Consider Lent and what it means…
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the Christian Lenten Season. Observing distinct Christian seasons and dates should not be looked at as “religious” or “denominational”, but “observance”, and as a time of spiritual preparation. We are “spiritual beings”. The body is a temporary vessel, but the spirit lasts for eternity, and that is how Jesus told us we must Worship…”in Spirit and Truth”.
The Lent season is a time that is observed approaching Easter and lasts 40 days, give or take not counting Sundays. Notice the number 40 significance below and read the corresponding Scripture as you prepare your heart for Jesus’ victory over death.
He is Risen…He is Risen, Indeed! Brother Randy
The number 40 has many Biblical references:
Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai with God (Exodus 24:18)
Elijah spent 40 days and nights walking to Mount Horeb (1 Kings 19:8)
God sent 40 days and nights of rain in the great flood of Noah (Genesis 7:4)
the Hebrew people wandered 40 years in the desert while traveling to the Promised Land (Numbers 14:33)
Jonah's prophecy of judgment gave 40 days to the city of Nineveh in which to repent or be destroyed (Jonah 3:4).
Jesus retreated into the wilderness, where He fasted for 40 days, and was tempted by the devil (Matthew 4:1–2, Mark 1:12–13, Luke 4:1–2). He overcame all three of Satan's temptations by citing scripture to the devil, at which point the devil left him, angels ministered to Jesus, and He began His ministry. Jesus further said that His disciples should fast "when the bridegroom shall be taken from them" (Matthew 9:15), a reference to his Passion.