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The fire is not simply a blast furnace but unquenchable in the everlasting destruction the wicked shall be punished with.

We’re both saying the same thing. What you said is what I meant. But the key is in how we define the word “punishment”. In my case, I mean that their punishment will be that they will not receive eternal life. Rather, they will be dead. Eternally.

You said: And the smoke perpetually ascending indicates the evidence of their everlasting ongoing destruction.

Yes, their destruction is death, and it is everlasting. They “stay dead”.

You quoted: “having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”

Yep. The fire does its job. It will finish its work. And no, I do not believe the worm here is the human’s spirit. I believe the scripture is doubly referring to the person being destroyed and the destroyer will not fail.

You said: But if you cannot see ongoing destruction being conveyed by this and being cast into the same place as the devil and his angels, etc., then i doubt there is more i should say.

Only those that take the mark of the beast are cast into the lake of fire with the Devil. It is also part of Revelation, the most symbol filled book in the bible.