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The Titanic
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We all know the story. The Titanic, a Brit-
ish passenger liner, struck an iceberg off
Newfoundland on the night of April 14-15,
1912, and sank. It was a tragedy of enor-
mous proportions.
What a splendid ship! Everything a ship
designer could imagine was built into it. It
was beautiful, magnificent, TITANIC!
It slid out to sea from Liverpool, England,
on a serene April morning. Gleaming
against the sky, it was majestic. The pride
of Britannia rode out to sea. New York was
its next harbor.
The notables of society were its passen-
gers and they basked in the splendor of its
luxury. Elegance was the word for Ti-
tanic's interior. Lavish in its decor, menus,
and entertainment, it surpassed the high-
est expectations of its passengers.
Three-quarters into its maiden voyage-on
the fringe of Newfoundland's frigid banks-
the Titanic became a catastrophic night-
mare. A deceptively large iceberg, de-
tached from the polar ice fields, was drift-
ing into the North Atlantic shipping lanes,
destined to keep a predetermined encoun-
ter with the fabulous Titanic.
Within two hours, before the dawn of
April 15, 1912, the unsinkable Titanic
plunged to its death four miles below the
icy surface, taking with it more than 1500
souls (including most of the crew) and all
its treasure.
In 1898, 14 years before the Titanic made
her maiden voyage, Morgan Robertson
published a fictitious book entitled,
FUTIL-
ITY: The Wreck of the Titan.
This was the
story of an "unsinkable" massive ocean
liner, which like the Titanic, was crossing
the Atlantic Ocean (traveling from Amer-
ica to England) in that same month of
April, with 3,000 people on board. Trying
to cross the ocean in record time, it too
struck an iceberg (near midnight) and
sank. Not only were the ships’ names very
similar, but most on board also perished
simply because there was a lack of life-
boats (only 13 survived).
But most remarkable of all, the story of the
Titanic has incredibly close parallels to the
Biblical plan of salvation as the following
points illustrate:
1. "Not even God could sink the Titanic,"
was the boast of those who put their
confidence in a ship built by men. Today
we also have the deadly tendency to
have excessive pride in our own re-
sources. "As we travel through life, who
really needs God anyway? I can make it
on my own."
"Pride goeth before destruc-
tion and a haughty spirit before a fall."
Proverbs 16:18.
2.
Even when the Titanic struck the ice-
berg, the crew and passengers were con-
fident that the "small" iceberg could do
little damage. We also are deceived into
thinking that sin is minor and of little
consequence.
"Be not deceived; God is
not mocked; for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap." Gal 6:7.
3. Especially following the underwater
discovery of the sunken Titanic, mari-
time experts have suggested that the
structural steel then in use in the Ti-
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