For your information, I have already discussed Revelation 20, without quoting any “prophet”, but the Bible. Just check previous pages and you will see that study based on 10 points, proving that said chapter doesn’t serve to prove either the idea of an eternally burning hell, nor the immortality of the soul.
As to Matt. 25, that deserves another well prepared study about it:
10 Reasons Why Matthew 25:46 Doesn’t Serve as Proof of the Immortality of the Soul Theory
The text says: “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal”.
1st. – Because the notion that the unsaved ones will be living forever in torments after being thrown into hell [gehenna] stems from an unconfirmed presupposition: that God put in man an immortal soul in creation—an information not given in the Bible. Due to this supposed built-in immortal element in his being, it is thought that they will continue living inescapably in hell, forever.
2nd. – Because Christ utilized hyperbolic, parabolic language in many occasions as He referred to the final destination of sinners, such as can be seen in Matthew 5:29, 30 (getting rid of parts of the body to be saved); Mark 9:48 (the worm that never dies); as well as in the chapter 25 of Matthew itself, as He contrasts “goats” with “lambs”.
3rd. – Because an eternal existence in torments would require a resurrected body that were incorruptible or indestructible, and there is no information in the Bible that the resurrected unsaved will have such type of body (only the redeemed ones will have incorruptible bodies–1 Corinthians 15: 53, 54; Philippians 3:20, 21).
4rd. – Because there are other uses of the words “eternal” and “for ever” in reference, not to an absolute eternal period of time, but to the effects or consequences of an action, such as “eternal judgment” (Hebrews 6:2)—which doesn’t apply to an unending process of judgment; “eternal fire"—that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but is not burning to this day (Jude 7), “for ever"—limited to a man’s life span—Philemon 15, 16.
5th. – Because the language of final and total destruction of the unsaved ones in the Bible is very clear and detailed: Psalm 37:9, 10; 68:2; 92:7; Zephaniah 1:15-18; Malachi 4:1-3; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; 2 Peter 3:6-10; Revelation 20:14; 21:8.
6th. – Because the comparison of what happened in the Flood, with destruction of the sinners by the deluge waters, combined with what will come to pass in the end time through fire, doesn’t leave room for any doubt as to the intention of the author to speak of the utter destruction of the unsaved ones—2 Peter 3:1-13.
7th. – Because “death and Hades” [tomb] will be thrown into the lake of fire, which is called the “second death” (Revelation 20:14 and 21:8). It will be the death of death. . .
8th. – Because there is no room for the lake of fire to last eternally, since the description of the “second death” concludes with reference to “new heavens and a new earth” . . . “and there was no more sea [nor the lake of fire]” (Revelation 20:14 to Revelation 21:1 and 8). It’s not said that the “lake of fire” jumps from the earth’s surface into somewhere else in the universe to go on burning without end.
9th. – Because Jesus speaks of the sinners’ punishment being liquidated, not eternalized (Matthew 5:26; 18:30).
10th. – Because, as presented in the Scriptures, the character of divine love and justice is incompatible with the notion of billions of creatures living eternally in torments, being thus preserved by God Himself, for “in Him we live, and move, and have our being” (Acts 17:28). The life of all creatures is dependent on God at each moment, anywhere in the universe.
