Rev 20:12-14 | PNT | STEP | And I saw the dead, small and great . As we learn from , the dead of every land, of earth, and sea and "hades" deliver their dead and all come to judgment. The books were opened . The records that contain all the deeds of men. And another book was opened, which is [the book of] life . The book of life in which the names of the saints are recorded. From these books all are judged according to their works.

Revelation of John 20:12-14

And I saw the dead, small and great. As we learn from Re 20:13, the dead of every land, of earth, and sea and "hades" deliver their dead and all come to judgment.

The books were opened. The records that contain all the deeds of men.

And another book was opened, which is [the book of] life. The book of life in which the names of the saints are recorded. From these books all are judged according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it. A symbol of the lost dead of whom no man knoweth.

And death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them. "Death and Hades" (Revised Version). The unseen world which hides from our view those who have departed from earth. The thought of the verse is that "all" the dead shall be judged. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. After this judgment day "death and Hades" (Revised Version) also, death and the unseen land of the dead, disappear forever. This is the significance of being cast into the lake of fire, the eternal prison house. Until the end of the Millennium and the final judgment men shall die, but after the grand epoch in the history of the universe, there shall be no more death. The last enemy, death, shall be destroyed. Then shall come to pass the saying that is written, "O! death, where is your sting? O! grave, where is your victory"? (1Co 15:55).