrews 11:39-40
These all… received not the promise… that they without us should not be made perfect.
Matthew 27:52-53
The graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints… arose after his resurrection.
Ephesians 2:6
Hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Revelation 1:6
Hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father.
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection.
Daniel 7:9-10, 18, 22, 27
Thrones set in place; the saints possess the kingdom and reign.
Psalm 49:14-15
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning… God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave.
Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live…
1 Corinthians 6:2
Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?
John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus...
Hebrews 9:26-28
But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself... so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many…
Revelation 6:9-10
...the souls of them that were slain for the word of God...
Revelation 18:24
...in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints…
Romans 5:17
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:8
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death…
Revelation 20:5
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Proof scriptures · 34
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
John 5:24-25
He that heareth my word… is passed from death unto life… the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God.
Ephesians 2:1, 5
You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins… even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ.
John 7:39
The Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.
Romans 6:4-5
We also should walk in newness of life… we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.
Colossians 2:12-13
Ye are risen with him through the faith… you, being dead in your sins, hath he quickened together with him.
Revelation 20:4
They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Psalm 90:4
A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday…
2 Peter 3:6
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.” (Reference to Noah)
2 Peter 3:10
The day of the Lord will come as a thief…” echoes Matthew 24:43 and 1 Thessalonians 5:2, which both find fulfillment in the judgment at the Cross and destruction of Jerusalem (70 AD).
Hebrews 10:12-14
...this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down…
John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Ephesians 2:1
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.
1 Corinthians 15:42-44
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption… It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:51-53
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed… and this mortal must put on immortality.
Philippians 3:21
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body…
John 20:26-27
Then came Jesus… the doors being shut… and saith to Thomas… thrust it into my side.
Romans 8:11
He… shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Romans 8:23
…waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
John 11:25-26
I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Romans 6:4
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Ephesians 2:5-6
...even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ... and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Revelation 20:14
Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire: this is the second death.
John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 5:28-29
The hour is coming... and they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
We shall be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye... at the last trump…
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed... taking vengeance... shall be punished with everlasting destruction.
Revelation 20:11-15
I saw a great white throne... the dead were judged... according to their works…
Matthew 25:31-46
When the Son of Man shall come in his glory... separates the sheep from the goats…
Acts 17:31
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained…
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened…
Hebrews 9:27-28
...it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment…
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Proof scriptures · 10
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Psalm 84:10
A day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
Revelation 1:6
Hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father.
Ephesians 2:5-6
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ… and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Revelation 2:11
He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Hebrews 4:9-10
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God… he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Revelation 20:4
They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Romans 8:11
...shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit...
Revelation 1:5-6
Unto him that loved us… and hath made us kings and priests unto God…
Romans 5:17
...they which receive abundance of grace… shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Revelation 20:7
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison
Proof scriptures · 12
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 20:3
Set a seal upon him… till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Matthew 28:12-13
The chief priests… gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away.
John 20:17
Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.
Acts 1:9-11
He was taken up… while they beheld, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Acts 2:1-4
When the day of Pentecost was fully come… there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind.
Revelation 12:12
The devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Genesis 19:24
Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed with fire and brimstone.
Isaiah 66:24
The fate of the wicked: “their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched.
Matthew 28:13
Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away...
2 Thessalonians 2:7
...only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
Ezekiel 38:2-4
…set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog… I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws…
Revelation 20:8
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Proof scriptures · 21
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Ezekiel 38:2-4
Set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog… I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws.
Matthew 7:13-14
Wide is the gate… many there be which go in thereat.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
The working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders.
Revelation 12:17
The dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed.
Revelation 20:3
After that he must be loosed a little season.
Revelation 20:9
Fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Revelation 12:9
…the devil… which deceiveth the whole world…
Revelation 20:3, 8
…that he should deceive the nations no more… and shall go out to deceive the nations…
John 8:44
Jesus calls him “the father of lies” deception is his nature and method.
2 Corinthians 11:14-15
…Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light… his ministers also… as ministers of righteousness…
Matthew 4:5-6
Satan quotes Scripture to Jesus during temptation, twisting its context to promote a lie.
Genesis 3:1-5
In Eden, he uses partial truth (“God knows…”) to lead Adam and Eve into rebellion.
2 Corinthians 4:4
…the god of this world hath blinded the minds… lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ… should shine unto them.
Galatians 1:6-9
Any “other gospel” even if it uses Scripture is cursed.
