Where does an unbeliever wait before the great white throne judgment?
The unbeliever waits in death and hell, which is the place of the unbeliever who has died, awaiting the great white throne judgment. They are waiting for their resurrection out of hell, only to be judged and then cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death.
Les teaches that death and hell is the place of the unbeliever who has died, and there they wait for the great white throne judgment. They are waiting for their resurrection out of hell, only to go to something far worse, the lake of fire. The text says the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them, so they can be judged every man according to their works. Those who had been occupying hell will be cast into the lake of fire. This comprises the second death, physical death and now the spiritual. Les also defines death as separation: for the physical, it is the separation of the spirit from the body; in the spirit realm, death is separation from God for an eternal separation. He notes the difference between hell and the lake of fire.