Vince Massi said:
Even fasting and prayer won't save the ship.
Who says they were fasting? All the text says is that they hadn't eaten. Maybe, since they were lost at sea, they were rationing.
You can reach a point in sin that God will not turn back His judgment.
Again, no reason from the text to conclude that Paul was sinning.
Lost at sea, without enough food and equipment, the ship could not sail back to Jerusalem and undo the harm it had done.
What harm did the ship do in Jerusalem, and why would they try to get back? They were trying to deliver goods and passengers to Rome.
When sin has run a church into the ground, it's time to abandon ship.
The ship wasn't run aground due to sin or some sort of error. It was done purposely, probably to prevent it from sinking to give time to evacuate.
No one was lost. The shipwreck wasn't judgment. It was a blessing.
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[*]Who says Acts 27:1ff instructs us about correct way to leave a church? Nothing in the text suggests it.
[*]Allegory requires an external "key," some shared knowledge, assumptions, etc., for its interpretation. What is the key for your allegory, and how is your reading of this passage justified?
[*]Why do you say Paul was going the "wrong way" when Paul was, in fact, doing exactly what Jesus instructed him to do in a vision?
[*]You accused others of claiming Paul founded the church at Rome. Where has anyone said this?
[*]What makes Julius the centurion a picture of church leadership, instead of Paul, a
literal church leader? Again, you need to show your work and justify your interpretation.
[*]Why should we believe Paul was going in the "wrong direction" when everything in the text says that Paul, by his own intent and by God's design, was definitely on his way to Rome?
[*]Why do you falsely say "EVERYONE had lost control of the ship," when it is crystal clear from the context of the story that God had the situation fully under control and was guiding the ship by his own hand to ensure that Paul reached Rome safely?
[*]Why do you claim the sailors were the ones who knew what was going on, when it is crystal clear from the narrative that only Paul had a clear understanding of what was going to happen?
[*]Why do you claim that the shipwreck was a judgment, or the result of sin, when the text says no such thing, and in fact implies that it was part of God's good plan to get Paul to Rome to testify there?
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