{"id":36965,"date":"2022-09-13T13:18:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-is-the-significance-of-number-40-in-the-bible-jesus-fasted-for-40-days-the-israelites-were-in-the-wilderness-40-days-etc\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T13:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:18:17","slug":"what-is-the-significance-of-number-40-in-the-bible-jesus-fasted-for-40-days-the-israelites-were-in-the-wilderness-40-days-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-is-the-significance-of-number-40-in-the-bible-jesus-fasted-for-40-days-the-israelites-were-in-the-wilderness-40-days-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the significance of number 40 in the Bible? Jesus fasted for 40 days; the Israelites were in the wilderness 40 days, etc."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The number 40, as used in the Bible, seems to represent a <strong>complete period of testing or preparation and, sometimes, cleansing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our Lord&#039;s temptation for 40 days proved His complete devotion to His Heavenly Father and His opposition to sin as He was about to enter His ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The Israelites&#039; 40-year wandering in the wilderness tested and developed their faith, preparing them to enter the promised land.&nbsp; In addition, during that time, the Hebrews as a people were purged of the unfaithful and disobedient among them. That generation&nbsp; died during the 40 year journey.<\/p>\n<p>There are many instances of 40 as a time period in scripture, and a few of these examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The rain fell upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights in Noah&#039;s day (Genesis 7:12).&nbsp; The flood cleansed the earth of corruption and violence (Genesis 6:11, 12) and prepared it for a new beginning.<\/li>\n<li>Moses experienced two 40-year time periods which prepared him to be Israel&#039;s deliverer.&nbsp; During the first he received his mother&#039;s care and guidance before being educated as Pharaoh&#039;s grandson (Exodus 2:8-10; Acts 7:21-23, 29).&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Afterwards, when he fled Egypt, he spent 40 years in the wilderness of Midian.&nbsp; This second period of comparative isolation allowed him much time for contemplation and refinement of character.&nbsp; And &quot;after forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.&quot;&nbsp; (Acts 7:30)&nbsp; Only then was Moses (both in character and in strength of faith) ready to be used of God to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number 40, as used in the Bible, seems to represent a complete period of testing or preparation and, sometimes, cleansing. Our Lord&#039;s temptation for 40 days proved His complete devotion to His Heavenly Father and His opposition to sin as He was about to enter His ministry. The Israelites&#039; 40-year wandering in the wilderness &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-is-the-significance-of-number-40-in-the-bible-jesus-fasted-for-40-days-the-israelites-were-in-the-wilderness-40-days-etc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is the significance of number 40 in the Bible? Jesus fasted for 40 days; the Israelites were in the wilderness 40 days, etc.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}