God, MLK, Barack Obama and the Number 40
The number 40 appears several times in the bible. It appears in days, months and years. This is usually a period of testing, trial, probation, or chastisement and ends with a period of restoration, revival or renewal.
I have also read that the number 40 is the accepted length of time for a generation.
Gen 7:4 – Rained 40 days and 40 nights.
Exo 24:18 – Moses was on Mount Sinai 40 days and 40 nights.
Exo 34:28 – Moses fasted 40 days and 40 nights.
Num 14:33 – Israel wandered in the wilderness 40 years.
Num 13:25 – Israel spied out the land 40 days.
1Sa 4:18 – Eli led Israel 40 years.
1Sa 17:16 – Goliath taunted Israel 40 days.
1Ki 19:8 – Elijah’s trip to horeb took 40 days and 40 nights.
Eze 29:12 – No one will be able to pass through Egypt for 40 years.
Jnh 3:4 – Jonah preached Ninevah would be destroyed in 40 days.
Mat 4:2 – Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights, then tempted.
Act 1:3 – Jesus was with His disciples for 40 days after His resurrection
Martin Luther King gave his “I Have A Dream speech on August 28, 1963 when he spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites among others would coexist harmoniously as equals. This was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Dr King was later killed on April 4, 1968. Dr King mentioned getting to the promise land, he said he would not get there with us but we would get there as a people. Now 40 years from Dr Kings death and on the same date August 28, of his I Have a Dream Speech Barack Obama will give his Speech at the Democratic National Convention and for the first time in the History of the United States a Black Man will be elected as the Democratic Candidate for President. I know we can all agree that since Dr Kings death, as a nation we have experience a lot of test, trials and chastisements. Will this be the beginning of our restoration or manifestations of the goodness of God.
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