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(Text: Genesis 7:11,12,17) The Bible gives an interesting account of what happened on the eighth day: “And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life , in the second month.
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(Text: Genesis 7:11,12,17) The Bible gives an interesting • account of what happened on the eighth day: “And it came to • pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the • earth.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month...
the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and windows • of heaven were opened,
Point of interest • Water came from both directions; from above and from below. • There is no way of escape from the water jet streams.
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • 40 in the Bible - • Instances in the Bible where God made major changesand transformations after the period of 40
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • It rained for 40 days and 40 nights when God wanted to cleanse the world and start over.(Gen 7:12 KJV) And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. • Noah waited another 40 days after it rained before he opened a window in the Ark.(Gen 8:6 KJV) And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • Embalming required 40 days (although this was an Egyptian custom, the Egyptians recognized the period of 40 for the preparation of going into a new life, what they called the afterlife)(Gen 50:3 KJV) And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • Moses was on the mountain with God for 40 days (TWICE)(Exo 24:18 KJV) And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.(Exo 34:28-29 KJV) And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.(Deu 10:10 NIV) Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and nights, as I did the first time, and the LORD listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you.
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • Moses' face shone after the 40 days on the mountain.(Exo 34:29 KJV) And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • It took the spies 40 days to search out the promised land and bring back fruit(Num 13:25 KJV) And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • The Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness, one year for each day they explored the Promised Land.(Exo 16:35 KJV) And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.(Num 14:33-34 NIV) Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert. {34} For forty years--one year for each of the forty days you explored the land-you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • Goliath came for forty days before being killed by David(1 Sam 17:16 NLT) For forty days, twice a day, morning and evening, the Philistine giant strutted in front of the Israelite army. • Elijah strengthened by one angelic meal went forty days to Mount Horeb where the Lord passed by and he heard the voice of God(1 Ki 19:8 KJV) And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • Jonah warned the City of Nineveh they had 40 days until God would overthrow the city. The people repented in those 40 days and God spared the city.(Jonah 3:4 and 10 KJV) And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • Jesus fasted for 40 days in the wilderness(Mat 3:17 KJV) And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.(Mat 4:1-2 KJV) Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. {2} And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.
40 days and 40 nights (40 in the bible ) • Jesus was seen in the earth 40 days after His crucifixion(Acts 1:3 NIV) After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
Numbers (or mathematical figures) are never used promiscuously in the Bible, but rather take on spiritual meaning and significance; and for the searcher after truth there is found "the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Proverbs 25:2). • All creation is stamped with the "Seal of God" in numerics. God has made man himself a creature of time and therefore, a creature of number. Therefore, it is consistent with the very nature and being of God that His Book, the Holy Bible, should be stamped with this same "Seal" - Biblical numerics.
God is consistent throughout His Book, and though the Bible was written by various men of God over different periods of time and generations, there is manifest throughout all the Bible, the same marvelous meaning and harmony in the use of numbers. This begins in Genesis and flows through each book and consummates in Revelation. • All this confirms the fact of Divine Inspiration (II Timothy 3:16, II Peter 1:21). The simple numbers of 1 through 13 have spiritual significanceMultiples of these numbers, or doubling and tripling, carry basically the same meaning only intensifying the truth. It is important to note that the first use of a number in scripture generally conveys its spiritual meaning throughout the rest of the passage.
Fast Facts on the Bible 1 • The Bible Is Our Standard • 1. How many books are in the Bible?The Bible contains 66 books, divided among the Old and New Testaments. • 2. How many books are in the Old Testament?There are 39 books in the Old Testament. • 3. How many books are in the New Testament?There are27 books in the New Testament. • 4. What does "testament" mean?Testament means "covenant" or "contract." • 5. Who wrote the Bible?The Bible was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit by over40 different authors from all walks of life: shepherds, farmers, tent-makers, physicians, fishermen, priests, philosophers and kings. Despite these differences in occupation and the span of years it took to write it, the Bible is an extremely cohesive and unified book.
Fast Facts on the Bible 2 • 6. Which single author contributed the most books to the Old Testament?Moses. He wrote the first five books of the Bible, referred to as the Pentateuch; the foundation of the Bible.{gen, exo, lev, num, deut} • 7.Which single author contributed the most books to the New Testament?The Apostle Paul, who wrote 14 books (over half) of the New Testament. • 8. When was the Bible written?It was written over a period of some 1,500 years, from around 1450 B.C. (the time of Moses) to about 100 A.D. (following the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ). • 9. What is the oldest book in the Old Testament? Many scholars agree that Jobis the oldest book in the Bible, written by an unknown Israelite about 1500 B.C. Others hold that the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) are the oldest books in the Bible, written between 1446 and 1406 B.C. • 10. What is the youngest book in the Old Testament?The book of Malachi, written about 400 B.C.
