![]() ![]() It was about 40 years from Jesus’s Ascension to the destruction of Jerusalem, in 70 AD, by the Romans. At the time of his Ascension, there were about 120 Christians on Earth, or 40 times 3. Jesus remained on Earth for 40 days after his Resurrection, appearing to the Apostles and teaching them before ascending to Heaven. Jesus fasted for 40 days in the wilderness before being tempted by Satan. It took 375 days for the water to recede. ![]() During this time, the whole world flooded to a depth of some 15 feet above the tallest mountains. The most notable are the 40 days and nights of rainfall that caused the Great Flood (for Noah’s Ark). There are many references to “40 days and 40 nights” throughout the Bible. Elijah, some 300 years later, spent 40 days on the same mountain worshipping God. ![]() Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai receiving God’s Law, another 40 days on the mountain after the golden calf sin. Moses was 40 years times 3 when he died, at 120. God forced them to wander in the Wilderness of Sin, throughout the Sinai Peninsula, for 40 years as punishment for their “stiff-necked unbelief.” “Sin,” here, does not denote sinfulness, but the Hebrew word for the Sumerian moon god, from which “Sinai” is derived. The Israelites slaved in hard bondage under the Egyptian pharaohs for 400 years, 10 times 40. NUMBER ONE SPIRIT IN THE WORLD TRIALIt is the traditional Hebrew number for the duration of a trial of any kind when times are hard, and a person’s faith is tested. It is used 146 times throughout both Testaments. The Bible uses 40 to denote completion or fulfillment. The 9 people recorded as being stoned are a Sabbath-breaker, a blasphemer, Abimelech, Achan, Zechariah, Adoram, Naboth, Stephen (the first Christian martyr), and the apostle Paul. The actual witnesses of the crime were required to cast the first stone at the law-breaker. The act of executing a criminal through stoning is believed to have originated with the ancient Hebrews. There are 9 people recorded as having leprosy (Moses, Miriam, Naaman, Gehazi, King Azariah, and the four lepers of Samaria. The number 9 also represents the fruits of God’s Holy Spirit, which are Faithfulness, Gentleness, Goodness, Joy, Kindness, Long suffering, Love, Peace, and Self-control. This day, considered by many Jews to be the holiest of the year, begins at sunset on day 9 of the seventh Hebrew month. The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) is the only one of God’s annual Feast days of worship that requires believers to fast for one day. Christ died at the 9th hour of the day, or 3 p.m., to make the way of salvation open to everyone. Used 49 times in Scripture, the number 9 symbolizes divine completeness or conveys the meaning of finality. Jesus is abandoned in the end and left all alone, and he says as much to his Disciples, then reminds them that he will not be alone, but the Father will be with him. Whenever someone is alone in the wilderness, whether it is Moses, or Elijah, or Jesus, they are not really alone but are, in fact, never closer to the one true God than at that moment. Just as God is one, so also is Satan a single (one) entity by himself until the last book. Numerology seems to be more than just coincidence when considering the chapter and verse 6:4 as 6 + 4 = 10 (see #5). “The one true God.” The 1st Commandment is “Thou shalt have no other gods besides me.” Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one.” This was to remind the Jews of the time not to worship multiple gods like all those civilizations around them. No surprise, but one (1) is obviously used throughout the Bible to indicate one thing only, God Himself. Many people take this with a grain of salt, but many others consider it very important and believe that the study of these numbers can unlock knowledge of the future. This list looks at ten significant numbers in the Bible, numbers that pop up time and again. It is a source of inspiration to many and-more curiously-a source of divination and secret codes. The Biblia Sacra, the Holy Bible, is the most widely read book in the world. ![]()
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