Reference

Revelation 20:14

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
12

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Fire Imagery
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Annihilation / Destruction
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This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)
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Eternal Conscious Torment
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Sheol / The Grave
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Judgment at Resurrection
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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Counter-Arguments

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Two Resurrections

The verse describes the fate of "death and hell" and mentions a "second death," but it does not describe or explicitly distinguish two separate resurrection stages or events.

Fire Imagery

There is no argument that this verse does not support the theme, as it explicitly mentions "lake of fire" in a context of judgment.

Annihilation / Destruction

The verse states that "death and hell were cast into the lake of fire," which could be interpreted as the destruction of concepts or states rather than the annihilation of individual wicked beings.

Timing of Judgment

The verse describes the ultimate fate of "death and hell" and explicitly calls it "the second death," but it does not provide any temporal markers or context that would allow one to determine its timing relative to the millennium.

Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)

This verse explicitly mentions the "lake of fire" and identifies it as the "second death," which is a clear reference to a place or state of punishment distinct from the general grave (Sheol/Hades).

Eternal Conscious Torment

The verse states that "death and hell were cast into the lake of fire," and that this is "the second death." This phrasing could be interpreted as the *annihilation* or *cessation* of death and hell themselves, rather than the conscious torment of individuals within them, implying an end to their existence rather than their suffering.

Sheol / The Grave

The verse describes "death and hell" being cast into the lake of fire, which is an active judgment upon these entities, not a description of the state or destination of the dead. The focus is on the destruction of death and hell, not on the grave itself.

Judgment at Resurrection

The verse describes the ultimate fate of "death and hell" and calls it the "second death," but it does not explicitly mention a resurrection or the timing of a judgment in relation to one.