Ed Burley: "Lake of Fire - I maintain that this LAKE of Fire references the destruction of Jerusalem based on Joel 2. You will see that the destructive army of Joel 2 has a fire that goes before them. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY the Roman army advancing on the old covenant city of Jerusalem, the Babylon of Revelation, the Mother of all Harlots (a harlot because she committed adultery with other gods). This is the allusion in scripture to God being "a consuming fire."""Back to the Lake of Fire, we see DEATH and HADES thrown into it. What does that mean? Well, Hades is the "place of the dead" while death is the condition of sinful man. IOW, Death and Hades had to do with THE LAW, which was the ministration of death, it brought death (remember Paul speaking of this in Romans 7?). The lake of fire being the Roman army destroyed DEATH and HADES, the Law, and all its accoutrements (priesthood, temple, holy things, ark of the covenant, the unholy city, etc.). This meant that DEATH was DEAD. The Law, that was the power of sin, was no longer effective in bringing covenant death to Israel. You see, the wages of sin was death. If Law was dealt with, then sin was dealt with, and death was destroyed ("The last enemy to be destroyed was death").
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