Have you ever noticed that there are several stories in Holy Scripture
regarding ships and boats being tossed about in a tempest,
and that all of
those who remained aboard were saved?
Noah built an
ark:
Noah's Ark saved only eight people, Noah and his wife, their three sons,
Sem, Ham, and Japeth, and their wives.
When the great flood came,
whoever was not in the Ark perished and was not saved.
Genesis
7:13-23
This Noah's Ark Old Testament story is a type of the 'Ark' of the New Testament,
the Catholic Church.
Hebrews 11:7, "By faith Noah, having been
warned concerning things not seen as yet, prepared with
pious fear an ark in which to save his household. Having
thus condemned the world, he was made heir of the justice which is through
faith."
1Peter 3:20, "Which had been some time incredulous, when they
waited for the patience of God in the days of Noe, when
the ark was a building: wherein a few, that is, eight souls, were saved by
water."
2Peter 2:5, "And spared
not the original world, but preserved Noe, the eighth
person, the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the
ungodly."
Who does "the preacher of justice" remind
you of?
This is a full size replica of Noah's Ark, built in the
Netherlands
by Creationist Johan Huibers. Construction began in May
2005.
Please go here for much more about this replica:
http://www.pbase.com/paulthedane/noahs_ark
Isaiah 54:8-17, "In a moment of indignation have I hid my
face a little while from thee, but with everlasting kindness have I had mercy on
thee, said the Lord thy Redeemer. (9) This thing is to me as in the days of
Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the
earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke
thee. (10) For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble;
but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not
be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.
(11) O poor little one, tossed with the
tempest,
without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order,
and will lay thy foundations with sapphires, (12) And I will make thy
bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of
desirable stones. (13) All thy children shall be taught of the Lord: and
great shall be the peace of thy children. (14) And thou shalt be founded in
justice: depart far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror,
for it shall not come near thee. (15) Behold, an inhabitant shall come, who
was not with me, he that was a stranger to thee before, shall be joined to
thee. (16) Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the
fire, and bringeth forth an instrument for his work, and I have created the
killer to destroy. (17) No weapon that is formed
against thee shall prosper: and every tongue that resisteth thee in judgment
thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and
their justice with me, saith the Lord."
Simon Peter had a
barque:
Luke 5:1-7, "And it came to
pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he
stood by the lake of Genesareth, (2) And saw two ships standing by the lake: but
the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets. (3) And going into one of the ships that was
Simon's, he desired him to draw back a
little from the land. And sitting, he taught the multitudes out of the
ship. (4) Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon: Launch out
into the deep and let down your nets for a draught. (5) And Simon answering
said to him: Master, we have laboured all the night and have taken nothing: but
at thy word I will let down the net. (6) And when they had done this, they
enclosed a very great multitude of fishes: and their net broke. (7) And
they beckoned to their partners that were in the other ship, that they should
come and help them. And they came and filled both the ships, so that they were
almost sinking."
Jesus taught from a ship, but was it just any ship?
Or was He very specific about whose ship it was from which He
taught?
Paul sailed in ships, and was shipwrecked:
Acts 27:13-43, "And
the south wind gently blowing, thinking that they had obtained their purpose,
when they had loosed from Asson, they sailed close by Crete. (14) But not
long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called
Euroaquilo. (15) And when the ship was caught and could not bear up against
the wind, giving up the ship to the winds, we were driven. (16) And running
under a certain island that is called Cauda, we had much work to come by the
boat. (17) Which being taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship:
and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they let down the sail
yard and so were driven. (18) And we, being mightily tossed with the
tempest, the next day they lightened the ship. (19) And the third day they
cast out with their own hands the tacking of the ship. (20) And when
neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and no small storms lay on us, all
hope of our being saved was now taken away. (21) And after they had fasted
a long time, Paul standing forth in the midst of them, said: You should indeed,
O ye men, have hearkened unto me and not have loosed from Crete and have gained
this harm and loss. (22) And now I exhort you to be of
good cheer. For there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but only of
the ship. (23) For an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by
me this night, (24) Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar;
and behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. (25) Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God,
that it shall so be, as it hath been told me. (26) And we must come unto a
certain island. (27) But after the fourteenth night was come, as we were
sailing in Adria, about midnight, the shipmen deemed that they discovered some
country. (28) Who also sounding, found twenty fathoms: and going on a
little further, they found fifteen fathoms. (29) Then fearing lest we
should fall upon rough places, they cast four anchors out of the stern: and
wished for the day. (30) But as the shipmen sought to fly out of the ship,
having let down the boat into the sea, under colour, as though they would have
cast anchors out of the forepart of the ship, (31) Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers: Except these
stay in the ship, you cannot be saved. (32) Then
the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off. (33) And
when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day
is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, taking
nothing. (34) Wherefore, I pray you to take some meat for your health's
sake: for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish. (35)
And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the
sight of them all. And when he had broken it, he began to eat. (36) Then
were they all of better cheer: and they also took some meat. (37) And we
were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. (38) And
when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the
sea. (39) And when it was day, they knew not the land. But they discovered
a certain creek that had a shore, into which they minded, if they could, to
thrust in the ship. (40) And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed
themselves to the sea, loosing withal the rudder bands. And hoisting up the
mainsail to the wind, they made towards shore. (41) And when we were fallen
into a place where two seas met, they run the ship aground. And the forepart
indeed, sticking fast, remained unmoveable: but the hinder part was broken with
the violence of the sea. (42) And the soldiers' counsel was that they
should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out should
escape. (43) But the centurion, willing to save Paul, forbade it to be
done. And he commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves first
into the sea and save themselves and get to land."
