No, I've not been to Israel, but I don't need to go there to believe that the Bible account of Sodom and Gomorrah is a true literal account. However, what has that event got to do with "hell"?
Yes, it will be Jesus. 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9 (WEB):
6) Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
7) and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
8) punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
9) who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
7) and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
8) punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
9) who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
As you can see, many translations place a comma or fullstop after "fire", saying that Jesus will be revealed in fire, not that he will punish/torture people in fire. It says that Jesus will punish those who don’t head the good news about our Lord Jesus, and their punishment will be eternal destruction - not eternal torture. Yet another verse consistent with what I've been saying all along!
Yep, the second death is an eternal death, eternal destruction (as it says in verse 9 above).
No, the "lake of fire" is a symbol of destruction. It is not a literal place that anyone can spend time in, let alone eternity. 2 Thess 1:9 quoted above confirms that!
Let me make one last point concerning the destruction of Satan, to try and convince you that the lake of fire is symbolic of destruction. Isaiah 14 implies that at his end Satan will take on human form (when he is released at the end of the 1,000 year reign of Christ, when he deceives the nations and gathers them together to war against the faithful believers - Rev 20:8,9):
12) How you have fallen from heaven, shining one, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground [earth], who laid the nations low!
13) You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!”
15) Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol [grave, death], to the depths of the pit.
16) Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
17) who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?”
13) You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!”
15) Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol [grave, death], to the depths of the pit.
16) Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
17) who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?”
And in Ezekiel 28 God gives us more details about Satan's final destruction. Under the symbolism of the prince of Tyrus (or Tyre - not to be confused with a car tyre! :)), God says:
12) “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “You were the seal of full measure, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13) You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created.
14) You were the anointed cherub who covers. Then I set you up on the holy mountain of God. You have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.
15) You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
16) By the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence, and you have sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane out of God’s mountain. I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire.
17) Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground [earth]. I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
18) By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your commerce, you have profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought out a fire from the middle of you. It has devoured you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.
19) All those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you. You have become a terror, and you will exist no more.”’”
13) You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created.
14) You were the anointed cherub who covers. Then I set you up on the holy mountain of God. You have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.
15) You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
16) By the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence, and you have sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane out of God’s mountain. I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire.
17) Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground [earth]. I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
18) By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your commerce, you have profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought out a fire from the middle of you. It has devoured you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.
19) All those who know you among the peoples will be astonished at you. You have become a terror, and you will exist no more.”’”
So again it seems that Satan at his end will be in human form, on the earth, where kings and others will see him, and God (or Jesus) will kill him by causing a fire to start within him, destroying him from the inside out, and turning him to ashes - and he "will exist no more". This makes it clear that the Revelation 20 lake of fire is symbolic of destruction, for he will be destroyed not by being thrown into a fire but a fire will be started inside him, and he will be utterly destroyed. He will cease to exist, like everyone else who will be destroyed in the second death.
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