[TulsaDavid]

Here's God's deal. All whose names are not found in the Lamb's book of life are cast into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second (and final) death, no cessation, eternal torment. Just like the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus, the wages of sin is death, which is defined as eternal and unceasing in torment, to the eons of the eons.

God definitely does not promise cessation of punishment. That would be quite a deal to the world. Alas, a fictitious one.