I
am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And
I hold the keys of death and Hades. Revelation 1:18
HADES in Greek is hades
and it was known as the realm of the dead or the grave. In Revelation 20, death and Hades are thrown
into the lake of fire, meaning the death and the grave have no more use. There will be no more physical deaths and no
more graves to put the bodies in.
If
your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is
better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be
thrown into hell. Matthew 5:29
HELL in the Greek is geenna
and it means a place of future punishment. Jesus used the term eleven times.
Strong’s Concordance says, Hell is the place of the future punishment call "Gehenna" or
"Gehenna of fire". This was originally the valley of Hinnom, south of
Jerusalem, where the filth and dead animals of the city were cast out and
burned; a fit symbol of the wicked and their future destruction.
Then
death and Hades were thrown into the lake
of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
Revelation 20:14
LAKE OF FIRE only appears two times,
late in Revelation, it is the eternal destination for all things evil – Satan,
his demons and all unbelievers who experience a second death or second
experience of separation, this time forever.
Hades speaks more to the current
place where dead people dwell, while Hell has both current implications to it
as well as future. Hades will only be
around until Jesus returns. Hell has
more permanence to it. However, Lake of
Fire seems to be only be used as a future and everlasting destination for
unbelievers. Hell and Lake of Fire
appear to be used interchangeably.