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Will the wicked be cast into "unquenchable fire"?
Do death and Hades (the grave) persist forever, or is the message of "lake of fire" that whatever goes into it ceases to exist forever?
A good place to start with Apostolic Writings passages is to see if they are quoting from or alluding to passages in Hebrew Scriptures. And indeed they are. Why they are is critical to understanding these passages.