Noah and the great flood:Genesis7:4, 12: Seven days from now I am going to send rain that will fall for forty days and nights, in order to destroy all the living beings that I have made".* And rain fell on the earth for forty days and nights.
God was not pleased with the wickedness that took over the earth. He regretted that he had created man. He vowed to destroy all that He had made. But He was pleased with Noah, and so He asked him to build a boat for himself and his family and any animal he deemed fit each male and female. He promised to spare any one who is in the boat.
He gave Noah particular specifications to follow in building the boat. Noah did as the Lord commanded him.(Gen 7:14 - 16).
Moses on Mount Sinai: Exodus 24:18: Moses went up the mountain into the cloud. There he stayed for forty days and nights.
After he had given them the 10 commandments, He needed to seal the covenant that He had made with them. And so God called Moses to come to him for the stone tablets where the instructions were written. And Moses went up as the Lord has commanded him.
The Journey of the Israelites in the wilderness: Numbers 14:33-34: "Your children will wander for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last one of you dies. You will suffer the consequences of your sins for forty years, one year for each of the forty days you spent exploring the land. You will know what it means to have me against you."
Moses had sent out 12 men to explore the promised land to find out their strength. So they could plan on how to invade it. But 10 men out of the 12 brought false report which made the people of Israel to grumble and complain against God. And the Lord was angry with them, He struck the men with diseases and they all died except Caleb and Joshua. The Lord also sworn that the people of Israel will wander in the wilderness for this.
Elijah on Mount Sinai: 1Kings 19:8 :Elijah got up, ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to walk forty days to mount Sinai.
After Elijah had won the challenge against the prophets of Baal and had them seized and killed. Jezebel the wife of King Ahab, threatened to kill Elijah. So he fled the country seeking for God's help.
Jonah's Prophecy against Nineveh: Jonah3:4 ; Jonah started through the city and after walking a whole day, he proclaimed. "In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed."
After the fish later spew Jonah on the shore, he then decided to head to Nineveh as the Lord had told him to , to speak out against them for their wickedness. As he did, the people repented and took on a sackcloth a symbol of shame and penance. And the Lord changed his mind. He did not destroy them anymore.
The suffering and temptation of Jesus Christ. Mathew4:1-3, Mark1:12-13, Luke 4: 1-2. Then the spirit led Jesus into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After spending forty days and nights without food,Jesus was hungry. Then the devil came to him and said, "If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn into bread.
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