What translation is that supposed to be? I looked but I couldn't find that translation of that verse anywhere. Here's a better one:
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." (Hebrews 11:1 NIV)
Faith is believing even when we do not understand what God's plan is.
I may have told you differently before, but as far as reason and my stud of the scriptures indicates Jesus did not descend into Hell. It does say in two Gospels that He "Gave up His spirit." Who was He giving His spirit to? The answer, I used to think, is Hell; but Jesus said to the criminal who asked Him to forgive Him "Today you will be with Me in paradise." Since Hell can hardly be described as "paradise," I don't think that is where He was.
There is ample evidence for Hell. Also, Hell doesn't exist yet. All who will go there will be sent there after the final judgement on judgement day.
Whenever someone dies without salvation, God weeps. He doesn't want to send us to Hell. The problem is that we turned away from Him. God does what He must. You're completely ignoring His greatest act of love for us: His Son. God really doesn't want us to go to Hell. That's why He made a way for us not to that is ridiculously easy, all we have to do is believe in Jesus and what He did for us. That's it. Yet we would have no part of it, because we have turned away from Him. Think of it like this: A father is out walking with his son. There is a thousand foot cliff nearby. The man warns his son to stay away from the cliff, but the boy ignores his father's warning and, while his father's back is turned, goes over to the cliffs. The rocks on the edge give away and the boy falls 30 feet and lands on a slab of rock. The rock slab also starts to crack. It's holds for now but will not last long. The boy cries for help. His father hears his son's plea and lowers a rope to him. If the boy takes hold of the rope and ties it around his waist, then his father can pull him to safety; but if the boy ignores his father's attempts to save him, then eventually the rock slab breaks and the boy falls 970 feet to his death. His consequence for a single disobedience is eternal: death. This answers your arguments 1 and 4.
Satan doesn't punish evil in Hell, God punishes evil. Actually, Satan himself will suffer in Hell along with all other sinners who have not been saved. Satan doesn't punish, he tries to get us to sin so that we will deserve punishment. He knows that he's going to Hell, so he is trying to take as many of us as possible with him. Like you pointed out, if Satan was punishing evil, then it would have the opposite effect than his intended one. It would result in more people being saved, and fewer burning with Satan in Hell. Also like you pointed out, punishing evil is good. This answers your argument number 2.
We do not rely on descriptions of earthly cities to help us illustrate Hell, we rely on the Bible. What the Bible tells us is that Hell is a lake of fire from burning sulphur. It is literally a lake of fire. Imagine the biggest lake you know, then imagine it ten times bigger and with fire instead of water. We also know that it will be a place of mourning. Those who have been cast there will be feeling immense physical pain, but also they will face the mental pain of being separated from God, for God is with even the ones who forsake Him. The Bible tells us that Hell is so bad, it is "the second death". That's how bad it is. A literal second slaying. This is for your argument 3.
There is a lot to know about God. Even those who know Him do not know all about Him, because we just can't learn that much. We don't have the cranial capacity. God doesn't have to do things a certain way; He chooses to. You go to work your normal way, or you could take the long way. Both get you to your destination, but you prefer one over the other. You would have to be more specific about Revelation. Even most Christians don't understand it well. If we didn't have souls, then God would not send His son to save them, nor would the Bible talk about them.
Even with all the info the Bible gives us, all we need to know to be saved is that Jesus is Lord and that He died to take our punishment and rose from death on the third day. That's it. The rest of the Bible is there only to aid in our faith and knowledge, and so that we can understand better if we chose to.
