‘He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt of the Second Death.'

The second death was a concept of Judaism, the death of the soul. No doubt their Jewish persecutors taunted them with the fact that after their martyrdoms their souls also would be destroyed. Jesus promises them that, on the contrary, the second death cannot touch them (compare Revelation 20:6; Revelation 20:14; Revelation 21:8). Rather will they receive the crown of eternal life.

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