Mathematical Miracles

I don't know how long this has been on the web but it just came to my attention today and it has become joy to me so I am going to share it with you. If you don't believe the bible literally you will probably just scoff. Too bad. You should be encouraged. There were at least 600,000 people traveling in the wilderness. Plus livestock. This is a minimum figure. But it probably was only counting the adult males.

http://www.walkthroughlife.com/personal/pqv/stories/mathmiracle.htm


One of the biggest mathematical miracles in the world centers around
Moses and the people of Israel. Moses and the people of Israel were in the
desert, but what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and
feeding 3 or 3 1/2 million people would require a lot of food.
According to the Quartermaster General of the Army, it is reported that
Moses would have to have 1500 tons of food each day. Did you know that to
bring that amount of food each day, two freight trains, each a mile long,
would be required?
Besides, you must remember, they were out in the desert, and they would
have to have firewood to cook the food. This would take 4000 tons of wood
and a few more freight trains, each a mile long, for one day. And just to
think, they were forty years in transit.
Oh, yes, they would have to have water. If they only had enough to drink
and wash a few dishes, it would take 11,000,000 gallons each day, and a
freight train with tank cars 11.8 miles long, just to bring water. They
had no lakes, and only a few wells. How were they to get water?
And then another thing . . . ! They had to get across the Red Sea in one
night. Now if they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be
800 miles long and would require 35 days and nights to get through. So,
there had to be space in the Red Sea 3 miles wide so they could walk 5000
abreast to get over in one night.
But, then, another problem. .. Every time they camped at the end of the
day, a campground 2/3's the size of Rhode Island, or a total of 750 square
miles, was needed. That comprises an area 25 miles wide and 30 miles long.
Think of it! This space just for nightly camping.
Do you think Moses figured all this out before he left? I think not. You
see, Moses believed in God, and that God was going to take care of these
things for him.
Let us take courage, we have the same God! We think our problems are so
big. Remember what God can do! Just team up with God, and your problems
will be in His care. Let him run your life, and as the old song says: "He
will take care of you."......

Abraham did not know where he was going, Moses did not know where he was going, Joshua did not know where he was going, John the Baptist did not know...etc. Yet God met them all as they simply obeyed. This is a good encouragement for us all.