—There’s no reason in Rev. 20 to assume that the lake of fire is anything else than just that, a lake of fire!—
OK. And what happens to a person when they are put into a lake of fire?
And what happens to a person when they are put into a lake of fire?
A person with a mortal body would be incinerated, but what kind of body will the resurrected unsaved people have? I don't know, but if the Bible tells me that they can remain alive in a lake of fire, just like Anti Christ who is a man will remain alive during the 1000-year reign of Christ, I believe it.
You like to emphasize that annihilation IS eternal punishment. Really? I mean, once a person is annihilated, when that person does not exist any longer, how can that person be punished? I think you mean that those people are "not rewarded" eternally. That's not necessarily the same thing than punished. I think of my son, he gets rewarded when he gets As in his report card, punished if he gets an F... but what about other grades? he's neither rewarded nor punished. That's what you are suggesting for the unsaved. And that is NOT what the Bible says.
I must confess that your idea is nice, kind of makes sense in a human way of thinking. But, what does Prv. 16:25 say? There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
I can tell you are NOT going to change your mind... and neither am I. I just hope you don't send someone to hell based on a false sense of security.