Eternal Torment in Fiery Hell is Not Biblical

Firstly this is not my belief, just what is stated in the Bible. Now, until Jesus was sacrificed for all sins, no soul was allowed into heaven since he was the one who opened its gates, and hell merely contained all the souls of those who had died, good or bad. Since as you have stated, in the old Testiment and to the point when Jesus died, there was nothingness, a void. After Jesus, that's when all the juicy descriptions of eternal punishment begin to arise. So when Jesus descended to hell, he essentially went to all the previously deceased people and to the worthy to heaven. For what those unworthy then faced, let's just hear what Jesus himself said. Mark 9:43 "And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, "where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'" To me, this quote relates to Revelations in that every crime/sin has its own punishment. Mathew 5:22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, "You fool!" will be liable to the hell of fire." Different translations say the name differently, sometimes Hell, sometimes Gehenna, but theologians agree it's the same concept. With this knowledge, Jesus is literally stating that a specific crime receives a specific punishment of fire in the place called Hell. Also, you quoted Revelations, in which the judgement is held in hell and that death and hell are then thrown into the lake of fire. This does not mean that punishment in hell has ended, for if you read it closely in relation with other passages from Revelations, you see that yes, judgement happens and the worthy reign with Jesus in Heaven, but that the unworthy are thrown into the burning lake. Revelation 20:1-15 "Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection." Revelations 20:13 "And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." In both of these, the unholy are cast from God, sometimes for a thousand years or nothingness, then the burning continues. P.S. Even if you do only suffer for a thousand years until going to heaven, what's the point of being good if the inevitable reward is infinitely good? It wouldn't matter how much pain you go through, the outcome is always going to end with you in eternal paradise. And let's say that the cycle of a thousand years repeats until you are worthy of heaven. Why would God want you to love him out of fear? What's the point of living on earth if you can do better in hell? But personally, I don't think an eternal punishment is logical either. What merciful God has an infinite punishment for a finite offense? That's where the punishment relative to the sins committed makes more sense but once again, if life didn't matter because you can try again in hell, then why not just be born in hell to begin with?