Fast Facts on the Bible 3 • 11. What is the oldest book of the New Testament?Probably the book of James, written as early as A.D. 45. • 12. What is the youngest book in the New Testament?The Book of Revelation is the youngest book of the New Testament, written about 95 A.D. • 13. What languages was the Bible written in?The Bible was written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. • 14. When was the Bible canonized?The entire New Testament as we know it today, was canonized before the year 375 A.D. The Old Testament had previously been canonized long before the advent of Christ. • 15. What does "canon" mean?"Canon" is derived front the Greek word "Kanon," signifying a measuring rod. Thus, to have the Bible "canonized" meant that it had been measured by the standard or test of divine inspiration and authority. It became the collection of books or writings accepted by the apostles and leadership of the early Christian church as a basis for Christian belief. It is the standard by which all Christians throughout the ages live and worship.
Fast Facts on the Bible 4 • 16. When was the first translation of the Bible made into English?1382 A.D., by John Wycliffe. • 17. When was the Bible printed?The Bible was printed in 1454 A.D. by Johannes Gutenberg who invented the "type mold" for the printing press. It was the first book ever printed. • 18. What is the oldest almost-complete manuscript of the Bible now in existence?The Codex Vaticanus, which dates from the first half of the fourth Century. It is located in the library of the Vatican in Rome. There are older fragments of the Bible that are still preserved however-- the oldest being a tiny scrap of the Gospel of John was found in Egypt, dating back to the beginning of the second century. (It is currently in the Rayland's Library in Manchester, England). • 19. What is the longest book in the Bible?The book of Psalms. {1- 150 chap} • 20. What is the shortest book in the Bible?2 John. • 21. What is the longest chapter in the Bible?Psalm 119 { 1-176 v} • 22. What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?Psalm 117 { 1-2 v}
Fast Facts on the Bible 5 • 23. What is the longest verse in the Bible?Esther 8:9 • 24. What is the shortest verse in the Bible?John 11:35 { Jesus wept} • 25. Which book in the Bible does not mention the word "God?"The book of Esther. • 26. Who was the oldest man that ever lived?Methuselah who lived to be 969 years old (Genesis 5:27). • 27. Who were the two men in the Bible who never died but were caught up to heaven?Enoch, who walked with God and was no more (Genesis 5:22-24). Elijah, who was caught up by a whirlwind into heaven (II Kings 2:11). • 28. Who does the Bible say was the meekest man in the Bible (not including Jesus)?Moses (Numbers 12:3). • 29.How many languages has the Bible been translated into?The Holy Bible has been translated into 2,018 languages, with countless more partial translations, and audio translations (for unwritten languages). (This is an enormous amount of translations. In comparison, Shakespeare, considered by many to be the master writer of the English language, has only been translated into 50 languages.) • 30. Is the Bible still the best-selling book in the world?Yes, indeed!
John wycliff 1 • Death : december 30 ,1384 • John was the most famous priest of his day. His learning was immense. He had been a leading scholar at Oxford and a chaplain to the King of England. • More to the point, he spoke out boldly against the errors of the popes, the organizational hierarchy of the Roman Church, and the corruption of the clergy in his day. He criticized not only the organization of the medieval church but its theology as well and argued for a return to the Scriptures. • Pastors should live lives of simplicity and holiness, he taught, shepherding their flocks (people)--not plundering them.
John wycliff 2 • If the people in England were to know the truth, John reasoned that they must have the Word of God in their own language. • Under his direction, the Bible was translated into English for the first time, although the job was not completed by his associates until 1395, eleven years after his death. • Repeatedly condemned and burned by church authorities, copies of Wycliffe's Bible continued in use for over a century, until printed Bibles took their place. • This work greatly influenced William Tyndale who made the first printed translation of the New Testament in English.
John wycliff 3 • John Wycliffe died of his stroke on the last day of the year. The religious authorities had never excommunicated him because they feared public opinion--the people loved John and his fame was international. • So he was buried in consecrated soil. • But about thirty years later, the Council of Constance revenged itself on his criticism by condemning his teachings and ordering his bones to be dug up and burned. • But the burning of such a man's bones could not end his influence. As John Foxe said in his book of martyrs, • "though they digged [dug] up his body, burnt his bones, and drowned his ashes, yet the Word of God and the truth of his doctrine, with the fruit and success thereof, they could not burn; • which yet to this day...doth remain."
Take home point- thank for it • Know the following points of the Bible in hand • time • Energy • Sacrifice • Single eye focus • Martyrdom • Bloodshed • Insurmountable obstacles against the tides
Since God is consistent, the meaning of a number in the book of Genesis remains the same all the way to the book of Revelation. Sometimes the spiritual significance of a number is not always stated; it may be hidden or seen by comparison with other scriptures. • Finally, since there isgood and evilas well astrue and counterfeit, both Godly and Satanicaspects can be seen in numbers.
