Hell's Population Clock

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I'm curious what percent of the current population would be saved?

That's difficult to ascertain because although everyone alive right now was
born a sinner, it's possible that not everyone right now is a guilty sinner.

Apparently children's sins don't go in the books till they reach something
called an age of accountability. I don't know whether that's true but certain
passages sort of imply it, e.g. 2Sam 12:23, Jonah 4:11, and Matt 18:3

If we arbitrarily assign the age of accountability here in the USA to be 18,
then it's not too difficult to figure out the percentage of my country's
population that could be saved were everyone wiped out this very day by a
super duper king size Carrington Event.

According to the US Census Bureau: as of Oct 10, 2024 @ 08:17 pm New
York time, the resident population in the United States was approximately
337,247,452

According to 2020 US Census data; roughly 77.9% of America's population
was over the age of 18, which if applied to the USA's current population
would amount to 262,715,765 adults.

Jesus said that the majority has not been making it to safety when they
cross over to the other side. So a simple minority of 49% of the
262,715,765 amounts to 128,730,725 and when we throw in all the
underage kids, the grand total is 203,262,412 which is like 60% of the USA's
current population.

That's a pretty conservative estimate because Jesus didn't give us an exact
percentage number to represent the majority that ends up lost.
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[TheLivingStone]

Seems odd keeping count of the amount of people going to hell.

Did the Lord not say to not to discuss or think about where other people are going once they die, or something along those lines?

 

[TheLearner]

That's difficult to ascertain because although everyone alive right now was
born a sinner, it's possible that not everyone right now is a guilty sinner.

Apparently children's sins don't go in the books till they reach something
called an age of accountability. I don't know whether that's true but certain
passages sort of imply it, e.g. 2Sam 12:23, Jonah 4:11, and Matt 18:3

If we arbitrarily assign the age of accountability here in the USA to be 18,
then it's not too difficult to figure out the percentage of my country's
population that could be saved were everyone wiped out this very day by a
super duper king size Carrington Event.

According to the US Census Bureau: as of Oct 10, 2024 @ 08:17 pm New
York time, the resident population in the United States was approximately
337,247,452

According to 2020 US Census data; roughly 77.9% of America's population
was over the age of 18, which if applied to the USA's current population
would amount to 262,715,765 adults.

Jesus said that the majority has not been making it to safety when they
cross over to the other side. So a simple minority of 49% of the
262,715,765 amounts to 128,730,725 and when we throw in all the
underage kids, the grand total is 203,262,412 which is like 60% of the USA's
current population.

That's a pretty conservative estimate because Jesus didn't give us an exact
percentage number to represent the majority that ends up lost.
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In Jewish culture back then the age was 13.

 

[TheLearner]

 

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● Mark 9:47-48 . . If your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It is better to
enter the kingdom of God half blind than to have two eyes and be thrown
into Hell; where the worm never dies and the fire never goes out.

Punishment by parasites is unusual but not unheard of; for example:

● Acts 12:21-23 . . On an appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat
on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. They shouted:
This is the voice of a god, not of a man. Immediately, because Herod did not
give credit to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten
by worms and died.

The exact species of worms spoken of here has yet to be identified with
certainty. It's believed possible by some that the worms centered upon his
bowels like termites and carpenter ants; so that Herod must've been in
terrible agony towards the end.

The point to note in this case is that Herod survived with the critters for a
while before finally becoming too weak to carry on. The poor man was
literally eaten to death.

Pop Clock Update: 3,606 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If
the figures in post #1 are within reason, then something like 211,243,086
new arrivals have checked into the fiery sector of Hades since Dec 10, 2014.
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Pop Clock Update: 3,614 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If
the figures in post #1 are within reason, then something like 211,711,734
new arrivals have checked into the fiery sector of Hades since Dec 10, 2014.
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● John 10:29 . . My sheep . . my Father gave them to me

Now, those sheep weren't exactly a freebee, viz: the sheep didn't come
cheap. Jesus bought and paid for them himself at enormous personal
expense.

● 1Pet 1:18-19 . . For you know that it was not with perishable things such
as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed
down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a
lamb without blemish or defect.

There are people out and about who sincerely believe that Jesus' sheep--
having been bought and paid for at the price of his own blood --are in a
position to negotiate the terms of their association with him. They actually
believe their rightful owner should stand aside while they disown him sans
fair and equitable compensation, and walk out the door to start a new life
elsewhere, possibly with some other rancher, maybe even one of his
competitors.

There's some apropos lines in a movie called The Hunt For Red October that
go like this:

Dr. Ryan: We definitely grab the boat, sir.

National Security Advisor: Hey, wait a minute. We're not talking about some
stray pilot with a MIG. We're talking about several billion dollars worth of
Soviet state property. They're gonna to want it back.

Duh!

● 1Cor 6:19-20 . .You are not your own; you were bought at a price.

Pop Clock Update: 3,622 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If
the figures in post #1 are within reason, then something like 212,180,382
new arrivals have checked into the fiery sector of Hades since Dec 10, 2014.
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Sheep are pretty good at bonding with their shepherd. For example Jesus
said:

● John 10:3-6 . .The sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by
name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on
ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But
they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him
because they do not recognize a stranger's voice.

