FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS

DAY 157

Chinese Gen Hospital

TEXT: Numbers 9-12

Rhema Verse: Numbers 13:25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.

MESSAGE: I was fascinated by this number of days. I noticed that forty days was used many times in the Bible; and usualy it starts with a bad report/trials/problem and then a great big BANG! Blessing /power/resolution from God! Whoa! 40 days and forty nights: 

PROBLEM: God send rain 40D/40N in Noah' s time Gen 7:12. 

MIRACLE: After 40D/40N of flood Noah sent out a raven (raven gave bad report) then he sent a dove (dove gave a sign of life on earth - a leaf)   

PROBLEM: 40D/40N Israel was left at the foot of the mountain without it's prophet Moses and they started to doubt, fear and make other gods. 

MIRACLE: Exo 34:28  40D/40N God is giving Moses the ten commandments for Israel's Covenant and after that the New Covenant of Jesus.

PROBLEM: Num 13:25  Bad report from the ten leaders of Israel after the 40D/40N exploration of the very good and fertile promised land of God. 

MIRACLE: Out of the 12 only Joshua and Caled spoke that God can definitely give them and conquer the land soooo big, fortified and full of giants!!! And God gave it to those who believed!!!

PROBLEM: Num 14:34  Israel should have traveled from Egypt to the promised land for only forty days, but because of their unbelief they stayed for forty years. 

MIRACLE: Only the new generation of believers entered.

PROBLEM: 1Sam 17:16 Goliath kept on oppressing the people of Israel 40D/40N and everyone was so afraid and could not eat or sleep. 

MIRACLE: David a shepherd boy, God-fearing was raised up, he believed and was able to defend Israel and became the carrier of the promised savior Jesus.

PROBLEM: 1 Kings 19:8 Prophet Elijah was afraid of Jezebel and he came up to the mountain to hide and pray that he might die, he traveled for 40D/40N  to meet God. 

MIRACLE: He was strengthened and Elijah met God face to face and anointed a king and prophet Elisha.

PROBLEM: Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh and was swallowed by a big fish but then went on to proclaim to Nineveh for 40D/40N that the Lord will destroy them.  Jonah3:4 

MIRACLE: Nineveh listend and repented and the Lord forgave them.

         

PROBLEM: Matt 4:2. Jesus traveled the wilderness for 40D/40N and he was tempted by the devil. But NO PROBLEM. Is big for Jesus. 

MIRACLE: our God will FOREVER reign forever and ever! And After suffering at the cross. Jesus strengthened his disciples for 40D/40N, then the Holy Spirit came to them with power from the Living God up to now!!!!!!

PROMISE: With God NOTHING is impossible! After the rain is the beautiful rainbow (God’s promise)

COMMAND: Keep on believing God and His promises and I will see great miracles

WARNING: If you dwell on the problem and fail to see God's promises you will miss the miracle

APPLICATION: Lord, teach me to always rely on you. To not see the problems or storm in front of me but to see the beauty of the rainbow and the blessings that is instored for me after. Thank you Lord for your faithfulness!!! You are great and sovereign God! There is NONE like You Lord.