Revelation 17:8
8 The beast that you saw pwas, and is not, and qis about to rise from rthe bottomless pit1 and sgo to destruction. And tthe dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in uthe book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because pit was and is not and is to come.
Revelation 11:17
17 saying,
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
vwho is and who was,
for you have taken your great power
and wbegun to reign.
