
Originally Posted by
LucySmith
"The second death IS death and hell cast into the lake of fire."
Therefore we have exactly the same meaning either way it is stated.
What is the second death?
It is the first death and hell cast into the lake of fire!
"Our God is a consuming fire."
This fact is extremely IMPORTANT.
The second death is not merely the lake of fire.
Nor is the second death men being tortured forever in the lake of fire.
The Holy Spirit has made it very simple and plain.
The second death is the first death and hell CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
That is the Holy Spirit's definition, not mine.
Can we now open the eyes of our understanding to see that everything cast into the lake of fire pertains to DEATH?
Death itself is cast into the lake of fire.
Hell, the realm of the dead, is cast into the lake of fire.
And those whose names are not written in the Book of Life, i.e. those who are dead, in trespasses and in sins, who inhabit hell, are cast into the lake of fire.
That is the end of death and hell and sin and sinners, for God shall destroy the whole realm of death in the lake of fire.
He shall burn up hell in the lake of fire,
He shall destroy death in the lake of fire, and
He shall consume sin in the lake of fire.
The time is coming, praise His name! God's Kingdom shall rule over all and God Himself shall be All-in-all.
There shall be neither sin, nor sinners, nor death, nor hell.
It is clear that God does not destroy men in the lake of fire, nowhere does it say that, for that would be a contradiction of terms.
How can you destroy death by creating death?
How can you abolish death by bringing men under the power of eternal death from which there is no escape?
Oh, no, it is not men who are destroyed in the lake of fire -- it is sin and death and hell that are destroyed. "
Thus, the lake of fire is nothing more nor less than THE DEATH OF DEATH!