At Revelation 20:14 it states that hell is cast into the "lake of fire" --What does this mean to you?

Answer 1

“Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:15, KJ.

Is this the hellfire Christendom speaks about? No, for in the preceding verse, we read: “Death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” (Revelation 20:14, KJ) If hell is cast into the lake of fire, the lake cannot itself be hellfire. Moreover, death is not something concrete that can be picked up and hurled somewhere. So the lake of fire must be symbolic. Of what? The Bible says: “This is the second death.” When death and Hades are hurled into the lake of fire, they “die,” cease to exist. Similarly, rebellious humans who end up there die, or cease to exist. This, though, is the second death, without hope of a resurrection.

The apostle John had a thrilling vision of resurrected ones standing before the throne of God. Describing it, he wrote: “The sea gave up those dead in it, and death and Hades gave up those dead in them, and they were judged individually according to their deeds. And death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire. This means the second death, the lake of fire.” Think of what that means! All the dead who are in God’s memory will be released from Hades, or Sheol, mankind’s common grave. (Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:31) Then “death and Hades” will be hurled into what is called “the lake of fire,” symbolizing complete destruction. The common grave of mankind will cease to exist.

Answer 2

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

hádēs - In Homer and Hesiod the word is spelled Haïdḗs meaning obscure, dark, invisible. Hades, the region of departed spirits of the lost (Luk_16:23). It corresponds to Sheol in the OT which occurs 59 times.

Since everyone has been resurrected, some to eternal life and some to be cast into the Lak of Fire, it means that this place will also be destroyed since it no longer serves a purpose.

Answer 3

The word hell means the grave, to start with, and it means it will be cast into the the lake of fire, which were fires that burned back in those times in the Hinnom Valley, but it's just a biblical term for the final death, as opposed to Adamic death.

Hell was an Old-English word that, at the time when the King James Version was translated in 1611, meant simply the grave, or a hole in the ground. The word hell was used by the KJV translators, and many others ever since, for a number of different original Hebrew or Greek words of The Bible. Not all mean a place of fire.

The Valley of Hinnom had a very horrendous history in ancient times. It was used as a place where the pagan worshipers did all sorts of vile and wicked things - including burning children alive as sacrifices to the idols Moloch and Baal. One section of the valley was called Tophet, or the "fire-stove," where the children were slaughtered (2 Kings 23:10). It was a place of tremendous evil for many years.

After their return from the Babylonian exile, the Jews turned the Hinnom Valley into the city dump where garbage and anything deemed unclean (including the bodies of executed criminals) was incinerated. For that purpose, a fire was kept constantly burning there. Even though it was no longer used for evil worship, with all the filth and thick smoke it remained a very dark and dreary place.

Answer 4

In the Old Testament, before Jesus died and paved a way for us to enter Heaven, the people who died went to Sheol / Hades. There were 2 compartments (good + bad). Read about the Rich man and Lazarus in Luke. When Jesus descended into hell after He died, He set the prisoners free in the good side of the compartment, to enter Heaven since He paid the sinners debt and wiped their slates clean with His Blood. Now with only the paradise (good) side emptied, it no longer exists and there remains 1 compartment = Sheol/Hades. At Jesus' second coming, He will cast the Antichrist, the False prophet, death(the people who died twice, physical and spiriitual), and Hell (Sheol/Hades) into the Lake of Fire = the final place or the final Hell. No one in the Lake of Fire can ever escape. It will be a place or torment and burning.

Answer 5

Creation was a decision by God to bring all back to Pure Consciousness. Something happend that caused darkness, which is ignorance. If we do not know how can we find the way?

If we are not even aware that we are not on the "right" path how much do we not need guidance?!

So ignorance is a state of hell and this is state is earth. Here we have the opportunity to raise our awarenss and walk the path of God.

Ok. So hell is cast into the lake of fire means that we here on earth(hell) will be given experiences of purification/hardships so that our eyes may be opened that we're in hell.

Answer 6

Hell is the grave, not a fiery place of eternal torment, like most people have been misled to believe. The lake of fire represents eternal DESTRUCTION or nonexistence, so it's saying that death will no longer exist. Compare Revelation 21:4.

Answer 7

I believe Hell is a holding place until judgment comes. It is then cast into the lake of fire as its final place. If not this, it could mean that Hell and it's contents are cast into the lake. Anyway, this shows of the torment of the heat.

Answer 8

There are different stages of hell. It is called darkness, torment, and then you have the lake of fire. The hell of darkness will be thrown into the lake of fire.

Answer 9

As to whether or not this is a literal lake of literal fire, I do not know. However, Prophets have shed light onto this question.

The Prophet Joseph Smith said: “A man is his own tormentor and his own condemner. … The torment of disappointment in the mind of man [or woman] is as exquisite as a lake burning with fire and brimstone.”

That lake of fire and brimstone, ever burning but never consumed, is the description in the scriptures for hell.

Answer 10

hell pretty much IS a lake of fire or at least will be not a place where i'd like to swim eternally!! but i'm not concerned about that right now just that i'm glad to be with my Jesus in Heaven when I die