Revelation 3:5 Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. "He that overcometh," etc. This is one of the promises which Christ made to him that overcometh, whether he was any one of the ministers or members of this church, or of any other church of saints, or any particular Christian whosoever, that did or shall repent of his cooling, decaying, and backsliding condition, and be watchful, and so recover and overcome the world, Satan, and sin; and also overcome the beast, and get victory over his image, his name, his mark, and the number of his name, "the same shall be clothed in white raiment", that is as before, he shall have communion with Christ; and be arrayed like the bride in fine linen, clean and white. \ Though they had defiled their garments with their defection and decaying, being ready to die, yet they should recover and wash their robes, and make them white in the blood of the Lamb, and so shall walk with him in white, or shall be clothed in white raiment; "and I will not blot out his name out of the book of Life" By "the book of life," is meant, First, the decree of Gods election. \ Whole names are in the book of life, that is, in the record or decree of election. Secondly, Christ’ s record or memorial of those that the Father hath given to him before the foundation of the world, which is called the Lamb’ s Book of Life. \ Thirdly, the gospel and new covenant of grace, according to which, every one that liveth under that dispensation, shall be judged at the last day (Compare Romans 2:16 with Revelation 20:12). Now Christ promising him that overcomes, that he "will not blot out his name out of the book of life," doth mean, that he will not put his name out of his memorial, but bear his name upon his breast-plate among the names of all the Israel of God, as a perpetual memorial before the Father, as one of the election of grace, whom the Father gave unto him before the foundation of the world; and he shall be judged at the last day according to the gospel, and new covenant of the grace of God, whose name is written in the book of life. "But I will confess his name before my Father, and before his Angels". To wit, in the day of judgment Jesus Christ will own him that overcometh, and acknowledge him before God his Father, and before all his holy angels: That he is one of the election of grace, whom God the Father gave unto his Son Jesus Christ, for whom Christ laid down his life; and hath promised him eternal life. \ In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, promised before the world began. \ And this is the promise which he hath promised us, even eternal life;\ And this is the Record, that is to say, The Holy Scripture is the book of record that God hath given us, (namely, who believe) eternal Life; and this life is in his Son, and that he that hath the Son hath this life.