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The body of a person who is lost, that is, who has refused to accept Christ as Savior, will be raised from the grave. The body will be supernatural and indestructible. It will be united with the soul of the person forever. This is the second death. The prophetic Word says, “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it: and death and hades delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire” (Rev. 20:12-15). But this is the state of eternal death; death will never be attained. Jesus warned about those heading for an eternity without God: "And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never quenches, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, than having two feet to be thrown into hell, into the fire that never quenches, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be thrown into hell fire, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:43-48). Jesus says three times that people in hell will never die. So this is extremely serious from His perspective. The “worm” here refers to that part of a person that is the real him or her—his or her core. God’s Word goes on to indicate the endless nature of the tortures of hell: “And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are: and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever” (Revelation 20:10).