Amazing calculations
Posted by: jgriffiths <jgriffiths@...>
This is an article posted on a list and I am sure you will all enjoy.
John Griffiths.
AMAZING CALCULATIONS
(Somebody must have had too much time on their hands - well, actually,
its rather interesting to think of Moses leading the Israelites out of
Egypt from this perspective.)
Do you think that Moses sat down and figured out the logistics of what
God told him to do before he set out from Egypt with the liberated
Israelites? If he thought about it even a little bit it shows how much
faith He must have had in God to take care of everything. The very same
God is at work today in our lives!
Consider that Moses led everyone across the Red Sea in one night.
Scripture records that there were about 600,000 men on foot besides
women and children. This could mean that there were close to 3-1/2
million people. Now if they went on a narrow path, double file, the line
would be 800 miles long and require 35 days and nights to complete the
crossing. So, to get it over in one night there had to be a space in
the Red Sea about 3 miles wide so that they could walk 5,000 abreast.
Moses led the people of Israel into the desert... Now what was he going
to do with them? They had to be fed, and feeding 3-1/2 million people
requires a lot of food. According to the U. S. Armys Quartermaster
General, Moses would have needed 1500 tons of food a day, filling two
freight trains, each a mile long. Besides, you must remember, they were
cooking the food (not to mention for keeping warm, and if anyone tells
you it doesnt get cold in the desert dont believe them!). Just for
cooking this took 4000 tons of firewood and a few more freight trains,
each a mile long and this is only for one day!!! And they were for forty
YEARS in transit!!! But God miraculously provided manna for His people.
Just enough each day for that day. God can supply our needs too.
Lets not forget about water, shall we? If they only had enough to drink
and wash a few dishes (no bathing?!), it took 11,000,000 gallons EACH
DAY-enough to fill a train of tanker cars 1800 miles long.
Think about this; every time they camped at the end of the day, a camp
ground the size of Rhode Island was required, or 750 square miles.
Lets trust in God like Moses. Lets have courage as we face our
impossible events in life.
(Author unknown)