Secrets from Beyond The Grave

righteous will only die once, which is physically, and then there is no more death, for we will be part of the first resurrection, after which the second death has no power over us! The unrepentant sinner, however, will experience death twice. The first death is separation from God in the Hades compartment of Sheol. Some have been confined in the depths of the earth for centuries. Their "death" is not a destruction of their soul or spirit but is eternal existence without the presence of God, loving righteous people, and the beauty found in God's creation, the earth. The Bible indicates that the second death follows the Great White Throne Judgment, when all humanity, including Satan and his cohorts--the beast and false prophet--are cast into the lake of fire, "which is the second death" (Rev. 21:8). Is There a Final Annihilation in the Lake of Fire? There are many who believe that God will not permit these souls to continue in this form of punishment eternally, but will, at some point, allow them to be consumed in the final fire, the "second death." There are many scriptures used to underpin this theory. Here are several: For evildoers shall be cut off . . . --Psalm 37:9

For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;

Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,

But it shall be no more.

--Psalm 37:10

But the wicked shall perish;

And the enemies of the LORD . . .

Into smoke they shall vanish away.

--Psalm 37:20

May sinners be consumed from the earth,

And the wicked be no more.

--Psalm 104:35

The LORD preserves all who love Him,

But all the wicked He will destroy.

--Psalm 145:20