Three ships mentioned in God’s Word, worSHIP, fellowSHIP and SHIPwreck.
18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, 19 HOLDING ON TO FAITH AND A GOOD CONSCIENCE, which some have rejected and so have SUFFERED SHIPWRECK with regard to the faith. 1 Timothy 1
Paul urges Timothy to Hold on to Faith and a Good Conscience. Does our conscience condemn us? Everyone has a conscience to warn us not to do certain things and we should heed it to avoid suffering future consequences.
A Lament Over Tyre
27 Your wealth, merchandise and wares,
your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,
your merchants and all your soldiers,
and everyone else on board
will sink into the heart of the sea
on the day of your SHIPwreck.
35 All who live in the coastlands
are appalled at you;
their kings shudder with horror
and their faces are distorted with fear.
36 The merchants among the nations scoff at you;
you have come to a horrible end
and will be no more.’” Ezekiel 27
The prophet Ezekiel records the lament for Tyre (the physical city), but this could also represent the world financial system of the present time. God may be about to bring down the whole system that has enslaved His people for so long. The following chapter, Ezekiel 28, speaks of the ruler of Tyre, two beings, one on earth and the other in the spirit realm (king of Tyre). Both are coming down – SHIPwreck for the world rulers.
2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worSHIP him.” Matthew 2
6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
“Let all God’s angels worship him.” Hebrews 1
From his earliest days on earth, before Jesus ever spoke a word or performed a miracle He was worSHIPPED as the Messiah, by low and high and angels alike.
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worSHIP me.”
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘WorSHIP the Lord your God, and serve him only.’ ”
4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worSHIPPED, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 2 Thessalonians 2
Satan is desperate to get the worSHIP which belongs to God alone, but eventually it will all end in failure. ( The word WORSHIP is mentioned 254 times in the Bible, a key word for every single person on this earth. Who will we worSHIP?).
Just as Paul urged Timothy we must continue to Worship the Lord until He returns to rule here.
God bless and keep you today.