NUMBER FORTY (40-1)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

0. Introduction

a) Forty is mentioned 146 times in Scripture. It points to or symbolizes trial and testing, or probation. It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 40 can be found in the Bible.

1. Forty Years of Probation by Trial

i) Israel in the wilderness, Deuteronomy 8:2-5; Psalm 95:10; Acts 13:18
(the third 40 years of Moses' life, who lived to be 120 years old).



ii) Israel from the crucifixion to the destruction of Jerusalem.


The End ...

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