Dear Doves,
My attention was drawn to the sinking of Titanic which
happened exactly 100 years ago, and I was struck by the
symbolism of this epic drama that unfolded in just 12 days in
the year of 1912.
2nd April 1912 , 6:00 a.m. Titanic
began sea trials
3rd April 1912 Titanic
arrived in Southampton
10th April 1912 9:30-11:30 a.m. Passengers
arrived in Southampton and began boarding the ship.
10th April 1912 Noon The
Titanic set sail and began her maiden voyage.
10th April 1912 18:30 Titanic
reached Cherbourg, France and picked up more passengers
11th April 1912 11.30 am Titanic
reached Queenstown, Ireland
12th, 13th April 1912 The
Titanic sailed through calm waters.
14th April 1912 Throughout
the day seven iceberg warnings were received
14th April 1912 11:40 p.m. Lookout
Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg dead ahead. The iceberg
struck the Titanic on the starboard (right) side of her
bow.
14th April 1912 11:50 p.m. Water
had poured in and risen 14 feet in the front part of the ship
15th April 1912 12:00 a.m. The
captain was told the ship can only stay afloat for a couple of
hours. He gave the order to call for help over the radio.
15th April 1912 12:05 a.m. The
orders was given to uncover the lifeboats and to get
passengers and crew ready on deck. There was only room in
the lifeboats for half of the estimated 2,227 on board.
15th April 1912 12:25 a.m. The
lifeboats began being loaded with women and children first.
The Carpathia, southeast of the Titanic by about 58
miles, picked up the distress call and began sailing to rescue
passengers.
15th April 1912 12:45 a.m. The
first lifeboat was safely lowered away. Although it could
carry 65 people, it left with only 28 on board. The first
distress rocket was fired. Eight rockets were fired the whole
night.
15th April 1912 2:05 a.m. The
last lifeboat left the ship. There were now over 1,500 people
left on the ship. The tilt of Titanic's deck grew steeper
and steeper.
15th April 1912 2.17 am The
last radio message was sent. The captain announced 'Every man
for himself'
15th April 1912 2:20 a.m. The
Titanic's broken off stern settled back into the water,
becoming more level for a few moments. Slowly it filled
with water and tilted its end high into the air before sinking
into the sea. People in the water slowly froze to death.
This is the cold narrative of Titanic, the 'practically
unsinkable' ship as she was called, whose lifetime in 'the
seas of the world' only lasted 12 days before it was deadly
wounded as it hit an iceberg and sank within 3 hours. How
symbolic of the course of modern society. Let's have a look at
some of the details of what happened, the timeline and the
symbolism that should be major warning signs for all people.
1. Titanic: a masterpiece of human achievement, a 'Tower of
Babylon', destroyed during its maiden trip. This boat cannot
carry the people of the world (Brits, French, Irish, Americans
a.o.) through the treacherous seas.
2. While she is sailing, Titanic seems to be totally in
control. The waters are calm and the people on-board enjoy
their time. Particularly the first class passengers, the
upper-class elite, were indulging themselves in utter luxury
on-board this fabulously designed ship. Likewise, the elites
of the current world seem to be in control, enjoying the
riches they have piled up for themselves.
3. On the 14th of April, the Captain receives 7 iceberg
warnings. This should have warned the captain to change
course, slow-down, or even stop sailing. It's way too
dangerous to continue course. But the Seven Warnings are
ignored and the Titanic keeps going. It should be noted that
the ship S.S. Carpathia, that came to the rescue of the
survivors, indeed had stopped sailing earlier during the day
due to the dangers en-route as is mentioned in other records
of this event.
4. The Lookout (the Watchman) spots an iceberg dead ahead.
It's now minutes before deadly impact, but it's too late for
Titanic to change course.
5. Between 11:40 and 11:50pm, Titanic hits the iceberg on
Sunday April 14th, yet few people acknowledge the danger and
most cannot believe that she will sink to her death within the
next 3 hours. There is only one way to be saved: get off this
ship and into a lifeboat. Sadly enough, the first lifeboats
are not even used to half their capacity as most passengers
cannot believe the disaster that just struck Titanic. How
symbolic for the people of our day.
6. When the full consequence of the disaster dawns to the
passengers between 12:45 and 2:05am on April 15th, it is too
late for most: no more lifeboats left. They have another 15
minutes left to cry out to the Lord before they will cross the
death river.
It's now exactly 100 years past these horrific events and
our society is on the verge of breakdown. All of God's
warnings of 'Seven Icebergs ahead' have been ignored, and the
ship has hit its iceberg.
Passover is celebrated this year from the evening of Friday
April 6th (start of Nissan 15) thru Saturday Shabbath April
14th, the 8th day of Pesach. This also marks the exact 100
year 'anniversary' of the deadly wound that struck the
Titanic. This week ahead of us may even see the start of the
second phase of the financial crisis, as it now becomes
crystal clear that the economy is not growing, that there is
no real job growth of any significance, and that evil money
printing schemes from central banks in the world have just
kept the economy artificially afloat for a few more quarters.
The start of the financial crisis was marked with the fall
of the Dow-Jones on the day of Rosh Hashanah, 2008. Passover
2012 may become the marker of phase two of this crisis.
As I am writing this note, it's very early Sunday April 8th
in Europe. The
chabad.org
website shows me what events are remembered in Jewish history
on this second passover day:
Sodom Overturned (1714 BCE)
Manna Ends (1273 BCE)
Esther Appears Before Achashverosh (357 BCE)
Haman Hanged (357 BCE)
Dear Doves, we know that our heavenly Father is in control
and that His plans will be fulfilled. He knows the end from
the beginning (Isa. 46:10). The Lord is the Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end, who will give unto him that is
athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely (Rev.
21:6).
This evil world will be destroyed like Sodom, it in fact
destroys itself and unless God is going to intervene through
His Messiah, the entire earth would become uninhabitable. And
just as God saved Israel in the days of Hadassah (Esther),
Yeshua will rapture those who belong to him before the Great
Tribulation starts, and return to Jerusalem to save His people
and holy place again, although they will suffer hugely during
the Tribulation.
We are living in a profoundly serious timeframe of human
history. Time is almost up; the Age of Grace may soon be over,
Manna will stop and the Holy Spirit may soon depart from this
earth leaving it in total disarray under the control of rising
Antichrist. But we keep looking up.
May the Lord return soon, Hallelujah!
YBIC
John NL