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Math in the Desert

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One of the biggest math-miracles is centered around Moses and the Israelites. In the desert, the Israelites had to get food and how do you feed 3.5 million people?  According to the quartermaster General of the American army, Moses needed 1500 ton of food daily.  A 6-km long freight train would be needed to transport the food. The food had to be cooked with firewood and you must remember: they were in the desert. 4000 ton of wood would be needed per day and again a few freight trains, each approximately 2-km long, to transport the wood. Something to think about: they moved through the desert for 40 years. What about water?  Just enough to drink and wash-up a little, they would need 50 million litre each day and a freight train with tankers, approximately 19-km long, would be needed to bring the water.  There were only a few waterholes in the desert. How did they get enough water? Another thing! They had to pass th...

You are a divine appointment

Taking the center stage, in the midst of philosophers and Athenians and other foreigners, Paul begins his speech - one of the best speeches ever delivered. In this beautiful passage recorded in Acts 17, Paul talks about the sovereignty of God. Acts 17:26 - From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God has marked out your appointed time in history. Your birth wasn’t an accident, neither your death will be. Your period on earth is a divine appointment. And, He determines the boundaries of your dwellings. Bible says, He has literally marked them out for you. What an awesome God we serve! He is a Sovereign God—He’s in charge! He has no beginning and no end. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is not limited by time and space. He shuts doors that no one can open and He opens doors that no one can shut. Nothing enters your life without His permission...