Math and Universal Salvation

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The Bible frequently uses math. God created the Universe through mathematical principles, like Euler's Number and Pi. The Bible also teaches Universal Salvation, that everyone will go to Heaven through faith alone in Jesus Christ. Thus, let's explore math and see it's connection to Universal Salvation.

Everyone will go to Heaven. Jesus Christ will save the whole world through faith alone. That's the most important takeaway. However, I will try to explain it with a math topic to serve as an allegory. This is an independent case to all the other cases I previously mentioned, and those likewise to all others. Here, I will focus on the math used in Supply Chain Management.

Rom. 11:36 "Of Him and through Him and to Him are ALL THINGS, to whom be glory forever. Amen"

Vertical Integration is when a company is directly responsible for the creation of their product. The organization has direct ownership over all the stages of the production process.

Psalm 14:5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.

If God had a company called "Earth", then that would be vertically integrated. Because everything on Earth is created by Him. There is only one God, The Lord of Hosts. God never relies on external suppliers, because there are none apart from Him in terms of creation.

Matthew 13:55
“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?

So, let's say a carpenter had a sole proprietorship (a business completely run by the owner) where they build wooden tables. To get Raw Materials Inventory, they would go out into the forest and cut down trees to collect lumber. This would become Work-In-Process Inventory as they cut the logs into planks and legs. Finally, it's a completed wooden table and goes into Finished Goods Inventory.

2 Kings 22:6
the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.

It is faith alone in Jesus Christ through which we are saved. People who do not believe, who have been yet to be saved, are like those trees in the forest. God created all the trees and forests in the world. Thus, He must use them for a purpose. As everything The Lord creates He does so with a plan for them.

Ephesians 1:10 As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

Inventory Accounts (Types of Christians)
Raw Materials: Christians who have just been saved.
Work-In-Process: Christians learning how to perform good works.
Finished Goods: Christians in Heaven.

As soon as we are saved, we become a part of God's Inventory Account under the Assets section of His Balance Sheet, aka Statement of Financial Position. Notice how our works are only considered after we are saved. It is only through faith alone in Jesus Christ we are saved, not from works.

Ezra 1:9 This was the inventory: gold dishes 30 silver dishes 1,000 silver pans 29

Formula wise, the full Product Cost Flow is as such:

Beginning Raw Materials Inventory + Raw Materials Purchased = Raw Materials Available in Production.

Raw Materials Available - Ending Raw Materials Inventory = Raw Materials Used in Production.

Raw Materials Used in Production = Direct Materials.

Direct Materials + Direct Labour + Manufacturing Overhead = Total Manufacturing.

Beginning Work in Process Inventory + Total Manufacturing = Total Work in Process for the Period.

Total Work-in-Process for the Period - Ending Work-in-Process Inventory = Goods Manufactured.

Beginning Finished Goods Inventory + Goods Manufactured = Goods Available for Sale

Goods Available for Sale - Ending Finished Goods Inventory = Goods Sold.

While the Inventory is a Raw Material, Work-in-Process or Finished Good, it is stated on the Balance Sheet. But once it becomes a Good Sold, it moves to the Income Statment, aka Statement of Operations, aka Statement of Profit and Loss aka Statement of Financial Performance aka this statement has a lot of names because it's the most important one of the main 4 to investors.

Ecclesiastes 5:10
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.

As a sample, here's what it looks like mathematically with numbers. Company is a Sole Proprietorship, so the dollar values used are small compared to big corporations. The currency used is CAD, since I'm from Canada.

I will not be using commas in the numbers as it's used as a decimal point in French, just to avoid confusion.

R: Raw Materials
W: Work-In-Process
F: Finished Goods

DM: Direct Materials
DL: Direct Labour
MO: Manufacturing Overhead

$ 100 r start + $ 200 r bought = $ 300 raw available

$ 300 r - $ 100 r end = $ 200 raw used.

$ 200 = $ 200 DM

$ 200 DM + $ 150 DL + $ 50 MO = $ 400 T Manu

$ 300 w start + $ 400 T Manu = $ 700 T wip

$ 700 T wip - $ 70 = $ 630 goods manu.

Beginning Finished Goods Inventory + Goods Manufactured = Goods Available for Sale
$ 800 f + $ 630 = $ 1 430 goods for sale

Goods Available for Sale - Ending Finished Goods Inventory = Goods Sold.
$ 1 430 - $ 1 430 = 0

So in that example, since Goods Available for Sale = Ending Finished Goods Inventory, then no goods were sold. If this were a company, it will be up to the marketing department to send over the data on how many products are still sitting on store shelves.

Psalm 100:5 For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.

Faith alone in Jesus Christ gives us a platform to stand on, since our sins are washed away by Christ's holy blood from the cross. Once we trust in Him, we are immediately put into a position of being saved by Him that is impossible to get out of.

I mention Work In Process because being saved is just the beginning of our journey with God. When we are saved, all of our sins are covered, we have the once-saved-always-saved (OSAS) guarantee. But, as we exist physically, we are still in a world full of sin. Someone might be a saved Christian, but still struggle with the sin of this world. But in Heaven, we will all receive glorified bodies. Because everyone will come to believe in Jesus Christ through faith alone.

Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

The Father, our creator, created the trees in the forest for which to be harvested in good.

The Son, our carpenter, will save us after we believe in Him through faith alone and start building us into the product He desires.

The Holy Spirit, the supervisor, watches over all the inventory in the product line and guarantees they will be used for something.

Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mandatory disclaimer: Faith alone in Jesus Christ saves, not baptism.

Managerial Accountants are often left with the decision to carry out a value chain activity internally or choose to buy externally. This is called the "Make or Buy Decision". But The Lord always makes products in His organization internally. It is the narrow way. All the pointless ways humans fail to do good works is the broad way. All of humanity will go through the narrow way. All will be saved by faith alone in Christ Jesus, amen.

Luke 12:42
The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?
 

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Humans have constraints. God does not. He will save everyone in the world. All people on Earth will become believers in Jesus Christ through faith alone in Him as their Lord and Saviour.

Gen. 12:3 "All peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

For us humans, we have constraints. We can only jump so high and run so far. In business, the creation of products may be limited by the amount of raw materials, direct materials, in the world, which we're currently seeing in our global economy, or by how many workers are available, direct labour, as impacted by a pandemic.

Psalm 145:17 "The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does.

One mathematical method to combat a constrainted resource is called the Theory of Constraints (ToC). As follows, the company must choose the product mix that maximizes it's total contribution margin

TCM = Total Sales - Total Variable Expenses
TCM = (Selling Price * Units Sold) - (Variable Cost Per Unit Sold * Units Sold)

200 = 1 000 - 800
200 = ($10 * 100) - (8 * 100)

Ratio Wise: T Sales = VC + CM
T Sales = 100%
VC = 80%
CM = 20%
100% = 80% + 20%

So, even though we gained $1 000, because of the variable expenses we used to cover our Cost of Goods Sold, we only really had a profit of $200 here.

But for the Lord of Hosts, He has no limit. Every dollar of the $1 000 gained from sales will be saved. 100% of total sales will be saved. 100% of humanity will be saved. 100% of all humans will become believers in Christ.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,

However, maybe only 20% of people are saved through faith alone in Jesus Christ. The narrow way. Maybe, the other 80% die without having trusted in Jesus Christ through faith alone. This could be for a number of reasons. Maybe, they were atheists, didn't believe in God at all. Or a non-Christian religion like Islam or Judaism. Or maybe, they actually went to a Christian church, but they falsely tried to be saved by their good works like baptism or acts of charity without believing in Jesus. What happens to these people when they've already died?

The Lord has no constraints, zero limitations. He is our creator. Our wood companies are limited by the number of trees in the forest to harvest. Yet, to God, He created all the forests in the world. He would not be limited in a human way to go out in the market and buy wood, He can just create it.

That $200 sounds good right? But, let's say we have Fixed Costs, of $200.

Operating Profit = Total Contribution Margin - Total Fixed Expenses
Operating Profit = $200 - $200 = 0

Oops, looks like all our money is gone. Look, even though some people might die without believing in Christ, the truth is that, without Jesus, nobody would be saved. He is our only way to be saved.

God is the creator of all life. Jesus Christ conquered death. He will go to the dead and convince them to believe in Christ, even though they have already died.

Ephesians 1:10 As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

To combat these multiple constraints, us humans use a quantitative method of math called Linear Programming from Operations Management. This shows us the mix of products that most maximize profit. These business limits could be come in the form of the square meters of rented floor space in a factory or how many dollars we should assign to our advertising budget for product promotion.

John 1:29 NIV “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

Some people like to think of so many random things that could limit God from saving everyone. But God is God. He can do anything He wants. Doesn't matter what fancy name we give the cost, or whatever complex math we use, any obstacle we try to put down will not stop God's plan from coming to fruition.

What is God's plan? To unite all things from the Earth and Heavens. To save everyone. And it will be fulfilled.

ISAIAH 1:25 I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities. (NIV)

Our biggest constraint is sin. And Jesus Christ has already defeated sin Himself. Thus, the solution to every problem is already there right in front of us. Believe in Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Everyone will believe in Him, everyone will be saved.
 

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Everyone will go to Heaven through faith alone in Jesus Christ. Here is a mathematical allegory I will use to describe this.

In certain manufacturing industries, some end products are all produced from a single raw material input. For us humans, we all come from the dust of the ground. However, we have all been tainted with sin.

So, in essence, we are all joint products.

That dust can be classified as a Joint Input. Later, it goes through a Common Production Process, the taint of sin. This is a Joint Cost.

Then comes the Split-Off Point. Where we become different products. Some people are more social than others, or more logical than emotional, maybe more optimistic. Each person has their own personality type.

In an industrial setting, a joint input like crude oil can undergo a refinement process to transform it into gasoline, for a final sale, with the byproducts of oil and chemicals, which can undergo their own seperate processing to be fit for final sale.

Mathematically, one can decide whether it's economically viable to sell a product as is or process it further.

