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I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. [9]Jesus Christ says in the writer's vision at Revelation 1:18, "I hold the keys of Hades and of Death", leading some interpreters to suggest that the angel observed here is actually Christ.
— Revelation 20:10, KJV [11] Then Death and Hades [a] were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
The one exception is Luke's parable of Lazarus and the rich man, in which the rich man finds himself, after death, in Hades, and "in anguish in this flame", while in contrast the angels take Lazarus to "the bosom of Abraham", described as a state of comfort. [10] Death and Hades are repeatedly associated in the Book of Revelation. [11]
Revelation 20:14-15 "And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire. And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire."
A fire comes down from God out of heaven and devours them and Satan is finally placed in torment, in the Lake of Fire, forever, with those who follow him (Revelation 20:7–10). The wicked dead and all of those who died during the thousand-year reign of Christ are resurrected and judged (Revelation 20:11–14).
The Last Judgment: the wicked, along with Death and Hades, are cast into the Lake of Fire, which is the second death. (20:11–15) The angel showing John the New Jerusalem, with the Lamb of God at its center. The New Heaven and Earth, and New Jerusalem. A "new heaven" and "new earth" replace the old heaven and old earth.
Hades in the New Testament is a temporary holding place, to be used only until the end of time, when its inhabitants will be thrown into the pit of Gehenna or the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:10–14). [87] This lake is either underground, or will go underground when the "new earth" emerges. [87]
The New Testament also uses the Greek word hades, usually to refer to the abode of the dead (e.g., Acts 2:31; Revelation 20:13). [7] Only one passage describes hades as a place of torment, the parable of Lazarus and Dives (Luke 16:19–31).