Revelation 20:14, The Death of Hell, Part I of II
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
//Few Christians are aware of this verse, and fewer still know what to make of it. John’s famous apocalypse, the book of Revelation, promises here that hell will one day be destroyed. All of the evil people down there will be emptied out and tossed into a flaming lake of fire, and then hell itself will be tossed into the flames.
Wait. Isn’t the lake of fire down in hell to start with? How can hell be disposed of in the lake?
Answer: This isn’t hell that Revelation is talking about, it’s Sheol, the underworld where the souls of men descend after death to await punishment or reward. And neither is the lake of fire part of hell. It’s just a place to dispose of evil fellows, to kill them a second time. “This is the second death,” today’s verse explains, after they have been brought up from Sheol.
It’s absolutely amazing to me what people think Revelation says. There’s no hell in that book at all. More about this topic tomorrow.
//Few Christians are aware of this verse, and fewer still know what to make of it. John’s famous apocalypse, the book of Revelation, promises here that hell will one day be destroyed. All of the evil people down there will be emptied out and tossed into a flaming lake of fire, and then hell itself will be tossed into the flames.
Wait. Isn’t the lake of fire down in hell to start with? How can hell be disposed of in the lake?
Answer: This isn’t hell that Revelation is talking about, it’s Sheol, the underworld where the souls of men descend after death to await punishment or reward. And neither is the lake of fire part of hell. It’s just a place to dispose of evil fellows, to kill them a second time. “This is the second death,” today’s verse explains, after they have been brought up from Sheol.
It’s absolutely amazing to me what people think Revelation says. There’s no hell in that book at all. More about this topic tomorrow.
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