Christians: Book of revelations?

Some Jewish and Christian traditions speak of a "Book of Death" in which all the names of hell-bound sinners are supposedly recorded along with their sinful deeds. It's described as a counterpart to the "Book of Life." A few Jewish traditions also speak of a "middle state" (kind of a like a purgatory) to which souls go if they are neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked.

"And out of the middle state of the future judgment (see Testament of Abraham, A, xiv.) there arose the idea of a third class of men who are no longer held in suspense. (Benonim, the middle), and of a corresponding third book for this all." (quoted from Wikipedia) Jews also believe that the Torah was created in heaven before God revealed it to Moses. Muslims believe the same about the Qur'an existing in heaven before being given to Muhammad.

So the Books of Life, Death and the Middle State, along with the Torah, account for four of the seven books in Jewish tradition. I'm not sure how to account for the remaining three. I know that "seven" is a special number in the Abrahamic religions (e.g. seven heavens).

It may be that the Jewish Kabbalists taught that each of the seven heavens has its own book, but I'm afraid I'm no expert in that.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.

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