Nowhere is it Written in Scripture that a sanction of "The New Covenant" is ceaseless torture for ever.
If there remains a realm where there is ceaseless torture for ever, then God never forgives and He is never satisfied.
So if you have two sons, one who is obedient and cares for your rules, helps you out in every endeavor, and supports your every effort, and the other never obeys a rule, thwarts your every effort, hates you and avoids all contact, you treat them alike?
Where do you think the term "disinherit" comes from? It is a "last resort" tool some parents use as a threat to bring a recalcitrant child back into line. It represents a parents unequal efforts in raising children who react differently to authority. "Inheritance" is one of the main themes of covenant relationship with God. Men will either strive to inherit good, or will succumb to losses unrecoverable. Even Nature demonstrates that to be the case. God always stands ready to forgive the repentant. He takes no pleasure in the death of the sinner.
Since He becomes "the all in all," (1 Co 15) God will always be sick and suffering pain if eternal torture was true. That this is not so is seen from the fact He effectually proclaims, "Neither shall there be any more pain...it has been done." (Rv 21:4,6)
That this IS so is seen by the vact that he effectually proclaims - Revelation 21:1 "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
GROUP ONE:
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
GROUP TWO:
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
You are taking two verses from the middle of a warning and applying the promises to two groups as though they are one group.
That the last enemy death will be abolished is also clearly stated in Scripture. (cp., 1 Co 15:26) There are at least 5 kinds of death mentioned in the N.T. and however many there are, why would God predict Himself eliminating death and out of the other side of His mouth maintain it for ever? The answer is simple. He never said there is a never-ending death. The first death cannot be the last enemy as long as there are deaths subsequent to it that remain to be destroyed. God will not maintain the worst form of death we are aware of, the second death. He will not make Himself a liar.
I think possibly some of the disagreement comes from the fact "death" is a noun and
"dying" is a verb. "Death" is not what people do. Death is a servant of God who takes people when they die. He will be destroyed at some point because there will be no more people who are subject to death. All will be immortal at some point. But being immortal does not mean saved. it means you can no longer die. Being no longer able to die is not the same as being raised from the dead. "The dead" is another noun indicating those who have passed from mortal to immortal.
As for God not saying anything about a never-ending death, neither did I. I spoke of the same everlasting punishment God speaks of in the context of which you were so selective a few moments ago. "He that overcometh" will be God's son, not every man who ever lived. see verses 7 and 8 of Rev 21 above.
Every verse Used by Universal Salvationists to prove their doctrine is selectively applied by taking them our of context in which is found the rest of the story. Look it up.
The doctrine began with the argument that God never warned the old testament people, so it shouldn't apply to us. THAT argument was developed a looong time ago. No one has ever pointed out the simple fact, of the different applications of covenant. THAT can be looked up also.
God has always stood by his covenants with men, and has always devised different approaches to different civilizations, societies, generations, families, call it what you will of man. Adam and Eve; Abraham; Abraham's first seed through Isaac; Abraham's second seed through Christ. The old testament and the new testament are both about covenants between God and Abraham; with the exceptions of the other covenants recorded in the old testament.
God's covenants with men have always had consequences, either rewards or punishments depending upon obedience and disobedience, except for God's covenant about the rainbow. His covenant in the garden was first, his covenants with Abraham were second and third. His laws and regulations through Moses were given to Abraham's seed under the second covenant, but not under the third. and were not part of the covenant with Abraham. It was limited to the children of Israel coming out of Egypt, and their children.
Deu 5:3 "The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day."
Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Under the covenant with the children of Israel under Moses, every man was to teach his children and his neighbor through the wearing of phylacteries, as well as proclamation. Under the new covenant with Abraham's seed, this was changed so that only those able to make decisions for themselves were tied to the covenant.
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Each covenant was a whole new economy as far as relationship between God and man was concerned. Promises, rewards, punishments, terms and terminology.
