Revelation 17:8 meaning and explanation
The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
Revelation 17:8, Berean Standard Bible
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The angel is explaining John's vision of the woman on the scarlet beast. The beast "was, and is not, and yet will be," a parody of God's own title as the one who is and was and is to come.
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