Scripture has numerous examples of 'forever'' being applied , but meaning only for as long as the situation lasted in each specific case.
Jonah 2:6, mentions forever, which turns out to be 3 days and 3 nights.
If one no longer has a place , then one cannot be in a place of eternal torment..... Psalm 37:10 "For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more ."
ultimately, Satan will be destroyed, and be no more... Ezekiel 28:18-19 18 "By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries So I made a fire come out from you,and it consumed you,and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching. 19 "All the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
ultimately, the 2nd death crowd will also be destroyed....
n]MALACHI 4:1-3 (NIV)
"1. Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. 3 Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty."
Matthew 7:13 " Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat."
Ezekiel 18:4 " Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die".
Romans 6:23 "23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
