"The beastthat you sawwas, and is not, and is aboutto comeup out of the abyssand goto destruction.And thosewho dwellon the earth,whosenamehas not been writtenin the bookof lifefrom the foundationof the world,will wonderwhen they seethe beast,that he was and is not and will come.
May they be blottedout of the bookof lifeAnd may they not be recordedwith the righteous.
"He will pitchthe tentsof his royalpavilionbetweenthe seasand the beautifulHolyMountain;yet he will cometo his end,and noonewill helphim.
"ThenI keptlookingbecauseof the soundof the boastfulwordswhichthe hornwas speaking;I keptlookinguntilthe beastwas slain,and its bodywas destroyedand givento the burningfire.
But the courtwill sit[for judgment], and his dominionwill be takenaway,annihilatedand destroyedforever.
"And fourgreatbeastswere comingup from the sea,differentfrom oneanother.
"AfterthisI keptlookingin the nightvisions,and behold,a fourthbeast,dreadfuland terrifyingand extremelystrong;and it had largeironteeth.It devouredand crushedand trampleddownthe remainderwith its feet;and it was differentfrom allthe beaststhat were beforeit, and it had tenhorns.
"Thenthe Kingwill sayto thoseon His right,'Come,you who are blessedof My Father,inheritthe kingdompreparedfor you from the foundationof the world.
"Neverthelessdo not rejoicein this,that the spiritsare subjectto you, but rejoicethat your namesare recordedin heaven."
They were imploringHim not to commandthem to go awayinto the abyss.
"Father,I desirethat they also,whomYou have givenMe, be with Me whereI am,sothat they may seeMy glorywhichYou have givenMe, for You lovedMe beforethe foundationof the world.
SAYSTHE LORD,WHO MAKESTHESE THINGSKNOWNFROM LONG AGO.
justas He choseus in Him beforethe foundationof the world,that we would be holyand blamelessbeforeHim. In love
in the hopeof eternallife,whichGod,who cannot lie,promisedlong agesago,
For He was foreknownbeforethe foundationof the world,but has appearedin theselasttimesfor the sakeof you
Whenthey have finishedtheir testimony,the beastthat comesup out of the abysswill makewarwith them, and overcomethem and killthem.
"The beastwhichwas and is not, is himselfalsoan eighthand is [one] of the seven,and he goesto destruction.
with whomthe kingsof the earthcommitted [acts of] immorality,and thosewho dwellon the earthwere made drunkwith the wineof her immorality."
And the devilwho deceivedthem was throwninto the lakeof fireand brimstone,wherethe beastand the false prophetare also;and they will be tormenteddayand nightforeverand ever.
And I sawthe dead,the greatand the small,standingbeforethe throne,and bookswere opened;and anotherbookwas opened,whichis [the book] of life;and the deadwere judgedfrom the things which were writtenin the books,accordingto their deeds.
And ifanyone'sname was not foundwrittenin the bookof life,he was throwninto the lakeof fire.
Becauseyou have keptthe wordof My perseverance,I alsowill keepyou from the hourof testing,that [hour] which is aboutto comeupon the wholeworld,to testthosewho dwellon the earth.
He who overcomeswill thusbe clothedin whitegarments;and I will not erasehis namefrom the bookof life,and I will confesshis namebeforeMy Fatherand beforeHis angels.
