This is just a side note concerning who the beast will be...John writes....
The beast that
Was
Is Not
Shall ascend out of the bottomless pit
When John writes Revelation he uses the above verbiage which is
Past tense <--was
Is Not <--present tense when he is writing
Will Ascend out of bottomless pit<--yet future tense when he pens Revelation
Someone who was alive, dead in the bottomless pit and allowed to ascend out of the pit.
What is it is Judas?
Not saying it is, just always though how he was and is a devil....and for sure a few thousand years in hell would evolve his hate for the one who "Failed him"......
Just a point to ponder.....not saying I believe the above, just something interesting