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port of "Fair Havens" entailing that "much time had been spent" on the Journey. - The first real hint of trouble for
the Christian Church comes in the form of the Apostle Paul admonishing the Church that the Jewish Feast day [the
fast] of Yom Kippur had passed and that the primarily Gentile Church was no longer marking or paying attention to
the Jewish Feast Days putting the Christian Church in peril of not knowing the Times or the Seasons in which it
sailed (Acts 27:9-12). The Church (ship) now unable to chart and follow its own course was caught in the winds of
the days and the crew now instead of directing the ship the events of the day carried the ship (Church) along on its
own course while the ship (Church) was mostly unable to affect, alter or counter any of the blowing winds (Acts
27:15). The ship (Church) tossed in the storms of life brought their sails down and just attempted to weather out the
storm and at least they had four anchors to cast out into the water and help steady and protect (from hitting bottom)
the Ship. The Apostle Paul then informs everyone that unless they remain aboard the one ship (of Christian faith)
they cannot be saved (Acts 27:31). The one ship representing Christianity (the one true Church) then partakes in the
act of Christian Communion (Acts 27:35). A distant land (Heaven) is sighted and the passengers (Christians) are not
martyred but are able to reach the land (Heaven) alive as each person clings to some wood (cross of Jesus) from the
one ship. The ship (Church) itself is finally caught in enough turmoil that it runs aground and breaks up [amazingly
at a place were two sea's meet (Acts 27:41) - where the Eastern sea of Mysticism and the Western sea of
Rationalism meet the Christian boat as one Catholic body gets stuck in the sand and breaks apart - into many
denominations] though the individuals make it ashore (to Heaven) by clinging to wood (the cross of Jesus Christ),
the one requirement to get a sinner into Heaven is to know that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins on His cross.
With the Church (ship) stuck and broken apart and ALL the passengers (Christians) from the one ship of
Christianity safely ashore (in Heaven) the Christian Church Age comes to an end (Acts 27:44). -- "Acts 27:44 And
the rest [of the Christians], some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship [all clinging to the cross of
Jesus]. **And so it came to pass, **that they escaped [sin-death] **all safe to [Heaven] land."
{Basic Christian: The 8 Global Kingdoms of the Earth} Wikipedia.org:
Saint Publius (Acts 28:7) - Saint Publius [a Church Apostolic Father] is
venerated as the first Bishop of Malta - Publius' conversion led to
Malta being the first Christian nation in the West, and one of the first in
the world - He was martyred in 125 A.D., during the persecution of
Emperor Hadrian
It was the same Publius who received the Apostle Paul during his shipwreck on the island as recounted in the Acts
of the Apostles. According to the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul cured Publius' dysentery-afflicted father. -- Book:
by Rev. Alban Butler (1711-1773 A.D.). Volume I: January. "The Lives of the Saints" last published 1866. - St.
Publius, Bishop and Martyr [died January 21, 125 A.D. in Athens, Greece] HE succeeded St. Dionysius the
Areopagite in the see of Athens, as we are assured by St. Dionysius of Corinth, quoted by Eusebius. 1 He went to
God by martyrdom, and Saint Quadratus was chosen third bishop of that city. See Le Quien, Or. Christ. t. 2. p. 169.
Note 1. Euseb. l. 4. c. 23.
{Basic Christian: The 8 Global Kingdoms of the Earth} [Part 3 of 3] End
Time Outline: Malta to Rome - End Times - Martyred Saints of
Revelation: The refugees come ashore upon a foreign island (Malta)
with "barbarous people" [barbarous only means not Romans (not
citizens of the Kingdom) and not Jewish]
Paul and the other castaways find themselves on an unfamiliar island (Malta), a society of unfamiliar people with
unfamiliar customs. In the entire narration of their time on Malta only one person is identified by name (and also by
title) and it is the intriguing person of Publius (Public) [Publius a Latin (Roman) name - definition of Public: of or
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