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== Karma in the Book of Revelation == | == Karma in the Book of Revelation == | ||
The apostle John wrote in Revelation 20:12, “The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” The books referred to here are each man’s own book of life in which are inscribed the recordings of his works—his positive and negative karma. Revelation 20:13 repeats the statement that the dead were judged “every man according to their works,” i.e., their karma. | The [[John the Beloved|apostle John]] wrote in [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] 20:12, “The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” The books referred to here are each man’s own book of life in which are inscribed the recordings of his works—his positive and negative karma. Revelation 20:13 repeats the statement that the dead were judged “every man according to their works,” i.e., their karma. | ||
Nowhere in Revelation do we read that these violators of Christ’s love are saved by a last-minute, death-bed confession of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Rather, as James reminds us, “faith without works is dead.”<ref>James 2:20, 26.</ref> | Nowhere in Revelation do we read that these violators of Christ’s love are saved by a last-minute, death-bed confession of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Rather, as James reminds us, “faith without works is dead.”<ref>James 2:20, 26.</ref> | ||