People ordered to jump ship and to reach shore however they could.

Acts 27:42-44

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“The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping. But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land. The rest were to get there on planks or on other pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached land safely.” Acts 27:42-44

The soldiers on the ship were Romans, with the Roman centurion as the captain, and probably with all of his 100 soldiers. The prisoners on the ship were not there voluntarily and were certainly contrary to being transported to the world capital [Rome] to face their condemnation. Instead of allowing the prisoners to make their way to Malta, and possibly escaping, the soldiers were going to put the prisoners to death. There are many people in this world, on the “ship” sailing to the world capital, who feel like prisoners being transported to the new territory of the one global government. They are not part of the today’s changing culture and don’t want to be part of the “woke” society. This atheistic world culture could very easily put them and Christians to death, very literally and brutally.

The Roman commander of the soldiers wanted to spare Paul’s life, so he kept the soldiers from killing the prisoners. After all, Paul was a prisoner being transported to the world capital to face judgment, imprisonment, and eventual execution for preaching the Gospel of Christ. However, Paul was a Roman born citizen, so the Roman Centurion didn’t want blood on his hands for killing a fellow Roman citizen. At the same time, the centurion could not show favoritism to a prisoner whom he was transporting to Rome. In other words, the Centurion wanted to “save face” by keeping Paul alive but realizing Paul was a prisoner. The global government of today pride themselves of being humanitarian so they do not want the image of being brute killers [for now] of those who do not fit into their atheist culture of humanism. They want to “save face”. They have a form of Godliness but deny the power, “…having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” 2 Timothy 3:5 These are wolves in sheep clothing, and they serve the beast with two horns like a lamb, as described in Revelation 13:11-12 The beast with two horns like a lamb is Satan’s version of the Holy Spirit.

The Roman centurion ordered those aboard the ship to jump ship and get to the sandy shore of Malta! the best way they could, either by swimming or hanging on to pieces of the ship that was storm battered and broken to pieces. In that way, the prisoners reached the sandy shore safely. Today, the leaders of the global government are ordering people to jump ship of their national cultural heritage. Their survival depends on it, and they must find their own way to survive in the attempt to reach the “shore” of the atheist culture of humanism.

Referring to those of the global government seeking to build an earthly Garden of Eden, “The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; Surely nothing shall escape them.” Joel 2:3

The pieces of the ship that people cling to are parts of their cultural heritage used to come to the sandy shore of “Malta!” For example, people use the phrase, “…of the people and by the people…”, from the storm-battered and broken United States constitution, to arrive to “Malta!” They use this phrase like clinging to a plank from a broken ship. They use this “plank” to refer to the atheistic masses of people whose “democracy” comes from the entity that replaces the conscience and spirit to give people what to think, feel, say, and do. The “plank” also refers to the storm-battered and broken Gospel of Christ, “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:6-9

As followers of Jesus Christ, let’s cling to the “plank” of His Gospel, “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:17 “For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13

The MAGA movement in the United States exist in various forms in “conservative” movements around the world. They resist giving up their cultural heritage and refuse to surrender to a “woke” culture they refer to as communism or socialism, or by other names. Even Russia and China have those who want to keep their cultural heritage within a changing world. Those who refuse to jump “ship” of their cultural heritage, like those of the MAGA movement, will be destroyed with the ship because they will resort to rebellion and all sorts of resistance and even violence to fight against being driven onto the sandy shore of Malta! “But [Jesus] turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” Luke 9:55-56 If they want to survive, they must jump “ship” and let go of their cultural heritage. When they do let go, they must find their own way to survive to come to the sandy shore of “Malta!”. 

“Malta!” is a place without political, religious, and cultural boundaries, and many refer to the “woke” new territory as communism or socialism [even though places like China, Russia, etc. have their own name for it]. Christians know exactly what it is, it is the global government and its global culture. They are driven by the entity that has power over physiology to give them what to think, feel, say, and do which gives life to the image of the beast to speak and live through them. They are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do. The political party and “religion” of the new territory are formed by the entity that sets itself up as God within the temple of God, our body. That is done by the entity giving people what to think, feel, do, and say, this is the one ”… who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 The “he” in this verse is the “man of sin” Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

Click here for posts on the description of Malta from Acts 28:1-10.

As Christians, we do not have a country on this earth to call our own, our allegiance is to Jesus Christ not a country’s identity or cultural heritage. We have brothers and sisters in Christ surviving in Russia, China, Iran, Israel, United States etc. In essence, the day we were born-again we jumped ship of the ways of this world even though we live by the laws of the country we live in. “…be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.” Titus 3:1-2

“Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls—Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” Habakkuk 3:17-18

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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, 3:11