The Beast That You Saw Was And Is Not

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The rest of verse 6 talks about how He ‘marveled’ at the sight of this woman: Marveled means something that causes wonder. Verse 8: “The beast that you saw was, and is not” I don’t really understand this, maybe when it’s saying something along the lines of: “even though this person was once not the beast, but now is.” I believe that this was the point that the Angle is trying to make. the rest of verse 8 explains (not in specific detail) about the plan of the beast, and how a lot of people will ‘marvel’ at the beast and his plans, scripture says: “The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit[b] and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from