The first of a three-part series of the Apostle Paul’s stormy voyage to Rome in Acts 27 presents the journey as a picture of the dispensation of grace, showing that the Church is sailing through a stormy age marked by satanic opposition, worldly turmoil, and resistance to the gospel. The “contrary winds” symbolize the powers of darkness pushing back against Paul’s message and hindering the spread of grace to the nations. Through Paul, God reveals how believers must navigate this age, and that Christ will deliver His Church before the coming wrath.