“And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
'Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire' - those not written in the Lamb's book of life face the second death. Their names were not preserved from before the foundation of the world; they are consigned to eternal separation from God.
Church Fathers on Revelation 20:15
“And they went up upon the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil who seduced them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where both the beast and the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” This belongs to the last judgment. And after a little time the earth was made holy, as being at least that wherein lately had…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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