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Background of the Oceangate Disaster

Give a background of the Oceangate. 5 Men

Soiunds familiar

God closed the door

People ignored the warning signs

We lived for the short-lived pleasure of life

The lure of the adventure of life…here today and gone tomorrow. A bit of an apple which probably took a few secoinds cauxed sa lifetime of grief...

Ecclesiastes 1:1–6 NIrV

1 These are the words of the Teacher. He was the son of David. He was also king in Jerusalem. 2 “Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is completely meaningless! Nothing has any meaning.” 3 What does a man get for all of his work? Why does he work so hard on this earth? 4 People come and people go. But the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises. Then it sets. And then it hurries back to where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south. Then it turns to the north. Around and around it goes. It always returns to where it started.

All their hard work, for so much…n one listened to Noiah…too busy living their own lives.

They could not take anything with them and their money could not save them

They paid $250000 per person per seat…breakdown is RR4,7 million! What shall it profit a man!

The oxygen is gone.

Those are the words that showed up on my phone this morning. The Titanic submarine with 5 people, had 96 hours of oxygen.

A man named Stockton Rush is one of the 5 aboard this sub. He is the CEO of OceanGate which operates this vessel. Stockton is a billionaire.

Stockton’s wife is the great- great granddaughter of Isidro and Ida Strauss; the well known couple who died on the Titanic in 1912. Isidor is known for making sure all women and children were first in reaching safety. Ida, refused to leave his side.

While there are lots of emotional stories that can be taken from all of this; my first thought is the unknown of how our lives will end. None of these people decided to leave the planet this way. They were explorers, adventurers, researchers.

All of that being said, one thing is true…money will never be your greatest investment. It will never be your last thought to have wished for more. Rather, your relationships will now be front and center. The people you love and who have loved you- are the investments. And even greater, is your investment with Jesus.

So while you are reading this, and have the oxygen to comprehend your life, make sure you have a life-line with Jesus.