Bro, if I had a buck for every time you used the word "context" and for every time you took verses out of it
Fires go out all the time that are not quenched -
they run out of fuel.
Spare us the flawed commentary and present Scripture alone, please.
Of course He did.
Yes, we must read all the passages in context and not change what is literal to figurative,
but also not change what is figurative to literal. We must remember that Matthew says Jesus fulfilled the words of the Psalms 78:1-2 KJV, adding
"and without a parable, spake He not unto them." It is ludicrous for anyone to claim that the fiery burning "hell" in the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus is literal, as the contextual, hermeneutical evidence shows. They refuse to acknowledge the massive contradictions which arise by taking what is parabolic and making it literal in order to "prove" their false ideas about hell.
Hell does exist, but is not eternal. There can't be eternal suffering if there is no eternal sinner. Only the righteous are granted eternal life - the wicked suffer the Second Death, and it's a shame that thinking, rational Christians argue that death is not precisely what it is: a cessation of life.