Bible Question:
God considers 40 days a spiritually significant time period, whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes he took 40 days. Noah's life was transformed by 40 days of rain; Jesus was empowered by 40 days in the wilderness. I'm just wondering why God used 40 days. |
Bible Answer: It is not just 40 days. It is the number 40 that seems to be significant. 40 days of rain, Israelites in the wilderness 40 years, 40 years of king Saul, 40 days of Jesus in the wilderness, 40 years of Christ living on earth. You will notice that after all these 40's there is deliverence or the fulfillment of promise. Noah is delivered (the rain stopped), the Israelites go into the promised land, King David begins to reign, Jesus is ministered to, we are delivered from the bondage of sin. There are many other examples. It seemsthe the number 40 is a number of deliverence. |