In culture today we rarely talk about sin or Hell. In fact, it's something that it rarely mentioned even in churches. It makes us uncomfortable to think about-after all, eternal damnation isn't described the best way in the scriptures of any holy books. Jacob 3:11 is no different-it talks about the pains of hell, fire and brimstone, and other cheery images.
This passage also mentions something that is rarely talked about-how the torment of Hell is a "second death" to those suffering in it. I completely agree with this, but for different reasons. I'm not sure that the true despair of Hell will be the fire and brimstone-it'll be inhabitants knowing that they are eternally separated from God. That will be a "second death" again and again, every day for eternity.
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