Rev 17:8 | EE | STEP | This animal was once alive, but it is not alive now. Soon it will come up out of the deep hole again but then God will destroy it completely. This will surprise many people who live on the earth. They are the people whose names are not written in God’s book of life from the beginning of the world. They know that the animal was alive once. And they know that it is not alive now. So, when it appears again, it will really surprise them.

Revelation of John 17:8

8 This animal was once alive, but it is not alive now. Soon it will come up out of the deep hole again but then God will destroy it completely. ^{▼▼17:8 We read about this deep hole in Revelation 9:1,2.} This will surprise many people who live on the earth. They are the people whose names are not written in God’s book of life from the beginning of the world. They know that the animal was alive once. And they know that it is not alive now. So, when it appears again, it will really surprise them.