Now if I'm reading that right, it appears to me that Jesus' sheep need not
fret themselves wondering who to follow. No, when they hear his voice, they
each know for themselves he's the one without needing somebody to point
him out.

It's interesting that the sheep seem not to go by facial recognition, nor are
they guided by the clothes their shepherd has on. No, it's his voice that
connects with them.

Sheep aren't the only ones. There's a raccoon that comes thru our backyard
whom I've routinely fed and watered for a number of years. Even after all
this time that critter still keeps a wary eye on me until I speak to it with the
words: "Hey little coon, don't bite me." Then it calms right down.

Not surprising, the rapture per 1Thess 4:13-18 is voice-activated. It won't begin
to unfold till Christ begins shouting. I suspect not everyone on earth will
react because only his own are attuned to his voice. No doubt people around
them will be puzzled why all of a sudden they're looking up.

Pop Clock Update: 3,634 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If
the figures in post #1 are within reason, then something like 212,883,354
new arrivals have checked into the fiery sector of Hades since Dec 10, 2014.
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FAQ: Why do so many conventional Christians insist it is necessary to
believe Jesus' crucified dead body was restored to life?

REPLY: None of the Old Testament sacrifices were restored to life. Their
bodies all remained deceased: some of them were even used for food, and
the remains of others were incinerated outside the camp. So it's logical to
expect that Jesus' body would remain deceased.

However; every resurrection recorded in the Bible-- both the new testament
and the old --restored people's dead body to life. But there is another matter
of far greater consequence to consider.

● Rom 4:25 . . He was delivered over to death for our sins, and was raised
to life for our justification.

The first half of that verse speaks of Isa 53:6 which reads like this:

"We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way;
and The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all."

But although Jesus' crucifixion satisfies justice for people's iniquity, the
people remain guilty; similar to when speeders pay a fine for going too fast.
Their payment satisfies justice for speeding, but the broken law stays on the
books. In other words: a paid fine clears no one of the crime.

The second half of Rom 4:25 speaks of justification-- translated from the
Greek word dikaíoosin which basically pertains to acquittal: defined as an
adjudication of innocence due to a lack of sufficient evidence to convict.

In other words: Jesus' crucified dead body had to be restored to life to make
it possible for sinners to be granted exoneration. Were Jesus' body to remain
deceased, nobody would get past the books spoken of by Rev 20:11-15
where the losers will be subjected to a mode of death akin to a foundry
worker falling into a kettle of molten iron.

* Were I the Devil, I would make it my mission in life to invalidate Christ's
physical resurrection because by means of its acceptance sinners have the
opportunity to be cleared of all wrong-doing from first to last. Failure to
believe his crucified dead body was restored to life will result in people's loss
of the one God-given opportunity to wipe the books; and thus they'll remain
on a direct path to the wrong side of things even though their iniquity was
forgiven by means of Christ's crucifixion.

● 1Cor 15:17 . . If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are
still in your sins.

Pop Clock Update: 3,638 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If
the figures in post #1 are within reason, then something like 213,117,678
new arrivals have checked into the fiery sector of Hades since Dec 10, 2014.
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Here's a question that not even God can answer.

● Heb 2:1-3 . .We must pay much closer attention to what we have heard,
lest we drift away from it. For if the word spoken through angels proved
unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just
recompense, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?

The Greek word translated "neglect" basically means to ignore, disregard,
set aside, to make light of, viz: assign a low priority.

I watched an interesting lecture on YouTube recently during which the
speaker asked, in so many words: What do a great number of folks in Hell
have in common other than their circumstances? The answer given was
stupidity, and I think I have to agree.

Jesus told a parable about some folks who were adequately catechized but
let day to day concerns distract them from taking action on the information
they were given. In other words they procrastinated; probably intending to
getting around some day to thinking about their afterlife prospects.

He told another parable wherein a number of folks invited to a wedding
found a variety of excuses not to attend. The host was wroth and banned
the original guests so that even if they changed their minds about attending,
they would not be allowed.

Well; I think the Bible is telling us that Heaven has little patience with things
like neglect, indifference, and procrastination. It says, in so many words: If
you hear the message, don't delay to respond because now is your time,
today is your opportunity for salvation.

The message, it its basic form, is very simple.

● Heb 2:9 . .We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for
the suffering of death, that he by the grace of God should taste death for
every man.

● Isa 53:6 . . All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one
to his own way; and The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

The only thing those dummies in Hell had to do to avoid that awful place was
RSVP God with a simple prayer in their own words that goes like this:

"Lord, I know I'm a sinner. I would like to take advantage of your son's
death."

Those sixteen words would've made a tremendous difference in their afterlife
situation but no, they let the opportunity to make peace with God slip thru
their fingers.

● Heb 12:25-26 . . See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. If they
did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how
much less will we, if we turn away from Him who warns us from
heaven?

Pop Clock Update: 3,646 days have elapsed since beginning the thread. If
the figures in post #1 are within reason, then something like 213,586,326
new arrivals have checked into the fiery sector of Hades since Dec 10, 2014.
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