{"id":48989,"date":"2018-09-11T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=48989"},"modified":"2018-09-17T07:12:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T14:12:50","slug":"second-death-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/second-death-revelation\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the second death? (Revelation 21:8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"What is the second death? (Revelation 21:8)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-09-11T08:00:45-07:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT29M57S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Just as eternal life is a life lived in eternity where we live life to its full potential, so eternal death, or the second death is a life lived in eternity where people achieve none of their potential. It is a life of everlasting death. Of no escape from the consequences of selfish human decisions.\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/one_verse\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/498592344-redeeminggod-what-is-the-second-death-revelation-218.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"55.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8517\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-48989-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/one_verse\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/498592344-redeeminggod-what-is-the-second-death-revelation-218.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/one_verse\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/498592344-redeeminggod-what-is-the-second-death-revelation-218.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/one_verse\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/498592344-redeeminggod-what-is-the-second-death-revelation-218.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>Note: Make sure you read all the way to the bottom to find out how to download a 2-hour audio teaching that is related to the topic of hell.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-small wp-image-49047\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Revelation-20-14-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Revelation 21:8\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Revelation-20-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Revelation-20-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Revelation-20-14-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Revelation-20-14.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Revelation 20:6, 14 and Revelation 21:8 describe an event called \u201cthe second death.\u201d It is contrasted with those who did not participate in \u201cthe first resurrection,\u201d which is the resurrection of all believers at the return of Jesus Christ. Those who are not believers end up experiencing the second death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what is this second death?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To put the question another way, if Hebrews 9:27 says that it is destined for humans to die once, then how can John write in\u00a0Revelation 20:6, 14 and Revelation 21:8 that there is a second death?<\/p>\n<p>Here is what Revelation 20:6, 14 and Revelation 21:8 say about the second death:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power \u2026 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. \u2026 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake of fire which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>The &#8220;Second Death&#8221; is not Annihilation<\/h2>\n<p>Some argue that the second death is annihilationism &#8230; that is, a person who experiences the second death will no longer exist in eternity. They say that at the first death, people die physically, and then at the second death they die spiritually, which means that they cease to exist.<\/p>\n<p>This view would be possible if \u201cdeath\u201d means \u201cnon-existent.\u201d But it doesn&#8217;t. <a href=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/courses\/gospel-dictionary\/lessons\/gospel-dictionary-death\/\">The word &#8220;dead&#8221; never means &#8220;non-existent&#8221; in Scripture.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, &#8220;death&#8221; means to be separated from the plan and purposes of God.<\/p>\n<p>When something dies, it no longer functions the way God intended. This is true of physical bodies, sexual reproductive organs, interpersonal relationships, and faith.<\/p>\n<p>So here in Revelation 20:6, 14 and Revelation 21:8, the person who experiences the second death will not be living out God\u2019s plan and purposes for them in eternity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The second death is simply being separated in eternity from what God originally wanted and planned for humanity. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God wanted humans to live in perfect harmony and unity with Himself, each other, and all creation. But when a person dies apart from Jesus Christ, they will experience eternity apart from Jesus Christ as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Then how is the Second Death related to the Lake of Fire?<\/h2>\n<p>While John describes this eternal existence apart from Jesus Christ as \u201cthe lake of fire,\u201d this does not mean that the unregenerate are swimming around in a lake of fire and brimstone any more than anyone who lives in \u201cSalt Lake\u201d is actually swimming around in a large, salt-filled lake in Utah.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-49048\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/second-death.png\" alt=\"the second death\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/second-death.png 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/second-death-100x52.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The \u201cFiery Lake\u201d might be the place that unregenerate people live for eternity, but this does not necessarily mean that they are suffering and burning for eternity within the lake.