The story of Noah... Moses... Jesus..
2006-06-19 11:10:21 · 9 answers · asked by Kelly K 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
40 is a holy number... think about it 40 day and night of the great flood
jesus was lost in the desert for 40 days
think about it..........
2006-06-19 11:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by matt_brian05 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It rained 40 days and 40 nights. Noah
Moses lead his people in the wilderness for 40 years. A journey that should only have taken about 42 days. Moses never made the promised land.
Jesus was tempted in the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights.
40 is a perfect number because it represents a generation. Every 40 years things can change since you have a new leadership system.
2006-06-19 11:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by green3ch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number 40 in the bible has to do with trials and tribulations usually. It rained for 40 days and forty nights, they wandered for 40 years, Jesus fasted for 40 days, et. al. then was tempted.
2006-06-19 11:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The morons have not caught on yet that the massive Bang continues to be happening, and if that they had sufficiently effective telescopes they could see it for themselves. Nor do the morons comprehend or understand something approximately present day cosmology (I wager they could no longer even quote the 2nd regulation in case you held a gun to their head). sure, the Bible is basically opinion, and no, there is no evidence that any of the astonishing activities of the Bible truly took place.
2016-10-31 03:41:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Jewish numerology, the number 4 designates a long time. Obviously that makes 40 a long, long time. It is an indefinite number in its usage.
2006-06-19 11:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by byhisgrace70295 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Numerology is of the Devil.. do not pay attention to numeric patterns in the Holy Bible. There are none.
2006-06-19 11:14:07 · answer #6 · answered by xxxcariooo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just represents a big number, one that is almost too large to grasp.
2006-06-19 11:13:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
40 is used as a period of testing and judgment.
look here:
http://www.bsc300.org/Number_40/Number%2040%20In%20Type.PDF
2006-06-19 11:14:44 · answer #8 · answered by Tonizzy22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know,, I know,, its the page after 39...
2006-06-19 11:13:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