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DEATH, The Second
Term used in the NT only in the book of Revelation, to describe God’s eternal judgment on sin. Originally a rabbinic expression, the second death will be experienced by those whose names are not written in the “Book of Life” (Rv 20:15). The second death is equated with the “lake of fire” (v 14), or the lake that burns with “fire and brimstone” (21:8, KJB), and is described as the lot of “the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, . . . murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars” (rsv). Those who are victorious in this life have nothing to fear from the second death (2:11).
See also Death; Eschatology; Fall of Man; Last Judgment.