I call amil "lazy eschatology", because if the entire Revelation can be interpreted allegorically, then you don't have to study the Old Testament. Revelation refers to the OT 518 times. You have to understand the OT to understand Revelation. It's the only consistent view. The nature of prophecy is literal fulfillment (sometimes with parabolic description). The Bible gives us no reason to think that will change.
Diakonos, if you look thru this thread you will find Annihilationists quoting 10 verses to every 1 of the Eternal Conscious Tormenters.
And you will not find ONE single person on this forum who calls Revelation, allegorical--John writes down the vision and in some cases the angel CLEARLY states what the vision means The dragon IS______________The 7 heads ARE________________The lake of fire IS
THE SECOND DEATH. You must have not read any of our proof texts. Please show me all the
LITERAL (not figurative) verses in the Old Testament that say Eternal Conscious Torment is the end of man. The bible says LITERALLY that man's end is death and destruction. Please take off the lens of the doctrine you've been taught and read the scriptures with your own two eyes--and more importantly with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The most preposterous thing of all is that 1) It attributes EVIL to God and 2) If you follow this doctrine to its logical conclusion would say that Christ himself is or will be in Eternal Conscious torment if THAT is the wages of SIN and not DEATH.
"For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."--Romans 6:23
Death means DEATH. Perish means PERISH. Destruction means DESTRUCTION. If you attempt to change the meaning of words, then ALL of the bible can be called into question.