Everything in the Bible, nor any story passed down, isn’t suppose to be taken verbatim. It’s been greatly distorted by political agendas and for Satan to take souls (read Revelation 14: Satan Perverts Divine Symbolism). It’s your job to decipher what’s true, learn and apply the lessons. Free will gives everyone a choice to follow good or evil. Karma hits either way, the longer it takes the better or worse it’ll be. Going through it has a purpose. Continuing to hold faith despite the hardships shows who’s true to this.
We are in spiritual warfare, Armageddon. Even the Devil knows he doesn’t win, but whom will he take with him? Everyone will be sorted where they aligned. This is the last lifetime for the condemned, which unfortunately is more people than not, because they focus on the now and not the later.
You are a soul having a human experience. Everything material falls away, down to the body. The choices made during this Judgement era have dire consequences. I’m the test for a lot of people, mind yourselves. When your fates are sealed there’s no going back. Hell is eternal, Kali & Shiva.