15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. 17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
18Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
“The Hebrew verb is ‘dwelt’. It is used in a technical sense later of God’s ‘shekinah’, the outward manifestation of His presence to men.” (Cole)
“forty days and forty nights.”
Have you ever searched the Bible for these forty days and forty nights?
It’s interesting how many references there are along with the seventh day.
But these verses in the New Testament come to mind.
Matthew 4: 1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Mark 1: 12At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, 13and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
Moses and Jesus did something in common, Moses remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights and Jesus remained in the desert forty days and forty nights.
Both were sustained by the word of God.
Are you being sustained by the word of God or the world?
Blessings, David
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