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NASB | Revelation 20:14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 20:14 Then death and Hades [the realm of the dead] were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire [the eternal separation from God]. [Matt 25:41; 1 Cor 15:26] |
Bible Question: What happens to death and Hades in the lake of fire and why? |
Bible Answer: Cephas, here's a few sources on Rev. 20:14... Nelson's NKJV Study Bible.. "Death and Hades refers not only to dying, but to existence beyond the grave (Rev. 1:18; 6:8). The picture here is of all intermediate abodes of human bodies giving them up to God's judgment. While unbelieving humanity is judged according to its works, Death and Hades, the Lord's final enemy (see 1 Cor. 15:26), is also destroyed by being cast into the lake of fire. The second death is spiritual and eternal, the just punishment of the wicked. The first death is physical dying. Both are included in the overall meaning of the death that came upon the human race because of Adam and Eve's sin (see Gen. 2:16,17; 3:1-19; Rom. 5:12)." The MacArthur Study Bible (NKJV) comments on Rev. 1:18, "Death and Hades are essentially synonyms, but death is the condition and Hades, equivalent to the OT Sheol, the place of the dead." The Oxford Annotated RSV states, "Death and Hades (the temporary abode of the dead) are personified." Matthew Henry's Commentary on this verse states, "All those who have made a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell, shall then be condemned with their infernal confederates, cast with them into the lake of fire, as not being entitled to eternal life, according to the rules laid down in the scripture..." Hope this helps.. -Nolan |