Did the Dead Suffer in Hell Before the Final Resurrection?

Many ask whether those raised at the end endured the lake of fire while dead. Revelation 20:5 explains that the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years finished. They remained in death, awaiting resurrection. Revelation 20:12–13 shows all the dead standing before God for judgment. Only after this judgment does Scripture call the lake of fire the “second death” (Rev. 20:14–15).

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