"When Christ "died for all," He tasted "death for every one" (2
Corinthians 5:14 Hebrews 2:9).
*It had to be the second death that He
"tasted" because what we call death the Bible calls "sleep," which
everyone experiences except those who will be translated (John 11:11-13;
1 Thessalonians 4:16,17).
*Therefore there is no reason why anyone
should at last have to die the second death except that he has resisted
or rejected the salvation already given him "in Christ" (cf. Hebrews
2:3; the Greek word "neglect" in the King James Version means "despise,"
see Matthew 22:5)."
R.J.W.