Genesis 7:4
Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.
Genesis 7:12
And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 24:18
Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 34:28
Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant – the Ten Commandments.
1 Kings 19:8
So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
Jonah 3:4
Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, ‘Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.
Mark 1:13
… was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.
Exodus 16: 1-3
1Then the whole community of Israel set out from Elim and journeyed into the wilderness of Sin, between Elim and Mount Sinai. They arrived there on the fifteenth day of the second month, one month after leaving the land of Egypt. 2There, too, the whole community of Israel complained about Moses and Aaron.
3“If only the Lord had killed us back in Egypt,” they moaned. “There we sat around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death.
Exodus 16:3
If only the Lord had killed us back in Egypt,” they moaned. “There we sat around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death.”
Job 38:1-7
1Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:2 “Who is this that questions my wisdom
with such ignorant words?3 Brace yourself like a man,because I have some questions for you,and you must answer them.4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?Tell me, if you know so much.5 Who determined its dimensionsand stretched out the surveying line?6 What supports its foundations,and who laid its cornerstone7 as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?“Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain?
Job 38:35-41
35 Can you make lightning appear and cause it to strike as you direct?
36 Who gives intuition to the heartand instinct to the mind?37 Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?Who can tilt the water jars of heaven38 when the parched ground is dryand the soil has hardened into clods?39 “Can you stalk prey for a lioness and satisfy the young lions’ appetites40 as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket? 41 Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?
When we
Complaining keeps us from our God-given
Complaining about our
Luke 24:35-40
35Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how they had recognized him as he was breaking the bread. 36And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was suddenly standing there among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. 37But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost!
38 “Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt? 39Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.” 40As he spoke, he showed them his hands and his feet.
The risen Lord revealed Himself to
He testifies of the Lord’s
*Luke 24:44-48
44Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. 46And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. 47It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’ 48You are witnesses of all these things.
We now have an opportunity to have
Acts 1:8:
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Luke 24:49
And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.
What is the difference between the two? It was their