Humanitarian kindness, a fire built, cold rainy weather.

Acts 28:1-2

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“Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. The natives showed us unusual kindness They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.” Acts 28:1-2

The storm-battered ship was completely destroyed just offshore of Malta. Those who were aboard the ship swam or floated on broken pieces of the ship’s planks to arrive safely on shore. They discovered that they were on Malta. Luke, who wrote the gospel of Luke and this book of Acts, described the inhabitants as being “unusually kind”. Luke was familiar with the kindness living through the Holy Spirit, but the people of Malta were kind in an unusual way. This is a kindness associated with the beast with two horns like a lamb, which is Satan’s version of the Holy Spirit, as described in the post on “The Beast with two Horns Like a Lamb” from Revelation 13:11-12. The unusual kindness is also spoken about in this verse, “For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.” Roman 16:18 These are those who have a form of godliness but deny the power of the Gospel of Christ.

The storm-battered peoples and nations of today’s world are being driven to Malta on the way to the world capital, on the way to the United Nations being established as the undisputed one world government.

The natives of Malta were so kind as to build a fire for everyone that survived the shipwreck because it was rainy and cold. Even with all of the kindness shown from the inhabitants of Malta, not one word of praise is given to God for them, no recognition of them being brothers and sisters in Christ, and no acknowledgement of the Holy Spirit living through them. As we learn in the verses of the next post, they were atheists who served their own god. In all the verses describing Malta, not one time is the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached to them. Every single book of the New Testament [associated with Paul and Luke] mentions God, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Spirit, except when on Malta. This reveals to us that the people of Malta, as kind as they were, were not receptive to the Holy Spirit to hear about the Living God and their need for Jesus Christ.

The inhabitants of Malta describe today’s culture that forms though humanism. Humanism is “An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.” Humanism is the fig leaf worn by those who serve the atheist entity that gives them what to think, feel, say, and do. This entity gives life to the image of the beast to speak and live through people. Today’s culture is groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do. Today’s culture is not receptive to the Holy Spirit, and they hurl a lot of negative feedback when hearing about the need for Jesus Christ.

Malta was the last stop before everyone boarded a ship to the world capital, Rome, after being on Malta for three months [Acts 28:11]. Likewise, the metaphorical “Malta” is the last stage of forming the global culture before arriving at the world capital, which is the global government with their global culture. This is when the United Nations becomes the undisputed one world government.

The fire being built by today’s culture is made for everyone who are not part of the community family. The fire is formed by the hostile environment created by the atheist culture towards those who are rejected by them, unwanted by them, or critical of them. That includes Christianity. In that environment, the mixing of “unusual kindness” with the building of the fire, produces the metaphorical rainy and cold weather.

Today’s culture, which is global, uses behavior modification to persuade people to live by the entity that gives them what to think, feel, say, and do. Positive responses are given to those who behave according to expectations, and they are shown “unusual kindness”, warmth, and esteem. They receive social approval. Negative feedback is reserved for those who are not performing according to cultural expectations, and they find themselves in the fire, amidst the cold and rainy weather of social disapproval.

The Holy Spirit says to us, through Paul, “But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. And their message will spread like cancer. 2 timothy 2:16-17 I envision this was the case while on Malta. The inhabitants of Malta probably would have become very unsettled, angry, and aggressive to be told their god was useless and they needed to serve the God of Jesus Christ. Much ungodliness would have increased. This describes today’s culture that is very hostile towards Christianity, hostile towards belief in the Living God, hostile towards speaking of the need for Jesus Christ, and hostile towards living in the presence of the Holy Spirit.

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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