Per Litre
Oil Chemical
Sales Value at Split-Off Point 100 50
Sales Value after Further Processing 200 60
Allocated Joint Product Costs 150 25
Cost of Further Processing 50 5

That "Allocated Joint Product Cost" is included in these sort of statements, but as a reminder, they are not a relevant cost for internal decision making.

Us living through life is like a blacksmith refining metal in the heat of a furnace. It's similar to the refinement process of oil, as to remove any impurities.

ISAIAH 48:10 See, I have refined you ... I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. (NIV)

Refined material is more valuable than unrefined material. A substance with a 99% purity will be able to sell for more than that same substance with 95% purity. Yet, by believing in Jesus Christ, we will recieve glorified bodies in Heaven, and we will reach a state of 100% purity, free from all sins, as the blood that Jesus Christ shed on the cross acts as the cover for all of our sins.

MALACHI 3:2-3 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a laundress's soap. He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver, he will purify the Levies and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness. (NIV)

So in the real world, while there may be certain costs that exist that make us lose profit by further processing a good, for God, no such costs exist.

Incremental Revenue = Sales Value after Further Processing - Sales Value at the Split Off Point
Incr Rev for Oil = 200 - 100 = 100.
Incr Rev for Chem = 60 - 50 = 10.

Profit (loss) from Further Processing = Incremental Revenue - Cost of Further Processing
Prof Fur Proc Oil = 100 - 50 = 50.
Prof Fur Proc Chem = 10 - 5 = 5

It will always be the Lord's desire to transform someone into a believer of Christ. There is no limit for Him, no cost that can stop Him. For a business, it may be a loss for them to try refining a product over and over again, but to the Lord, there's no constraint. If someone doesn't believe in Jesus Christ, He will try over and over again to convince them, for as long as it takes, even after the human has died, the Lord of Hosts will save everyone through faith alone in Jesus Christ. The entire world will be saved.

Isaiah 25:6-8 " On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; And he shall destroy on this mountain the surface of the covering cast over ALL nations. he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.

It doesn't matter how many months or years of persuasion it takes, eventually, The Lord will convince every single person on Earth to believe in Jesus Christ as their Saviour, thus having all their sins covered.

1 Corinthians 15:22-28 All will be made alive in Christ, but each in his own turn and ultimately Christ will subdue all His enemies, eliminate death and God will be all in all.

Disclaimer: This is just a mathematical example, so the numbers are more of a way of demonstrating numerically the process. But the numbers can be anything, as long as they follow these steps.
 

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There I was, making another backup of a website with HTTrack Website Copier HTTrack Website Copier - Free Software Offline Browser (GNU GPL) like I did with the Tentmaker site, when I saw the "bytes saved" column and it reminded me of how everyone will be saved through faith alone in Jesus Christ. The whole world will go to Heaven and have a happy afterlife with the Lord of Hosts.

Ephesians 1:10 As a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

When you save a file, there's always a file saving speed. When you download something from the Internet, you have a download speed.

Bits are like a light switch, they're either on or off, binary, 1 or 0. Every decision within a computer can be made by multiple series of "yes" or "no" questions.

Bit
Byte = 8 bits. Ex: A letter on your screen like "a"
Kilobyte = 1,024 bits. Ex: A paragraph of text.
Megabyte = 1,024 kilobytes. Ex: A book.
Gigabyte = 1,024 megabytes. Ex: A CD of music
Terabyte = 1,024 gigabytes. Ex: A Blu-ray DVD.
Etc.

The Almighty Lord saving the Earth is like how one downloads data online. There's a speed to it.

Psalm 100:5 For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.

Right now, archiving this webpage, I have a rate of 7 kilobytes per second. But eventually, no matter how slow or fast the download speed is, the full file will be downloaded. Doesn't matter if that's 7 terabytes per second or 7 bits per second, as time moves forward, so do the percentage of people who believe in Jesus Christ with faith alone and thus be saved.

So, everyone becoming believers in Christ is not a matter of "if", but rather a matter of "when".

1 Corinthians 15:22-28 All will be made alive in Christ, but each in his own turn and ultimately Christ will subdue all His enemies, eliminate death and God will be all in all.

God has predestined all people to be saved, yet each individual person has the free will to decide when to be saved.

Gen. 12:3 "All peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

It's up to the person to believe in Jesus Christ for salvation, but it's guaranteed that eventually, everyone will believe in Him, it's only a matter of time.

ISAIAH 14:24, 27 The Lord Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand"... For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
 

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It may be a difficult thing for (some) Americans to understand, but God is not a capitalist, trading the devil in souls won or lost, and deciding His profit and loss thereby.

But I do agree He is a mathemetician. (And logician, physicist, chemist, biologist, etc). For who but the most sublime mathematican could have contrived Euler's identity; e^(i*pi)+1 = 0, and built a universe in which that were true?

Best wishes, 2RM.
 
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Jesus Christ will save the whole world through faith alone.
Jesus articulated clearly that there is no world.
When all beliefs are inspected & dispelled, of course only truth can remain.
There is no actuality of math, nor logic for that ‘matter’.
But thought seems to make is so.