Revelation
Prophetic visions of the end times
βThe one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.β
β Revelation 3:5
This is part of a letter from Jesus Christ, through John the Apostle, to the church in Sardis in the late 1st century AD. Sardis had a reputation for being spiritually alive but was actually spiritually dead, living in complacency. The original audience would have understood "white garments" as symbols of purity and victory, and the "book of life" as God's eternal record, making Jesus' promise of confessing their names before God a profound assurance of salvation and honor.
βThe warning to the church in Sardis that Jesus 'will come like a thief' if they do not repent refers to the general event of the rapture for all believers.β
Is this actually in the Bible, or just something people believe?