\u00a0Furthermore, as I point out in my forthcoming book on hell, the term \u201cLake of Fire\u201d referred to the body of water we now call the Dead Sea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So to say that someone was going to be case into the Lake of Fire, or the Dead Sea, is a symbolic or metaphorical way of saying that such people will end up in a place devoid of life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is what John goes on to describe. In the afterlife, as part of the second death, people will be subject to the same \u201clusts of the flesh\u201d that humans are subject to right now here on earth. Just like in this life, people who live in the second death will be cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters and liars.<\/p>\n<h2>So what is the Second Death?<\/h2>\n<p>The second death is not annihilation or eternal torment in flames of fire.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it is the continuation for eternity of what we experience in this life, but in an amplified way.<\/p>\n<p>It consists of God allowing human beings to live life completely separated from Him. It is allowing them to live as slaves to hatred, violence, envy, immorality, deception, greed, lust and every evil thing.<\/p>\n<p>As such, <strong>the second death is the opposite of eternal life<\/strong>. Eternal life is life lived as God always wanted, planned, and desired; eternal death (or the second death) is life lived in the complete opposite way, separated from everything that God intended for humanity.<\/p>\n<p>It is existence in everlasting death. It is ongoing existence that is filled with all the problems and frustrations of this life, but without any end to them. The first death is a blessed escape from the frustrations of this life (which is why death is a blessing). But the second death has no end. It is an eternal existence without an end, while facing the frustrations of life lived without God.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-small wp-image-49046\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/selfishness-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"second death in eternity\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/selfishness-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/selfishness-570x285.jpg 570w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/selfishness-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/selfishness-100x50.jpg 100w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/selfishness.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Just as being \u201cborn again\u201d does not mean to \u201cstart your life all over again,\u201d but instead refers to the transformation of a person\u2019s life so that they head in the direction God wanted, so also, to \u201cdie again\u201d does not mean that a person dies a second time, but that a person\u2019s life goes in a direction that is even further away from God wanted and desired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The \u201csecond death\u201d therefore, is not annihilation, or the death of the eternal soul. Instead, it is the act of being entrenched or solidified in the way of rebellion against God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The second death is an irreversible step on a path that leads away from what God wanted and desired.<\/p>\n<h2>Did C. S. Lewis write about Hell?<\/h2>\n<p>C. S. Lewis\u2019 theological fantasy book, <em>The Great Divorce, <\/em>depicts what this sort of everlasting death might look like. (He claims he was writing fiction &#8230; but was this really his view of hell and he was afraid of being called a heretic?)<\/p>\n<p><em>The Great Divorce<\/em> is a fascinating story of a man who gets on a bus in hell to take a trip to heaven. In the second chapter, Lewis describes what life is like for those who live in hell.<\/p>\n<p>When people first arrive, Lewis writes that people find themselves in the center of a vast, sprawling town, which is very much like any town you mind find on earth, except that everything is free and nobody has any needs. So people move into any house they want, and start living in their new existence. But within a few days or weeks, they have a quarrel with one of their neighbors, and decide to move to a different street.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis writes that this process continues forever, until some people get to the point where they live millions of miles away from anybody else.<\/p>\n<p>In the everlasting second death, each person is allowed to be as selfish and mean as they want, and this causes them to eventually separate themselves from everyone else so that they finally live in complete isolation for all eternity, wrapped up in their own thoughts of everybody else\u2019s faults and failures.<\/p>\n<h2>The Second Death is Everlasting Existence without God<\/h2>\n<p>In this life, there is an end to the choices we make. As we destroy our families, friendships, and health, we draw into ourselves and become more and more separated from others over time. Death stops this process of separation so that we can finally see ourselves and others as we really are, offer forgiveness and be forgiven, and begin to live in love and grace as God desires.<\/p>\n<p>But in an eternal existence without God, where physical death is not an option, people will continue to separate themselves until eventually, they cut off all contact from everyone, and live solitary lives of self-centeredness and complete separation. For people who were created for community and relationships, this truly is a living hell. But it is a hell constructed by their own choices.<\/p>\n<p>So <strong>just as eternal life is a life lived in eternity where we live life to its full potential, so eternal death, or the second death is a life lived in eternity where people achieve none of their potential.<\/strong> It is a life of everlasting death. Of no escape from the consequences of selfish human decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Those who experience the eternal second death (living in the realm of death, but never dying) are living in a hell of their own making. Their eternal existence will be a life dominated by the sins mentioned in Revelation 21:8.<\/p>\n<p>In eternity, where there is no death to deliver a person from the devastation they have brought into their lives, this ongoing death will simply continue forever and ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your thoughts about this concept? Do you agree? Disagree? Does it still sound like &#8220;hell&#8221; to you? Is it just and fair for God to let people live in eternity in such a way? 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