I made this podcast to answer all those questions your Sunday School teacher hoped you’d never ask.
But today, I remember being a Sunday School teacher myself, and I remember teaching Revelation chapter 20, and here’s the question I was afraid of being asked.
Revelation 20:14 says
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Now, here’s what I didn’t want to have to explain: how do you throw death?
If Hades refers to hell, then I can understand Hades being thrown in there, for reasons I’ll get to later.
But how can “Death” be dumped in there, too? What does that even mean?
And as I said, I puzzled over this verse for years.
But in studying the Abyss, as we’ve done the past two weeks, I think I have found an answer to this question.
I find the throwing of death to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the Bible.
Turn to Revelation 20, and let’s get weird.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:30 - Greek Mythology and the Bible
6:15 - Hades
10:35 - Thanatos
15:30 - Who is Thanatos?
19:30 - Throwing Death
26:00 - Next Time
28:00 - The Fight We’re In
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