Matthew 8:23-27, "And when he entered into the
boat, his disciples followed him: (24) And behold a great tempest arose in
the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep. (25)
And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we
perish. (26) And Jesus saith to them: Why are you
fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded
the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm. (27) But the men
wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey
him?"
All of His disciples that were in the boat were saved.
What Pope
Boniface VIII had to say:
"There had been at the time of the deluge only one
ark of Noah, prefiguring the one Church, which ark, having been finished to a
single cubit, had only one pilot and guide, Noah, and we read that, outside
of this ark, all that subsisted on the earth was destroyed...
We declare,
say, define and proclaim to every human creature that they by necessity for
salvation are entirely subject to the Roman Pontiff."
Pope Boniface VIII,
Unam Sanctum, November 18, 1302
Elucidation:
1. In the days of Noah, a carpenter built an ark at
the command of GOD.
When the great flood came, the
only persons who were saved were those who were within the ark.
2. Isaiah
prophesied of the Church which the Savior would found, and that it would be
tossed about by a tempest.
3. Jesus Christ calmed the tempest in the Sea
of Galilee, and all of His disciples aboard were saved.
4. Saint Paul's ship
was also caught in a tempest at sea and yet all 276 who were aboard the ship
were saved.
5. Noah the carpenter, built an ark of redemption. Jesus Christ
the carpenter, built a Church of redemption.
6. Part of the interior of
Catholic Churches is called the 'Nave'. It is the place of worship in the
Church.
The word 'Nave' comes from the Latin word
'Navi' which means 'ship'. From the Latin word 'Naves' we get the
plural word 'ships'.
Mark 4:36, "et dimittentes turbam
adsumunt eum ita ut erat in navi et aliae naves erant cum illo."
Mark 4:36, "And sending away the multitude, they take him even
as he was in the ship: and there were other ships with him."
7. As Christ taught from the boat of Saint Peter, so does the Catholic
Church teach the Gospel to the whole world
from the nave of
the successor of Saint Peter.
"And they, continuing daily with one
accord in the temple,
and breaking bread from house to house, did
eat their meat with gladness and singleness of
heart,
Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
AND THE LORD ADDED TO THE CHURCH DAILY SUCH AS SHOULD BE
SAVED."
Acts 2:46-47, King James Bible
What do those two
verses tell you?
Are those tens of thousands of non-Catholic sects in the
world today of one
accord?
Do they have singleness of heart?
Are they "having favor with all
the people?"
What about the last line?
Are you attached to the one Church that Jesus Christ
founded?
That last line does say that in order to be saved, you must be added to His
Church, does it not?
So what is preventing you from climbing aboard
the Barque of Peter?
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<><><> The
Barque of Peter with the Pope at the Helm <><><>
"Saving
Souls"
A 2000 year old sunken wreck of a barque
was found in the Sea of Galilee a short distance
offshore from
Capharnuam, the home of Simon Peter. This is an embossment of a
replica of
that sunken vessel, and it is thought to be a fairly accurate representation of Simon Peter's
barque.
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Written by Bob
Stanley, June 24, 2008
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