Two captains will sink the ship.
It is a Turkish old saying.
It means you should only have one Captain or leader of any given group or organization. If 2 "captains" are trying to be in charge, they are going to do more damage than good.
Today, we will look into the sea, ship and captain in the Bible.
The Figurative Sea, Ship &
Captain
Main reference: Rv 18
What are the figurative sea, ship, and captain? And
what is the truth? God promised in Ps 78 to tell the next generation the hidden
things from of old in parables, and Jesus spoke things hidden since the creation
of the world in parables and did not say anything without using a parable (Mt
13:34).
Jesus spoke in parables using the 4 gospels and
Revelation explaining what was to come, which are the secrets of heaven. Among
all those secrets, I would like to talk about the truth of the sea, captain, and
merchant which is the wine of adulteries in Rv 18.
In Revelation it says that something like a huge
mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into
blood. A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships
were destroyed. What is the difference between this ship and the ship in Rv
18?
It is as follows.
The figurative 'sea' is the world (Dan 7:3, 17), the
'ship' is the church, and the 'captain' is the pastor. The ship of Rv 8:8 is the
tabernacle church of the chosen people, and the ship of Rv 18 is the church of
false pastors who are the Gentiles’ beast. Revelation 8 and 18 are words about
the fall of the church of the chosen people and the church of the Gentile
Babylon.
According to what is written in Daniel 7, the beast
in the sea was the king (pastor) of the world. The sea was the world and the
beast that came out of the sea was a man. Likewise, the sea, ship and captain in
Rv 18 do not have a literal meaning but they represent the world, the church of
the world and the pastors that belong to the world. The wine of adulteries,
which the merchants trade with, are commentaries and lies.
The apostle Paul said that 'we know in part and we
prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the tongues will cease and
prophecies will pass away. Then we shall see face to face.' Then the apostle
John said the Spirit of truth is coming (Jn 14:26), and he will teach you and
remind you of everything and will guide you into all truth (Jn 16:13). The
promised pastor of the New Testament whom the Spirit of truth is with (Rv19:10,
22:16-17) takes the open scroll (Rev.10), testifies to the fulfilled truth he
saw and heard, and his testimony is the truth.
All the people in Rv 17 and 18 are those in Rv 13
and 12, and the people in Rv 15 and 16 are the same as those in Rv 13. And the
figures (the destroyers as Nicolaitans, Balaam, Balak, Jezebel) in Rv 2 (the
chosen people from the tabernacle who became betrayers) were the people in Rv 6,
8 and 9. The location of the events (of every chapter) is the one from Rv 2 and
3 as well as Rv 13 and 12. As the temple of Jerusalem (the alter of John the
Baptist who prepared the way) was where the prophecy of the Old Testament was
fulfilled, the events of the second coming are taking place in the tabernacle of
the one who prepares the way today.
In Rv 8, the captain is the pastor and his
merchandize is represented by the wine of adulteries that the pastor testifies
are proven to be false. The captain, the false pastor is lamenting in Rv
18.
Lies are not revealed words from God but what was
given by the devil, the liar. To those who receive lies the spirit of the devil
goes in, which is like getting married to the devil (Rv18). By adopting their
organization and doctrines, they are judged and lose all the merchandize, and
they are lamenting and crying for not being able to trade without any
merchandize. By not getting merchandize from the devil, the marriage is over.
This is the judgment on the ship, captain and the merchant in
Rv18.
Other than those who receive the revealed words from
the promised pastor, the one who overcomes (Rv 2,3), there is no one who could
know this as well as Jesus, and the one who was sent by Jesus today. I pray for
all of you to know Jesus and the one sent by him with the revealed words rather
than the law of humans to get sealed with the revealed words and attain
salvation.
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