~ was and is not ~ 66_REV_17_08  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. #, 66_REV_17_08  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. #, 66_REV_17_11  And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. #,