What is the second death in Revelation 20?
The second death is the casting into the lake of fire, where death and hell are cast, signifying the lost's spiritual separation from God and eternal doom. Unbelievers are resurrected at the Great White Throne and receive a body fit for the lake of fire.
Les explains that Revelation 20:14 describes death and hell being cast into the lake of fire, and this is the second death. The lost have already died physically, but now they experience their spiritual lostness—their separation from God. This occurs after the thousand-year separation between the two resurrections. The resurrection of the just takes place before the Kingdom begins, while the resurrection of the unjust occurs after the thousand years are finished. At the Great White Throne, the lost of all the ages are resurrected and then go to their eternal doom. Unbelievers are resurrected with a body fit for their eternal residence, the lake of fire, even as believers will have a body prepared for eternal bliss.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
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What does Revelation 20:14-15 say happens to death, hell, and people not in the book of life?
According to Revelation 20:14-15, death and hell are cast into the lake of fire—this is the second death—and everyone who is not found written in the book of life is also cast into the lake of fire.