“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”
Revelation 17:8 KJV
The wild beast you saw once was, now is not, and is destined to ascend out of the deep and go to destruction. All those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will be utterly astonished when they see the wild beast because he once was, now is not, and is about to rise. The brutal beast that John saw is a “has been” from the beginning - it indeed has no real existence - yet it seems to make a “come back” as if emerging out of the abyss, only to dissolve again into perdition. Meanwhile the minds of those blinded by their earthbound perceptions, continue to be mesmerised by its apparent relevance. They are the ones whose identities are not based upon the Lamb’s Book of Life. They do not yet see that their original identity was redeemed in the Lamb. The Gospel is the power of God to salvation. Amen!
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