Death is personified in Revelation. And death is *destroyed* by being abolished. That happens AFTER the Great White Throne Judgment and just BEFORE the New Heavens and the New Earth are established.
And death and hell [HADES] were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death... And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (Rev 20:14; 21:1)
Since death and Hades cannot be literally cast into the Lake of Fire, they are personified. What it actually means is that death will be abolished from the earth because sin and evil will be eradicated from the earth, and all the unbelievers, the wicked and the evildoers will be in the Lake of Fire (which is in outer darkness, meaning outside of space). Therefore there will be no need for Hades either, which was for the unrighteous dead.
And death and hell [HADES] were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death... And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (Rev 20:14; 21:1)
Since death and Hades cannot be literally cast into the Lake of Fire, they are personified. What it actually means is that death will be abolished from the earth because sin and evil will be eradicated from the earth, and all the unbelievers, the wicked and the evildoers will be in the Lake of Fire (which is in outer darkness, meaning outside of space). Therefore there will be no need for Hades either, which was for the unrighteous dead.
Sin, evil and death are defeated, done, gone, eradicated, by Jesus, no one or no other thing is necessary. And this was my point in the op, where the antichrist is destroyed by the very presence of Jesus himself, And this point has also been ignored by everyone in this thread who is in favor of never ending torture.
Comparing scripture is good. We should never deny what scripture says. But when we ignore and simply quote a view that seems to oppose, then all were doing berry picking, denying what scripture says.
The lake of fire, outer darkness, meaning outside of space?
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels Mt.25:41
When was this "outside of space" prepared? The beginning of creation? After the devil and his angels sinned? Or does he mean God in human flesh was prepared to destroy satan and his angels? God was prepared in weakess to triumph over Satan? The God Man, who eradicated sin and death? Yes, I believe the latter.
God doesn't need to make "outside of space" to deal with anyone. All God needs to do is us who he is. And so Jesus in glory, only need be feared by those who imagined themselves or someone other than the true God to be gods.