Rev 20:14-15 | RWP | e4.org | Were cast ( εβληθησαν ). As the devil ( ) followed the two beasts ( ) into the same dread lake of fire. Death is personified and is disposed of, "the last enemy" ( ) and Paul sings the paean of victory over death ( ., from ). Hades has no more terrors, for the saints are in heaven. There is no more fear of death ( ), for death is no more ( ). The second death ( ; ; ) is here identified as in with the lake of fire.

‏ Revelation of John 20:14-15

Were cast ( εβληθησαν ). As the devil (20:10) followed the two beasts (19:20) into the same dread lake of fire. Death is personified and is disposed of, "the last enemy" (1Co 15:26) and Paul sings the paean of victory over death (1Co 15:54f., from Ho 13:14). Hades has no more terrors, for the saints are in heaven. There is no more fear of death (Heb 2:15), for death is no more (Re 21:4). The second death (2:11; 20:6; 21:8) is here identified as in 21:8 with the lake of fire.

If any was not found written in the book of life ( ε τις ουχ ευρεθη εν τη βιβλω της ζωης ). Condition of first class with ε and the first aorist passive indicative of ευρισκω. In this short sentence the doom is told of all who are out of Christ, for they too follow the devil and the two beasts into the lake of fire (the counterpart of the Gehenna of fire, Mt 5:22). There is no room here for soul sleeping, for an intermediate state, for a second chance, or for annihilation of the wicked. In Da 12:2 there is a resurrection to death as well as to life and so in Joh 5:29; Ac 24:15.