REVELATION—NOTE ON Revelation 13:8 written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. Before creation and by grace alone, God chose individuals to be redeemed by Christ’s death (see Ephesians 1:4; and note on Eph. 1:11). God’s book of life appears in Exodus 32:32; Daniel 12:1; Luke 10:20; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:15. The parallel expression in Revelation 17:8 shows that “before the foundation of the world” refers to “written” rather than to “slain.”

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