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● Luke 13:22-24 . . And he went through the cities and villages, teaching,
and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there
few that be saved? And he said unto them, strive to enter in at the strait
gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
● Matt 7:13-14 . . Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and
broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth
unto life, and few there be that find it.
● Matt 22:14 . . For many are called, but few are chosen.
Webster's defines "many" as consisting of, or amounting to, a large but
indefinite number; while "few" is defined as consisting of, or amounting to,
only a small number; viz: relative to many then, few is the lesser. Bear with
me while I flesh this out.
According to the US Census Bureau: as of July 20, 2019 @ 06:36 pm New
York Time, the United States population was approximately 329,283,762
with a death rate of approximately one every 12 seconds; which translates
to an average of 7,200 American deaths of all ages, races, and genders
during just one 24-hour calendar day.
According to 2009 US Census data; roughly 27.3% of America's daily
deaths are under the age of 19, which would indicate that approximately
5,234 of the current daily death rate per 24 hours are legally adults.
Giving the "many" the benefit of the doubt by limiting their maximum
percentage to 51%, would indicate a minimum of America's 2,669 legal
adults transferring to perdition every day: which translates to roughly 111
per hour.
That's a conservative estimate as Christ didn't really specify exact
percentages to represent the quantities of "few" and "many". But just think:
by the time CBS completes its half hour evening news report, a bare-bones
minimum of 55 Americans become new arrivals in the fiery sector of the
netherworld.
Using the ratio of 2,669 condemned souls per 329,283,762 population:
extrapolating the number of condemned souls worldwide from a currently
estimated global population of 7,586,319,469 people, would suggest
something like 61,491 new arrivals in the fiery sector of the netherworld
every 24 hours; which translates to approximately 2,562 global arrivals
every sixty minutes on the clock.
That rate would fill Yankee Stadium's 51,800 seats to capacity in roughly 20
hours and 21 minutes. In other words: if the world's daily number of
condemned souls started filing into the stadium at 06:00 am this morning,
then by 02:21 am tomorrow, the stadium would be full to capacity.
Christmas and New Year are even worse. A study done of 26 years of death
certificates shows that coronary fatalities are, on average, 11.9%
higher on those days than any other days of the year; with non-heart deaths
spiking to 12.2% higher.
The hell I'm describing never closes; no, not at all: it's open for business
24/7/365 nonstop and indifferent to global warming, Wall Street crashes,
massive layoffs, outsourcing, tariffs, school shootings, terrorism, tsunamis,
earthquakes, hurricanes, storm surges, nuclear meltdowns, air, water, and
soil pollution, a mission to Mars, freeway pile-ups, brown-outs, threatened
species, the price of oil, drug cartels, LGBT marriage, student debt, GMO,
trade deficits, Obamacare, protests, North Korean nukes, Federal debt,
factory recalls, overpopulation, desertification, genocides, revolutions, civil
wars, acid rain, road rage, oil spills, conscious decoupling, ISIS, blood
diamonds, fracking, twerking, and/or President Donald Trump's tweets.
If classical Christianity's perception of Jesus Christ and the hereafter is
correct; then it's apparent that people never stop cascading into the
netherworld's dungeons in an endless procession like the unbelievable
millions of poultry broilers passing annually through Tyson chicken
processing plants on their way to Wendy's, McDonalds, Carl's Junior, Jack in
the Box, Burger King, Chic-fil-A, KFC, A&W, Arby's, Dairy Queen, Taco Bell,
et al; and to supermarkets and restaurants all over the USA and wherever
else Tyson vends its meats. The slaughtering and the butchering never stop.
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