Embrace Wisdom

Thank you, dear blogging reader, for tuning in to Day #40 of my “Embrace” series.

Forty is a meaningful number in the Bible.
But its significance is not limited to biblical application.
Forty days:

• is mentioned 146 times in the Bible.
• is used to designate important time periods in the Bible.
• is the number of days before his temptation, that Jesus fasted: “forty days and forty nights” (Matthew 4:2, Mark 1:13, Luke 4:2).
• is the period from the resurrection of Jesus to the ascension of Jesus (Acts 1:3).
• carries significance in today’s world: Minus 40 degrees, or “40 below,” is the only temperature that is the same in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.
• was important in the Middle Ages: when the bubonic plague gripped Europe, ships would be isolated in harbor for 40 days before passengers could go ashore.
• is the origin of words we use in today’s pandemic: The Italian…