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).