<p>20:14 <i>And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire</i>- The destruction of death is paralleled with the second death, which occurs at the judgment (21:8), when Christ comes. The second death can't happen twice, at the&nbsp;start <i>and</i> end of the 'Millennium'. What is in view here is events at the Lord's return and the establishment of the Kingdom, not at the end of some 1000 year period. Death, sorrow etc. (21:4) are destroyed for <i>us</i>, the believers; this is believer-centric language. Likewise &quot;men&quot; in 21:3 refers to the believers, not all human beings then alive (some will still be enduring punishment).</p>