ETERNAL HELL
Whereas hades is the intermediate present hell as Jesus described in Luke 16, eternal hell is described in Revelation 20. Hades differs from eternal hell in significant ways.
Hell is eternal.
Hades is temporary, while hell is eternal. The angel of heaven revealed to the apostle John, “The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20: 13-15 NIV).
Hell is eternal.
Hell is punishment and torment in an embodied state.
There is a debate among Christians as to whether hades is punishment and torment in a disembodied state or some type of embodied state. However, essentially all Christians agree that hell is punishment and torment in an embodied state after the second coming of Jesus. The Old Testament prophet Daniel prophesied, “Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2 NIV). In the New Testament, Jesus explained, “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out-those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned” (John 5:28-29 NIV).
Hank Hanegraaff, After Life: What You Need to Know About Heaven, the Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences (Brentwood, TN: Worthy Publishing, 2013), 110-111; Kenneth D. Boa and Robert Bowman Jr., Sense and Nonsense about Heaven and Hell (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2007), chapter 3; Lee Strobel, The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2021), chapters 7 and 8.