<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I am the Alpha and the Omega,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the Lord God &#8211; the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come &#8211; the All-Powerful!<n id="2" />p>

Now<n id="1" /> I heard the angel of the waters saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You are just<n id="2" /> &#8211; the one who is and who was,p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One &#8211; because you have passed these judgments,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">From John,<n id="1" /> to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia:<n id="2" /> Grace and peace to you<n id="3" /> from &#8220;he who is,&#8221;<n id="4" /> and who was, and who is still to come,<n id="5" /> and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,

with these words:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the one who is and who was,p> <p class="poetry">because you have taken your great powerp> <p class="poetry">and begun to reign.<n id="3" />p>

and will go out to deceive<n id="1" /> the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog,<n id="2" /> to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.<n id="3" />

Each one of the four living creatures had six wings<n id="1" /> and was full of eyes all around and inside.<n id="2" /> They never rest day or night, saying:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;<i><b>Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerfulb>,i><n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Who was and who is, and who is still to come!&#8221;p>

The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss<n id="1" /> and then go to destruction. The<n id="2" /> inhabitants of the earth &#8211; all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world &#8211; will be astounded when they see that<n id="3" /> the beast was, and is not, but is to come.