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The second death is the death of the soul. Death does not mean spending an eternity in hell.
The second death is the death of death. It's an error to conflate the warning in Mt 10:28 and the destruction of the spiritual enemies (of which death is the last) in Rev 20:14. The passage in Matthew is directed to disciples and Jesus continues by reassuring them that God loves them too much to destroy them - every hair numbered (Matthew 10:30).
The dead who are turfed into the LoF (the divine mikvah) at the judgement (Revelation 20:15) are cleansed of the leprosy of death. Although it will hurt the unprepared (Revelation 2:11), it's the separation from the love of sin that must be endured to overcome (Revelation 21:7) for the great universal renovation (Revelation 21:5), the restoration of all things, the omega plan which is salvation of all (eg Isaiah 45:23, Romans 14:11, Philippians 2:9-10, Matthew 19:28, Ephesians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 15:28, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 15:4, Revelation 22:13).
Once death is defeated, what remains? I'll give you a clue. It's super-abundant, and its tree leaves are even used to heal the repentant nations (Revelation 22:2) who have emerged from the fire worshipful (Revelation 21:24) through the ever-open Pearly Gates (Revelation 21:25), perhaps glancing back at the wormy carcasses of their old flesh suits burning away (Isaiah 66:24), gone up in smoke (Revelation 14:11) to be forgotten.
Gehenna is for saving souls, not destroying them. Hence "the GOOD NEWS" (may have heard of it?).
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