What happens to someone who lives under the total control of old Adam?
A person who lives under the total control of old Adam and passes off the scene having done nothing different experiences death—not merely physical death but spiritual death. The context points to Revelation’s second death, over which believers in the first resurrection have no power.
Les explains that this is the end result of a person who lives under the total control of old Adam and passes off the scene having done nothing different: death is the result, not only physical but spiritual. Les clarifies that Paul is not just talking about dying physically; he is talking about spiritual death. Turning to Revelation chapter 20, Les points to the second death. There, the rest of the dead—the lost who have not experienced resurrection—do not live again until the thousand years are finished, when the great white throne comes about. The first resurrection is only believers, from Adam clear down to the end of the tribulation, and the second death has no power over them.