Adam sin resulted in our "first death" so what is the "second death"?

Answer 1

LAKE OF FIRE

This expression occurs only in the book of Revelation and is clearly symbolic. The Bible gives its own explanation and definition of the symbol by stating: “This means the second death, the lake of fire.” Re 20:14; 21:8.

The symbolic quality of the lake of fire is further evident from the context of references to it in the book of Revelation. Death is said to be hurled into this lake of fire. (Re 20:14, 20) Death obviously cannot be literally burned. Moreover, the Devil, an invisible spirit creature, is thrown into the lake. Being spirit, he cannot be hurt by literal fire.

Since the lake of fire represents “the second death” and since Revelation 20:14 says that both “death and Hades” are to be cast into it, it is evident that the lake cannot represent the death man has inherited from Adam (Ro 5:12), nor does it refer to Hades (Sheol). It must, therefore, be symbolic of another kind of death, one that is without reversal, for the record nowhere speaks of the “lake” as giving up those in it, as do Adamic death and Hades (Sheol). (Re 20:13) Thus, those not found written in “the book of life,” unrepentant opposers of God’s sovereignty, are hurled into the lake of fire, meaning eternal destruction, or the second death. Re 20:15.

Second Death. “The lake of fire” into which death, Hades, the symbolic “wild beast” and “the false prophet,” Satan, his demons, and the persistent practicers of wickedness on earth are cast is shown to mean “the second death.” (Re 20:10, 14, 15; 21:8; Mt 25:41) Initially death resulted from and was passed on to mankind as a result of Adam’s transgression; hence “the second death” must be distinct from this inherited death. It is evident from the cited texts that there is no release possible from “the second death.” The situation of those in “the second death” corresponds to the outcome warned of in such texts as Hebrews 6:4-8; 10:26, 27; and Matthew 12:32. On the other hand, those represented as gaining “the crown of life” and having part in “the first resurrection” are free from any possibility of harm by the second death. (Re 2:10, 11) These, who are to reign with Christ, as Kings and Priests for a thousand years, receive immortality (deathlessness) and incorruption and hence are beyond the “authority” of the second death.

Answer 2

Second Death- the death of the soul or spirit, the death of the resurrected person, or eternal damnation. In Matthew 10:28 a saying attributed to Jesus alludes to God as one who has the power to destroy both soul and body.

A Jewish text written in the second century B.C. describes a chaotic wilderness in which fire blazes brightly. In this place the spirits of the wicked will be killed during the last days. (1Enoch 108:3-4). According to the book of Revelation, all the dead will rise on the day of judgement. Then the wicked will be cast into the lake of fire to suffer their second death. (Revelation 20:11-15; 21:8

Answer 3

Recorded in Revelation, after the final judgment, everybody not found in the Book of Life is cast into a lake of fire, along with the devil and its angels, and death and hell. "This is the second death."

Sounds like the second death is total and complete annihilation. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, do not ever exist again, in any way, shape, or form. Real Death.

Answer 4

The second death is the choice one makes to refuse Christ as their Saviour. The first death is a physical death. The second death is a spiritual death.

Answer 5

Revelation 20

11-15I saw a Great White Throne and the One Enthroned. Nothing could stand before or against the Presence, nothing in Heaven, nothing on earth. And then I saw all the dead, great and small, standing there—before the Throne! And books were opened. Then another book was opened: the Book of Life. The dead were judged by what was written in the books, by the way they had lived. Sea released its dead, Death and Hell turned in their dead. Each man and woman was judged by the way he or she had lived. Then Death and Hell were hurled into Lake Fire. This is the second death—Lake Fire. Anyone whose name was not found inscribed in the Book of Life was hurled into Lake Fire.

Answer 6

Original Sin is washed away by the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross...which is applied through baptism into Christianity. The 2ND Death is the death of the soul at the end of time, where one will go to eternal happiness, or damnation

Answer 7

The second death refers to total destruction of which there is no resurrection. Rev. 20:14

Answer 8

Revelation 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

There ya go, straight from the source.

Answer 9

Death of the spirit

Answer 10

Ultimate seperation from God.