According to the scriptures the lake of fire was created for Satan and the fallen angels. So the verses which mention this are to give people warning of the miserable eternal state that is in store for anyone who chooses to follow Satan and go there, rather than changing direction and choosing the eternal destiny of love, beauty, joy, and endless creativity which the Creator desires for all.
I don't believe in tough luck, purgatory, or that the ignorant are simply bound for hell with no hope or left out of the loop to have salvation. I trust the goodness of God and if He desires that all should be saved as His word indicates, then I know that all have the opportunity and He will see to it. The Bible has several examples of people who were outside of the loop of Israel in the OT or hearing the gospel in the NT, yet they demonstrated faith toward God and He blessed them or provided more information. I believe if someone, anywhere is sincerely seeking to know God, He will in one way or another provide all that may be needed...bibles, teachers, missionaries, believing friends, tracts, etc. for them to hear about Christ and have the opportunity of salvation.[/QUOTE]
Please notice the definition of the lake of fire according to Rev. 20 vs 13,14.
Isn't the lake of fire defined as ' second death ' ?_______
Doesn't Satan end up in ' second death ' according to Rev. 21:8 ?_______
Death in Scripture is: ' sleep ' according to Ecclesiastes 9:5; Psalms 115:17;146:4; Daniel 12vs2,13 and John 11 vs 11-14
' Second death' would be eternal sleep, or the opposite of eternal life which is eternal death with No future hope.
As Psalm 92:7 mentions the wicked ( includes Satan ) will be destroyed forever ( annihilated ). Destroyed as in second death.
Doesn't Jesus destroy Satan according to Hebrews 2:14 B ?_______
People (Never Satan and his angels ) are in hell. As dead Jesus was Not left in biblical hell (grave ), all the people in the Bible's hell will be ' delivered up ' out of hell according to Rev. 20 vs 13,14 before emptied-out hell is cast vacant into that symbolic ' second death ' for vacated hell.