WHY DO WE HAVE FORTY DAYS OF LENT ?

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.. Gen. 7:4

After forty days Noah opened a window and sent out a raven. Gen. 8:6

Moses stayed there with the Lord forty days and nights , eating and drinking nothing. Ex.34:28

Joseph gave orders to embalm his father`s body , it took forty days, the normal time for embalming. Gen. 50:2

Jonah started through the city, and after walking a whole day , he proclaimed, “In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!” Jon. 3:4

After spending forty days and nights without food Jesus was hungry. Mt. 4:2

David died and was buried in David`s City. He had been king of Israel for forty years, ruling seven years in Hebron and thirty three years in Jerusalem .. 1K 2:10,11

Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. 1K 11:42

Remember how the Lord your God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He has taken care of you as you wandered through this vast desert. He has been with you these forty years and you have had everything you needed. Dt. 2:7

Your children will wander in the wilderness for forty years , suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last one of you dies. Nu. 14:33

The no of lashes will depend on the crime he has committed. .He may be given as many as forty but no more. Dt. 25:2-3

Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebecca, the daughter of Bethuel and sister of Laban. Gen. 25:20

After exploring the land for forty days the spies returned. Nu. 13:25

For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he talked with them about the Kingdom of God . Ac. 1:3

“Take the stone away” Jesus ordered. Martha the dead man`s sister, answered, “There will be a bad smell , Lord . He has been buried four days!” Jn. 11:39