Some on this forum place their intellect above the Bible. There is clearly an eternal torment specified in scripture:
Revelation 20:10, 15
The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever... And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
No “intellect” involved, friend.
You’re right, there’s a lake of fire mentioned in Revelation 20:10 and those who don’t make it or overcome will go there.
However, as mentioned, in Matthew 10:28 Christ says fear not he who can only harm or kill the body but to fear He Who can destroy BOTH body AND soul in hell.
And again, I’ll ask, if Satan is going to be turned to ashes, what’s left to torment “forever and ever”?
The word “forever”, “aion” in the Greek, means age.
It can mean a limited amount of time, or it can mean an eternity.
One of the best explanations for this, on a site I literally just found, states it thusly.
If something is given in the context of one who is eternal, immortal, what have you, forever and ever means an eternity.
If something is given in the context of something liable to die, i.e., mortal, forever is only as long as they’re alive.
As mentioned in Deuteronomy Chapter 15, it speaks of someone being another’s servant FOREVER. Well, naturally “forever” only occurs for however long they live.
Here is the site.
http://www.creation-science-prophecy.com/special1.htm