FOUR HUNDRED (400) IN THE BIBLE
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Number FOUR HUNDRED in the Bible
a) See, I will send you a prophet (like Elijah) before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He (John the Baptist) will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse." (Malachi 4:5)
b) The period from the book of Malachi at the end of our Old Testament to the opening of Matthew at the beginning of our New Testament comprises about 400 years and is called the Inter-Testament Period.
c) These 400 years are often referred to as the "silent years." However, they were only silent in the sense that God spoke to no prophet during that time. God was still speaking loudly through His silence.
d) The last prophet God spoke to was Malachi in the Old Testament, and he spoke to no one else until He spoke to John the Baptist in the New Testament. Therefore, John the Baptist is the link between the two testaments.
e) God is never silent. He neither slumbers nor sleeps. (Psalm 121:4). He didn't create the world and wind it up like a watch to run on its own. God has always been and always will be in control of His world.
f) Remember, God didn't speak to any prophet for the four hundred year Inter-Testament Period, but He speaks clearly today. How?
g) "In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son." (Hebrews 1:1)
The End ...
1. Number FOUR HUNDRED in the Biblea) See, I will send you a prophet (like Elijah) before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He (John the Baptist) will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse." (Malachi 4:5)
b) The period from the book of Malachi at the end of our Old Testament to the opening of Matthew at the beginning of our New Testament comprises about 400 years and is called the Inter-Testament Period.
c) These 400 years are often referred to as the "silent years." However, they were only silent in the sense that God spoke to no prophet during that time. God was still speaking loudly through His silence.
d) The last prophet God spoke to was Malachi in the Old Testament, and he spoke to no one else until He spoke to John the Baptist in the New Testament. Therefore, John the Baptist is the link between the two testaments.
e) God is never silent. He neither slumbers nor sleeps. (Psalm 121:4). He didn't create the world and wind it up like a watch to run on its own. God has always been and always will be in control of His world.
f) Remember, God didn't speak to any prophet for the four hundred year Inter-Testament Period, but He speaks clearly today. How?
g) "In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son." (Hebrews 1:1)
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