REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Forty One - The End of Death and Hades

 Next, John describes something truly wonderful: "And death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire.  This means the second death, the lake of fire. Furthermore, whoever was not found written in the book of life was hurled into the lake of fire." (Revelation 20:14, 15) By the end of the millennial Judgment Day, "death and Hades" are completely removed. Why does this  involve a thousand years?  Hades, the common grave of all mankind, is emptied when the last one in God's memory is resurrected. But as long as any humans are tainted by inherited sin, Adamic death is still with them. All those resurrected on earth, as well as the great crowd that survives Armageddon, will need to obey what is written in the scrolls until  Jesus' ransom merit has been applied in fully removing sicknesss, old age, and other inherited disabilities.  Then Adamic death  along with Hades, is "hurled into the lake of fire."  They will be gone forever!

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