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1 | Death | Rev 20:14 | Morant61 | 7769 | ||
Greetings Cepas! I was reading this thread, and I noticed that the word "destroyed" suddenly appeared. I was wondering where did you get it from? The text of Rev. 20:13-15 makes it clear that Death and Hades both refer to a state of existence. In vs. 13, these abodes of the dead give up the dead that are in them for judgement. So in verse 14, it is the people who are in Death and Hades that are thrown into the Lake of Fire, not the abodes themselves. This is made clear in verse 15, where we are informed that anyone who is not listed in the Book of Life is thrown into the Lake of Fire. However, none of these verses says that anyone or anything is destroyed. Tim Moran |
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2 | Death | Rev 20:14 | Cephas | 7771 | ||
Tim. Thanks for your response.I used the word destroyed because this was an inference. My KJV begins Rev 20:15 "And whosoever etc...".This is conjunctive to v14 which refers to death and Hades-not their contents.My reading is that both abodes and their inhabitants end up in the lake. |
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3 | Why Destroyed? | Rev 20:14 | Morant61 | 7772 | ||
Greetings Cepas! Thanks for the quick response! Verse 14 could definitely refer to the abode as well as their inhabitants. My question would be though: How does an abode get thrown in the Lake of Fire? The easiest answer seems to be that they are personifications. Thus, references to them refer to the individuals within them. But I could be wrong! The main point though concerns the word "destroyed." I think (though I can't realy speak for anyone else) that many of the responders to your original post think that you are fishing for a preconceived answer (i.e. - that people in the Lake of Fire are destroyed, and not tormented for eternity.) So I ask directly, why do you make the inference that Death and Hades are destroyed? Thanks, Tim Moran |
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4 | Why Destroyed? | Rev 20:14 | Cephas | 7778 | ||
Tim.Thanks again for your response.I don't know about death being a person, but it is hard to see that Hades could possibly qualify as such.I inferred that death and Hades were destroyed because it did not make sense that they would be tormented forever.What did Hades do wrong? Torturing a house forever seems a tad daft to me. | ||||||