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Brakelite

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Only God knows. All we can do is speculate
No need to speculate. We can be absolutely assured that God will do everything He possibly can within the current rules of engagement between Christ and Satan, to draw everyone, including the Fijian woman, to Christ. Why can I be so sure of this? Because Christ died for every man, woman, and child that ever lived and breathed on this planet, doing so because of such incomprehensible love and passion to bring all He can to salvation.
 
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They are not alive today in a burning hell waiting to be judged.
Well, I distinguish and understand Hades and Hell ( the Final destruction in the Lake of Fire) to be different. Hades ( and everyone in it) and Death, Satan and his demons are _ in the final judgment _ thrown into the Lake of Fire and destroyed ( Rev. 20:13-15). This is the final cataclysmic event when also the 1st heavens and 1st earth are destroyed ( Rev. 21:1 & 2 Peter 3:10). The eternal New Jerusalem replaces this physical realm and everything in it. "All former things have passed away". No darkness, no stars, sun or moon ... technically that includes the universe as we know it.
Rev. 21:4 says, " ...There will be no more death..."
Think about what death is. There is both physical and spiritual death. The wages of sin is death, a punishment. And so at a point in time, there will be no more punishment, it will pass away as it was part of the former things. Hades, the underworld is part of the 1st earth and it will pass away.
*A full study on Hades ( Sheol) is required to even grasp this concept.
 
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Well, I distinguish and understand Hades and Hell ( the Final destruction in the Lake of Fire) to be different. Hades ( and everyone in it) and Death, Satan and his demons are _ in the final judgment _ thrown into the Lake of Fire and destroyed. This is the final cataclysmic event when alsobthe 1st heavens and 1st earth are destroyed ( Rev. 21:1). The eternal New Jerusalem replaces this physical realm and everything in it. "All former things have passed away". No darkness, no stars, sun or moon ... technically that includes the universe as we know it.
Rev. 21:4 says, " ...There will be no more death..."
Think about what death is. There is both physical and spiritual death. The wages of sin is death, a punishment. And so at a point in time, there will be no more punishment, it will pass away as it was part of the former things. Hades, the underworld is part of the 1st earth and it will pass away.
Agree with the final solution. No pun intended. I don't have a clue as to what Hades is. It's all Greek to me.
 
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