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"The Titanic"
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In 1898, 14 years before the Titanic made her maiden voyage, Morgan Robertson published his book, Futility of the Wreck of the Titan.
This was the story of an “unsinkable” massive ocean liner, which like the Titanic, was on its maiden voyage from Britain to New York in
the month of April, with 2,000 people on aboard.
While it was also attempting to cross the Atlantic in record time, it struck an iceberg and sank.
Not only were the ships’ names very
similar, but most on board also perished simply
because there was a lack of lifeboats.But most remarkable of all, the story of the Titanic has incredibly close parallels to the biblical
plan of salvation.
Just as the great pleasure ship struck an iceberg and sank, this great
world—with all its inhabitants, is slowly sinking
into the cold grip of death. As with the passengers of the Titanic, only those who believed that they were in impending danger looked to
the lifeboats, so only those who believe that
they are in mortal danger, will look to the Lifeboat
of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
The great “iceberg,” which will take the world to an icy grave is the Moral Law—The Ten Commandments.
Here is the evidence that we are sinking: Jesus said that if we look with
lust, we commit adultery in our heart. No one who has had sex outside out of marriage, or any liar, or any thief will enter Heaven.
The Bible says that if we hate someone, we are guilty of murder. We fail to put God first. We make a god in our own image. We break all the
Commandments. If we stay with the “ship,” we will perish on the Day of Judgment, when all of our sins come out as evidence of our guilt.
God, however, is rich in mercy and doesn't want anyone to go to Hell. He made a way for us to be saved.
Jesus Christ, the One whom the Bible calls the “Captain of our salvation” gave His life so that we could have a place in the life
boat. He took our punishment upon Himself—
suffering on the cross for us. We broke God's
Law, but He paid our fine.
View attachment 179
In 1898, 14 years before the Titanic made her maiden voyage, Morgan Robertson published his book, Futility of the Wreck of the Titan.
This was the story of an “unsinkable” massive ocean liner, which like the Titanic, was on its maiden voyage from Britain to New York in
the month of April, with 2,000 people on aboard.
While it was also attempting to cross the Atlantic in record time, it struck an iceberg and sank.
Not only were the ships’ names very
similar, but most on board also perished simply
because there was a lack of lifeboats.But most remarkable of all, the story of the Titanic has incredibly close parallels to the biblical
plan of salvation.
Just as the great pleasure ship struck an iceberg and sank, this great
world—with all its inhabitants, is slowly sinking
into the cold grip of death. As with the passengers of the Titanic, only those who believed that they were in impending danger looked to
the lifeboats, so only those who believe that
they are in mortal danger, will look to the Lifeboat
of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
The great “iceberg,” which will take the world to an icy grave is the Moral Law—The Ten Commandments.
Here is the evidence that we are sinking: Jesus said that if we look with
lust, we commit adultery in our heart. No one who has had sex outside out of marriage, or any liar, or any thief will enter Heaven.
The Bible says that if we hate someone, we are guilty of murder. We fail to put God first. We make a god in our own image. We break all the
Commandments. If we stay with the “ship,” we will perish on the Day of Judgment, when all of our sins come out as evidence of our guilt.
God, however, is rich in mercy and doesn't want anyone to go to Hell. He made a way for us to be saved.
Jesus Christ, the One whom the Bible calls the “Captain of our salvation” gave His life so that we could have a place in the life
boat. He took our punishment upon Himself—
suffering on the cross for us. We broke God's
Law, but He paid our fine.
