The Darkness of Hell

Have you ever considered what it would be like if suddenly you became blind and everything went dark? No longer would God's creation fill your mind with beauty and splendor. It would be a terrible curse never to see your loved ones or fully experience the happy moments of your life.

My subject today is the darkness of hell. Those who reject God and His sacrificial Son will forever dwell in darkness.  

Deuteronomy 28:29

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

Jude 1:13

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

There is darkness when people refuse the light and walk in spiritual blindness, but this is not what I am preaching about. I'm preaching about the darkness of Hell that will continue forever and ever in an infinite amount of time in Hell.

It will be lonesome and loathsome in Gehenna fire. No friends to talk to or to see. The apparatus for seeing had been put out.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

John 9:39

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

After the final sentencing of the lost and the damned are cast into the lake of fire, darkness will ensue. No longer will light fill their eyes with beauty but darkness will fill them with gloom.  

This promise will be fulfilled in more ways than one:

Romans 11:10

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

The people of Gehenna had already been spiritually darkened but in Hell they will also be physically darkened. Their decaying and abscessed body will forever be blinded. 

It is said that fear of darkness is not the fear of darkness itself but fear of possible or imagined dangers concealed by darkness. The term they use is Nyctophobia. Nyctophobia is a phobia characterized by a severe fear of the dark. Everyone in Hell will be living out this fear in the utmost degree. There will be fear of that which goes bump in the night when one experiences Gehenna fire or Hell.

                                                          

I live in the country. One evening while approaching my studio I was surprised to see a black snake hanging near my front door wrapped on an electrical pipe. I departed immediately from the danger that was close to my face. How dreadful I feel for those in Hell who will never see the dangers that God had planned for them in Hell. Salvation is such a simple matter yet many would rather suffer in Hell than do homage to the Son of God by accepting His free gift.

Experts state that the lack of light can cause mood changes. They call it SAD. How sad it is to have SAD. It can make you depressed by giving you mood swings, anxiety, sleep problems, or even suicidal thoughts. The symptoms of SAD are what you will find in Hell.

The pit of Hell is cast into the lake of fire prior to judgment day. Those not written in the book of life are cast into the lake of fire. It is in the lake of fire where darkness will really take its toll. You would think in a large lake you might run into some friends or family members. You certainly will not find them having no sight and if perhaps you did come close to another person it will be impossible to make contact. You own feasting WORM of hell will keep you close to its side and will not share you with anyone. Their WORM will keep them in Hell isolated and alone throughout eternity and it will all happen in darkness.  

The Darkness of Hell Video

https://youtu.be/_hxISRrTHBY

The SKOLEX of Hell

Did you ever hear about the SKOLEX (Sko-lakes) of Hell? SKOLEX is the Greek word for a creature that lives in Hell and feeds or prey on dead bodies. The dead who are conscious in Hell will forever be tormented by this creature whose only aim is to torture the damned in Hell.

Jesus warned of the place of torment and called it Gehenna. It will be a future place of unquenchable fire and the tormenting WORM.

Mark 9:48 says: "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."

Notice it is a singular worm that is appointed to the lost but conscious souls in Hell.

"And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death" Revelation 20:14).

Hades is cast into Gehenna, and has become a lake of fire, Gehenna fire.

Special worms have been prepared in the past,

"But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered" (Jonah 4:7).

I have no doubt that God could prepare such a worm to torment and feed on the lost,

"The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree" (Job 24:20).

You might laugh with glee at a thought of a worm living in unquenchable fire.  A preacher in your neighborhood would be considered mad for such an idea.  Nevertheless, are we to believe the words of Jesus? Repeatedly He said, "Where their worm dieth not."

A worm-eating flesh is very nasty business.  The thought of it is so abhorrent to our modern minds. However, a worm of fire, a worm that can withstand the heat and yet eternally live.

In my study about the worm of Hell, I wanted to see what earthly, physical creatures lived in the hottest temperatures.  I found out that many biologists described fishes that can withstand heat for small periods of time.  And then I found the creature that can withstand the hottest temperatures.  I found that worms that live in deep-sea hydrothermal (hot) vents have the highest temperature preference of any animal studied.

