Death, as we know it, would indeed be the end of our existence were it not for the fact of the resurrection. It is the resurrection that turns death into a temporary sleep. The second death differs from the first death, not in nature but in results. The first death is a temporary sleep because it is followed the the resurrection. The second death is permeant and irreversible extinction because there is no awakening. The second death is the death resulting from the final judgment which prevents evildoers from living in the new earth to come, a punishment that ultimately results in eternal, irreversible death. The stern punishment awaiting the enemies of righteousness, whose temporary resurrection results only in a return to death and its punishment, their full and final defeat. The wicked will be resurrected mortal in order to receive their punishment which will result in their ultimate annihilation.

Maybe we are in that second death now. All of us.

nope. THis is the church age. THis is the age in which men come to the Lord freely. It won't always be this way. And if one looks down on history since the time of Christ, and then the last 100 years, it really reallly looks like all the pieces are falling together for parousia.

here, this is what Christians believe about things like smoking pot.

http://www.accradio.com/index.php/dr-bar...le-to-god-alone