<P> In the Hebrew Bible the Book of Life - the book or muster - roll of God - records forever all people considered righteous before God . God has such a book , and to be blotted out of it signifies death . It is with reference to the Book of Life that the holy remnant is spoken of as being written unto life in Jerusalem ; compare also Ezekiel ix. 4 , where one of the six heavenly envoys `` who had the scribe 's inkhorn upon his loins '' is told to mark the righteous for life , while the remainder of the inhabitants of Jerusalem are doomed . The Psalmist likewise speaks of the Book of Life in which only the names of the righteous are written `` and from which the unrighteous are blotted out '' . Even the tears of men are recorded in this Book of God . `` Every one that shall be found written in the book ... shall awake to everlasting life '' . This book is probably identical with the `` Book of Remembrance '' in which are recorded the deeds of those that fear the Lord . </P>
who is written in the book of life
all people considered righteous before God