Examining Paralvinella sulfincola from the deep ocean off the Pacific coast of Washington, researchers found that given a choice, these worms look for places where temperatures reach a scorching 113 to 131 degrees Fahrenheit. Those are survivable air temperatures, but in water they're deadly for most creatures, because water conducts heat to the body more efficiently. In laboratory settings, the worms chose to stay in sections of the aquarium where temperatures were 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 Celsius) for the entire duration of a seven-hour experiment.  These worms are real and not metaphorical language.  Is it too hard to believe that a worm can be prepared by God to live in fire?

Why tell you all this?  If God can make a creature that lives in extreme heat like the Paralvinella sulfincola then God can surely make one that lives in Gehenna fire.  In fact, I know of three boys who supernaturally survived a fire of at least 500 degrees Fahrenheit.  It is a true story in the book found in the book of Daniel 3:22-27

Here is some scripture that speak of the worm of Hell:

"The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree" (Job 24:20).

"For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation" (Isaiah 51:8).

"Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee" (Isaiah 14:11).

"And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh" (Isaiah 66:24).

The Worm of Hell Video

https://youtu.be/NS8m8QSIiW0

I Demand Help!

A gentle less man called a Christian church last week demanding that they pay his power bill. The old lady who ran the free giveaway store replied that she is not the one to speak to about help. The argumentative man still argued and persisted that he needed help.

Minutes later the man showed up at the church run store and became belligerent in speech and conduct. "I need someone to pay my power bill he demanded. You must pay my power bill." Others who worked at the store convince the Christian lady in charge to call the police. He left just prior to their arrival.

Many people are confused about charity. They should realize that Christians have already paid for the man's power bill. In America it is called WELFARE. Americans have decided years ago to help the need through the "Welfare" system. Through our taxes Christians have already given to the poor. If you pay a lot of taxes, your reward is great in Heaven.

Anything other than government run systems that help the poor and needy should be considered as bonus gifts. God has already supplied for everyone's need through a system of government that stands ready to help. It might take a little work to acquire help but don't cry to me if you are too lazy to fill out the paperwork.

Don't Let Your Boys or Girls Grow Up to be Marines Unless They are Made of Sterling

How would you like to be in the military and court-martialed for refusing to take down a Bible verse. Trump said recently that he would allow religious freedom to take place as long as he was President. He said it to clergy and religious leaders. Trump should fight for Sterling and help get her job back.

I suppose you can be religious as long as it is in your own house or church buildings. Bring it into the secular work place and all hell will break loose. Can you imagine all the cowering and fearful Marines who got offended over one little Bible verse in the workplace. They can verbalize FU and other barbaric words and yet one verse of the Bible and these burly men got so upset that they had to fink on Sterling and court-martial her.

Thank God for true marines like Sterling who sets a great example for others to follow in their footsteps. If I was in a fox hole, I would want to be besides Sterling instead of cry babies who pretend to be true Marines.

Poor Misunderstood Comedian

Kathy Griffin did a lot of soul searching this week. She had a picture taken with Trump that she now regrets with tears and sorrow. I'm sure it was all done in humor but it did not go over well with most people.

We should be careful in joking too much. We might have to cry a lot when our jokes go south and we become the target of people's animosities.

Eph 5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

Is Being Prosperous or Poor a SIN?

God is not impressed whether you're rich or poor.

Ruth 3:10        And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

God looks at the heart of man and not on his purse or wallet.

 Ge 6:5            And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

It is a sin to say God wants everyone to be poor or rich. If God wanted everyone rich they would all be driving Cadillacs or Mercedes. It is the same sin to say or preach prosperity against poverty or poverty against prosperity. It is a sin because preachers should not preach their feeling but only the facts from the WORD OF GOD.

I would think prosperity would be a blessing and not a curse in some people and in others money can bring financial or family troubles. I think we can agree on this, God gives us what we need and can use. Not for our greed but for our need.

WORD TO THE WISE: THOSE CHILDREN OF GOD WHO SEEK RICHES  WILL PROBABLY REMAIN POOR WHEREAS THOSE WHO SEEK TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM WITH THEIR WEALTH WILL RECEIVE MORE FINANCIAL BLESSING. 

Many are poor because they lust after wealth and that's a sin.