Revelation 2:11 NIV
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.
We will all die once because of fall of man. Into the dust our bodies return when our soul departs. But far worse is the second death ahead of those who do not overcome the world by believing in the one who did. Our victory is in sharing His victory. We are transferred from death to life, and thereby enter the eternal life of God. It happens before our mortal death, and we will be raised up immortal.
Smyrna means myrrh in Greek. It was one of the gifts brought to Jesus by the wise men. Myrrh was an ingredient of the holy incense burned in the temple. It was used to prepare the body for burial. It is associated with the Bridegroom to come. The church located here provides a model of Christian life that anticipates the Son's return.
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:14-15
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:8
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars —they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
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