Well in REv. 20 or elsewhere does it say that believers in heaven will stay there forever! but when we take into the whole counsel of Scripture we learn it is forever.
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto
men once to die, but after this the judgment: (judgment here means sentencing)
Their part is the lake of fire (part means destiny- habitation)
Rev. 13 states people will suffer without rest forever!
I rejected helll for many years. I grew up Catholic but rejected the concept. I accepted it because the bible tells me so and tells me people there will stay there!
Nowhere in the bible do you find one verse or even an implied verse that says a person can repent in the lake of fire and be saved. Quite th eopposit.
Even in the hsitorical account of Lazarus and the rich man we see:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
You would think those who spent time in the place of torments, at teh second resurrection when facing far more time in the lake fo fire would repent! But that is not the case. If there was one verse alone in teh bible that says man could get a second chance after death, I would cling to it! the lake of fire is a place I wish no one to go to!