Rev 13:8, 17:8 | PNT | STEP | And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him . All except the true and faithful saints, hidden in obscurity but known above and recorded in the book of life, shall give him homage.

Revelation of John 13:8

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him. All except the true and faithful saints, hidden in obscurity but known above and recorded in the book of life, shall give him homage.

Revelation of John 17:8

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not. See notes on Re 13:1-10. The beast that existed then, when John wrote, was to receive a deadly wound, and to appear again in a new form.

They . . . whose name were not written in the book of life. Are not of God's spiritual children.

From the foundation of the world. The meaning of this expression is to be sought in Re 13:8. Their names were written in the book of life which had existed from the time referred to in Re 13:8, when the plan of redemption was prepared in the counsels of God.