Change of captain, crew, and ship during the stormy winds.

Acts 27:5-8

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“When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board. We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone. We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.” Acts 27:5-8

With the stormy winds blowing, the ship made landing at Myra, and there the Roman commander commandeered a ship. He took command of an Alexandrian ship built for hauling grain and would have been much larger than the previous ship. The captain [Roman centurion], his 100 soldiers, crew, prisoners [Paul was a prisoner], and two friends of Paul, were put on the Alexandrian ship as the journey to the world capital continued, in the stormy winds. After WW2, the world’s populations were all put on the same boat, the boat sailing towards the global culture, the one world government. This is a government that desires to commandeer the supply [grain] of the world’s needs, to be the world’s “bread and butter” and to blasphemously be the grain of the world’s spiritual/emotional needs.

On the map below, you can see Myra where the first ship landed, and the bigger Alexandrian grain ship was commandeered. The stormy winds were blowing and with difficulty the ship made it to Cnidus after many days. Just like the people and nations of today having hard times as this world is driven towards the one world government. Then the ship sailed for the lee of Crete until coming to Fair Havens. The “lee” of an island is the side sheltered from the winds.

As the people and nations of this world are driven by the stormy winds to the one world government, the false Christs of government leaders promises shelter from the storms. As we see, there is no let up from the stormy winds in this world, and the ship drives forward to establish the one world government. The shelter given to the peoples and nations of the world does not diminish the storms. For example, mass shootings, crime, and violence of all sorts are constant, and so are the false hopes coming from the community leaders who use smooth words, flatteries, and candlelight vigils [day or evening] to shelter, appease, and calm the people. Not to mention the many, many shelter-in-place drills, mental health programs, victim support groups, drug-addiction programs, suicide prevention programs, homeless shelters [not nearly enough], etc. etc.

“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” Revelations 7:10. There is Salvation in no other than God, through His Son Jesus Christ.

As we see today, the stormy winds are blowing in cities across the globe as people riot and protest for change from the difficulties and turbulence in the world today. They are seeking shelter from the storms. The stormy winds are blowing cities, states, and nations in the direction of the world capital, in the direction of seeing the United Nations as the solution to what ails them. Through the 17 goals of the United Nations, the peoples and nations of the world are promised shelter and peace.

Our Lord Jesus says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27

As we read in the next verses, when Paul saw the place called “Fair Havens” he wanted to dock there for the winter, through the storm season, until Spring arrived. The Roman commander said “No!” The goal of the United Nations is to be established as the one world government and to solidify their global culture, they have no intention of settling for less, they will not harbor in “Fair Havens”. They will use the stormy winds to propel them forward towards the world capital, the government of the world [their “Phoenix”].

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1