Bible seems clear that no one is yet in hell today. Someday, hades will be thrown into hell, but that has as yet not happened (Revelation 20:14). Peter has just finished expounding on the judgment of disobedient angels, then adds, “The Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment” (2 Peter 2:9). The tense of the verb attests that the punishment is ongoing, though the final judgment is yet future. What about the believer, Lazarus?