1 John 2:22
The antichrist spirit denies Jesus as the Jesus, not always outright, but by replacing Him with a distorted version.
1 John 2:18
...even now are there many antichrists...
Psalm 2:1-3
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Revelation 20:7-9
Ezekiel 38:22
…I will rain upon him… fire, and brimstone.
Genesis 19:24
…the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven.
Revelation 20:9
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them
Proof scriptures · 10
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Acts 2:1-4
When the day of Pentecost was fully come… there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind… cloven tongues like as of fire.
Zechariah 2:5
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about.
Matthew 16:18
The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Ezekiel 38:22
I will rain upon him… fire and brimstone.
Revelation 20:8
To gather them together to battle.
Revelation 19:20
The beast… and the false prophet… cast alive into a lake of fire.
Revelation 21:2
...the holy city, new Jerusalem, prepared as a bride...
Isaiah 30:33
Tophet is ordained of old… the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Daniel 7:11
…the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Revelation 20:10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. and when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed…"
Proof scriptures · 11
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 19:20
The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet… These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Matthew 25:41
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Isaiah 30:33
Tophet is ordained of old… the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Daniel 7:11
The beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Revelation 20:14
Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Revelation 21:8
Their part shall be in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 20:7
Satan loosed: This focuses on the spirit of opposition being allowed to operate for a “little season” after the thousand years (the day of the cross).
Isaiah 14:15-16
...thou shalt be brought down to hell...” (symbolic of Jesus victory)
Daniel 7:9-10
The thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow…
Psalm 97:5
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Proof scriptures · 16
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Daniel 7:9-10
The thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit… the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Psalm 97:5
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD.
Revelation 21:1
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.
Hebrews 12:27
This word… signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken… that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
John 5:22
The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.
Revelation 20:12
The dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened.
Psalm 102:25-27
The heavens… shall perish, but thou shalt endure…
Isaiah 51:6
The heavens shall vanish away like smoke…
Psalm 89:14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
John 5:27
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Revelation 5:6
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
John 3:18
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Romans 14:10
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Daniel 7:10
…the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Malachi 3:16
…a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD…
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Proof scriptures · 14
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Daniel 7:10
The judgment was set, and the books were opened.
John 5:22
The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.
Romans 14:10-12
We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ… every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh… I will not blot out his name out of the book of life.
Revelation 13:8
Whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
John 3:18
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already.
Exodus 32:32-33
The “book” where names of the righteous are written.
Psalm 62:12
Thou renderest to every man according to his work.
2 Corinthians 5:10
...we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ...
John 12:48
...the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him...
Revelation 5:5
...the Lion of the tribe of Juda... hath prevailed to open the book…
Isaiah 26:19
…the earth shall cast out the dead.
Ezekiel 37:12
…I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves…
Revelation 20:13
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Proof scriptures · 11
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise…
Ezekiel 37:12
I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves…
John 5:28-29
The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth…
Revelation 20:11
I saw a great white throne… the earth and the heaven fled away.
1 Peter 4:5-6
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. For this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead…
Revelation 20:12
The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
1 Peter 4:6
...the gospel preached also to them that are dead...
Romans 14:10-12
...every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Hosea 13:14
…O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction…
Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death in victory…
Revelation 20:14
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Proof scriptures · 26
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 21:8
Their part shall be in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
1 Corinthians 15:26
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Hosea 13:14
O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction.
Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death in victory.
Revelation 20:6
On such the second death hath no power.
Revelation 19:20
The beast… and the false prophet… cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Daniel 12:2
Some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Revelation 2:11
He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Isaiah 66:24
...the worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched…
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians 2:1
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.
John 5:24
…is passed from death unto life.
Luke 16:23
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments…” (describes conscious separation).
Psalm 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Revelation 1:18
Jesus holds “the keys of hell and of death,” showing these are spiritual dominions He has conquered.
2 Thessalonians 1:9
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord…
Matthew 25:41
…Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.
Malachi 4:1
…all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up…
Luke 17:21
The kingdom of God is within you.
Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is… righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
John 14:2-3
Jesus prepares a place, not merely a location, but an eternal dwelling with Him.
Luke 23:43
To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
2 Corinthians 12:4
Paul was “caught up into paradise.
Revelation 2:7
…to him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Proof scriptures · 7
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 13:8
Whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 21:27
There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth… but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Philippians 4:3
Whose names are in the book of life.
John 3:36
He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Revelation 20:14
Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh… I will not blot out his name out of the book of life.