12. Divine Intervention
“Explain what the Second Death is,” I asked Elatia, curious to learn how the souls of the dead were able to die again.
“It is both a place and an appointed time where God destroys the wicked spirits. Until now only the body dies, whereas the spirit lives on. When children of God leave their bodies, their spirits are translated and changed. Jesus compared it to being born again so that they may see and enter the Kingdom of God with a new spirit, truly free from their former selves and sins, so they can go up and be with the Lord. Unregenerate spirits come here to Hell and are given a little time to consider their lives while they wait for the final judgment. In the end when all the great record books are opened, and the earth and the sea have to give up their dead,
