Books

As every individual lives his life, he or she is "writing a book". The book contains every thought and every action generated by thought in the individual's entire life. This is what is referred to in Rev.20:12 as "......and BOOKS were opened"and,"......the dead were judged out of the things written in the BOOKS according to their works." Works are those things carried out through/by the soul/body in accordance with thought.

Note that these individuals are/were "dead" who were judged according to their works as revealed in the "books". This judgment has already been completed in the Spirit realm and is being carried out in the time dimension, present day continuous, by showing itself in the physical bodies of those "dead" so judged. The "dead" are "dead in trespasses and sins". They are the "dead" Jesus referred to when He said,"let the dead bury their dead."