Well the math would be dependent on what base your in. YHWH. YHWH, and HE has always been. HE is the transcendent one outside of time and space and not limited to the ways of mankind, but is intimate enough to send HIS one and only Son to die for all of the humans on planet earth to restore them to the imago dei so that they might not suffer utter destruction and torment. God created science, micro-evolution exist, God is God and I will not defend HIM for who HE is because the very breathe you take is a testament to HIS greatness regardless if you believe in HIM or accept HIM or not. Case closed God is God and you and I are man. HE blows the mind wide open to the point we cannot conceive HIM at times and HE does things like create the universe by the mere spoken word from HIS mouth. This God, this KING OF KINGS, and LORD OF LORDS, the ALMIGHTY ONE, is the universe maker who fashions all things and holds all things together. Unlike other worthless gods, the God of the Bible is the ONLY one who came down to earth and remains by HIS Spirit and promises to come again in the flesh so that every eye will see, and every ear will hear, every tongue confess that YHWH is the one and only true God who is, was, and will forever be. If you cannot grasp that HE is so great, that HE rose from the dead, that HE is totally and madly in love with you and wants to rescue you from your pains and sorrows so that you find a place of comfort and strength in HIM so that you might go on in this life when everything else seems so uncertain the one thing that does not change, has never changed, and will never change is HIM and HIS love. These three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. I'm perfectly willing to accept that the universe may or may not have been made in a literally 6 twenty-four hour periods, but I still believe that God did it by HIS very word, HIS Word; the Bible that has never changed, says it, I believe the Bible is true and I believe that the God it speaks of is real and I know it in my gut that it is all true. I don't say these things to sound mean and insensitive, I know there are many unanswered questions and that there is evil and that there is suffering in the world, but the divine institution which God created, the Church, is commissioned with the cause to do the best they can to help the poor and needy, and the down trodden. To look after widows in their time of distress and give a home to the orphan. God doesn't just wave HIS hand and solve it all for us, because then mankind would not have freewill to believe or not believe. To serve or not to serve. To love or not to love. God does not require anyone, but HE so much wants and longs to be with everyone. HIS will is not that anyone should perish, but that all would come unto repentance and receive something far greater and better that is more valuable than gold, silver, or precious stones. Something of awe inspiring power that is worth every step and every effort to keep going and moving on through this tough life, not alone, but as the Church with their KING OF KINGS on HIS throne of absolute power and authority who can just speak and it would be so. Are you hearing me!? This God is so much more than we could ever dream or imagine, but man puts in aside to try and find the easy and temporary things that will not last, but God is eternal and never changes. The rewards HE grants are eternal and will never fade. HIS promises are true and never failing. The very babe one can see in a nursery represents the children of God who are totally dependent upon HIM as a babe is dependent on its parents. HE nurtures them and as they grow they become beautiful and strong and powerful.
Good post mate.
