Last night I was in the kitchen watching the film Titanic (1997, directed by James Cameron). I probably watched the first hour of the film when Susie walked in. She said that she had seen the film before. Susie then said something very interesting. She said that John's (her husband) grandfather was in England in 1912 and had bought a ticket to America. He was supposed to leave on the Titanic, but at the last moment, he gave his ticket to someone else. Wow! And, of course, that individual probably perished when the Titanic hit the iceberg and sank. The Lord obviously preserved John's grandfather for a reason.
John's grandfather was a French Basque and he eventually made it to America. He ended up here in the Cedarville, California area. He was sponsored by a rancher and worked as a sheepherder. In my hitchhiking travels, I know that there are a lot of people of Basque descent in Nevada and Idaho.
Back to the Titanic film. There was this scene at the beginning where this wealthy family was getting ready to board the Titanic. This young man was bragging about the greatness of the Titanic and said that God himself couldn't sink her. A few days later, the Titanic was lying on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Pride comes before a fall.
God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts. In God's economy, some vessels are created for honor and some vessels are created for dishonor. Example: Moses was created for honor, but Pharaoh was created for dishonor or destruction; Jacob was created for honor, but Esau was created for dishonor; more recently: Winston Churchill was created for honor, but Adolf Hitler was created for destruction. What comes into play in all of this is a tension between God's sovereign will and man's will. Will man submit to the will of the Father?
The Basque Museum & Cultural Center in Boise, Idaho
Titanic, the Movie: What God Showed Me
The Titanic, the Church: A Comparison
2 October 2022
I was watching a video on Operation Barbarossa (World War II) earlier today. At the beginning of the video, the narrator says something very interesting. He said that in July 1944, Winston Churchill was planning on parachuting a sniper into Nazi Germany and have him take out Adolf Hitler. Churchill soon put an end to the plan because he knew that Hitler was a mediocre war leader. Hitler in power was the Allies' best weapon. (Hitler was a corporal in the German Army in World War I, so maybe he did not have an understanding of the strategic aspects of war.)
Operation Barbarossa: The Invasion That Doomed Germany (the first minute ten seconds)
I saw another video a few days ago with David Nino Rodriguez and Gene Ho, the Editor in Chief of George Magazine. Gene Ho said that Joe Biden as the "leader" of the United States has united so many people against the Deep State Democrats and Republicans because he is so incompetent. Everybody knows that Brain Dead, the fake president is a puppet of Barack Obama and George Soros--and they want to destroy the United States.
Gene Ho - Behind the Scenes with Trump
A year or two ago, I saw this documentary Sheep Among Wolves. There is Volume One and Volume Two. It is an excellent documentary of the fast growth of the Christian church in Iran. They interviewed this Iranian who said that when the Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in 1979, radical Islam became the greatest evangelist for Christianity. Why? Because the people of Iran could see the true face of radical Islam. Now in Iran, the mosques are mostly empty and the Christian church in Iran is the fastest growing church in the world.
Sheep Among Wolves: Volume II (12:10 - 12:50)
If we know the ways of God, sometimes we have to let evil take its course. In time, evil will expose itself and then evil will kill itself. In our daily lives, we continue to live for the Lord and be a witness to those around us, but the Lord has the big picture under control. Satan is on a very short leash.
Psalm 34:21: "Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate."
Isaiah 55:8-9: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Thanks Tim. I'm glad you sent this to me. Very interesting how God moves in people's lives. Also, in the movie an Italian boy and Jack win their passage onboard Titanic from 2 Swedish boys. The Swedish boys are very angry they've lost their passage and the Italian boy and Jack are overjoyed with excitement. John's grandfather was spared. In my recent experiences that prompted my Titanic Blog. It was made clear to me what you wrote about how some are vessels of God's wrath (dishonor) and others as honor (mercy); God showed me clearly the Moses - Pharaoh scene. God bless, thank you brother.
ReplyDeleteThe obvious lesson about the sinking of the Titanic is that pride comes before a fall. Everybody thought that the Titanic was unsinkable. Maybe they should have said, if it is God's will, we will make it across the Atlantic Ocean to America. It is always a good idea to put God first.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if I remember, at the end of the film "Titanic", Jack saved the young lady's life; he froze to death and she didn't. Some vessels are created to sacrifice their lives for others--sounds like true love.