.
Probably the first thing that most of us think of when we hear the word
"Hell" is everlasting torture. But the reservoir of burning sulfur depicted at
Rev 20:10-15 is actually not so much a rack as it is a gallows. The reservoir
is primarily an instrument for carrying out death sentences rather than life
sentences.
A death sentence-- although a sentence with lasting effects --isn't perpetual;
it's momentary. In other words: criminals are subjected to execution only
long enough to end their lives.
The primary reason we call the second death "eternal" is because it's
permanent; viz: according to Dan 12:2 and John 5:28-29 there's only one
resurrection allotted per person. Therefore nobody is coming back from the
second death because they will have used up their one resurrection in order
to face justice at the Great White Throne event.
NOTE: People walk away alive from the fire spoken of at 1Cor 3:5-15.
Nobody walks away alive from the fire spoken of at Rev 20:10-15.
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Probably the first thing that most of us think of when we hear the word
"Hell" is everlasting torture. But the reservoir of burning sulfur depicted at
Rev 20:10-15 is actually not so much a rack as it is a gallows. The reservoir
is primarily an instrument for carrying out death sentences rather than life
sentences.
A death sentence-- although a sentence with lasting effects --isn't perpetual;
it's momentary. In other words: criminals are subjected to execution only
long enough to end their lives.
The primary reason we call the second death "eternal" is because it's
permanent; viz: according to Dan 12:2 and John 5:28-29 there's only one
resurrection allotted per person. Therefore nobody is coming back from the
second death because they will have used up their one resurrection in order
to face justice at the Great White Throne event.
NOTE: People walk away alive from the fire spoken of at 1Cor 3:5-15.
Nobody walks away alive from the fire spoken of at Rev 20:10-15.
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