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Calculating the wages of sin?
So some 2000 years ago a man-god (or god, or man, or something) died on a cross in order to pay the debt for the worlds sin. This payment covered the people living at the time and future generations (and possibly past generations according to who you speak to).
This man-god was sent to hell for three days before being reborn. This gives us a baseline to determine exactly how what a a life's sin is worth.
Let's pretend that Jesus' sacrifice was only for the people living on the planet at the time. According to wiki that's around 300,000 people. Three days for 300,000 people equates to 0.864 seconds per person, in hell.
So here is your figure for the approximate value of a whole life's sin ;
0.864 seconds in hell.
Obviously if you count all the people that have ever lived, even just from the sacrifice onwards, this number becomes even more vanishingly small.
So, do we party on? Or are my calculations out of whack? Did Jesus/God get a discount?
7 Answers
- rockhound1371Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
no you may not "party on"... as you know,having as much info as you do on the Savior, the wage is not time in hell but spiritual death... so if you do not believe then you will experience just that...
Source(s): get saved... - melLv 41 decade ago
I suppose if your interpretation of wages is time then party on or whatever. However, the rest of the verse says the wages of sin is death. I don't think calculating the amount of time Jesus spent in hell per person is what he had in mind.
Source(s): Romans 6:23 - Orpheus RisingLv 51 decade ago
Party on... Maybe this time Jesus can turn some water into beer... that would be sweet.
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- BrainLv 41 decade ago
I don't think you should label your question, "Calculating the wages of sin" (he he). The wages of sin is death for everyone. You don't need math to figure it out. He died for everyone that has ever lived and ever will live. so...discounts? None. He paid the full price for everyone.
Source(s): Bible