14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

A. The ultimate end of all things is here. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:26) All have been raised from the dead. Death ends. All have been raised to eternal life or eternal separation from God.

B. Hades (the temporary abode of the departed spirits) has been emptied. Hades ends.

C. God has finished with them and they are thrown into the lake of fire.

D. The lake of fire is the second death. Death means separation. Spiritual death is separation from God. (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)

E. Christians do not have to fear this second death. We have already died twice. We died to sin in baptism. Then we died to this physical body. There is no fear of the second death for faithful Christians.

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