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Adventistische Schriften über: "What special feature does the beast in Revelation 17 have, and what does the abyss mean?"
Answer
The beast in Revelation 17 is characterized by the contradiction "was and is not"; it is the eighth, which comes from the seven, rises out of the abyss and goes to destruction. The abyss denotes a state completely alien to God, in which the concerned powers have no place in heaven before they enter destruction.
The special feature of the beast in Revelation 17
»The beast that you saw was and is not; and will come up from the abyss and go to destruction… The beast that was and is not, itself is the eighth and is from the seven, and goes to destruction.«
The meaning of the abyss
»They rise up from the abyss; for they are alien to God and have no place in heaven; they go to destruction.«
Original Sources (English)
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