Technically , "the end" is the end of this system of things on planet earth in its current form. Those not on board with Jesus go into the dirt and thats that. Those with JC are promised everlasting life in the new system of things, hence its not for everybody. The end is the new beginning.
You've got scripture misunderstood;
When Jesus returns we are caught up in the sky with him and everything not in Christ, including the earth, will be incinerated by the brightness of his coming. And so it will be for a 1000 years.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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