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After looking at all of the Old Testament events in the Bible that happened over 40 days, we can now turn to Jesus’ 40 days.  Based on Genesis 7:4 - Forty Days and Nights (Part 2), here is a list of the common symbolism found:

Immersion
The removal of impurity or sin
Emerging of God’s light
Establishment of a covenant
Beginning of a ministry or era

The Great Flood embodies all of these.  The other 40-day events in the Old Testament each embody various combinations of this imagery, some using count-imagery, like when the Israelites turn 40 days into 40 years, or when Goliath taunted the Israelites for 40 days.  Some establish a new condition at the conclusion of the 40 days, others shortly after, …

In Genesis 7:4 - Forty Days and Nights, we saw the significance of 40 days and nights in the Old Testament, beyond simply The Great Flood.

Embalming
The next reference to “forty days” after The Flood refers to the duration of the ancient Egyptian embalming process, in Genesis 50:2-3.  Egyptians embalmed the body by immersing it with a soda mixture, which leaves the body that is to be preserved.  One can liken this process to The Flood, where the “world” is immersed and Noah and his family are like the part of the body being preserved.

Establishment of a New Covenant
The next reference is when Moses goes up to Mount …

As I have written in Jesus, the Father’s Proxy on Earth, a Christophany is the appearance of Jesus on Earth, predating his life in the Gospels.  I document a few, and go into great detail about my favorite Christophany in Jesus on Mount Sinai, where Jesus was meeting was Moses in his tent, and Moses begged to see Him in His glory.  So, Jesus showed him His glory from behind on Mount Sinai… and then showed Himself to Moses from the front in the Gospels, on the Mount of Transfiguration.  It is that example that firmly establishes that inter-workings between Jesus’ ministry in the Gospel is intertwined with His work in the Old Testament.  Another example, is the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, …

Interesting Post: http://doctor.claudemariottini.com/2009/10/devastating-news-for-traditional.html.  It cites a possible discovery that “In the beginning, God separated the heavens and the earth.”

That’s right.  Separated.  Not created.

Well, if you think about it, God did separate the heavens from the earth.  Scientifically, if you accept that the heavens existed before the earth formed (but would be hidden until Day 4), then you can see that God actually set the earth apart for His purposes.  He really did separate the heavens from the earth!  And He really created them!  Both have always been true, so does it matter which fact the verse is recording?  Perhaps it’s recording both perspectives!

Both?

Well, read my post from a few years ago …

Having spent over a year now blogging on righteousness, I came upon an interesting sight the other day, and it was just as I was starting 2 Peter 3… the very last chapter in the bible containing the word “righteousness”.  The sight was a group of Christians witnessing on a street corner with signs telling people to repent.  I was struck to core by the one that read:

Romans 3:10
There is no one righteous
I immediately pulled over.  I wanted to tell this person that this isn’t true, because people can be accounted righteousness through belief and obedience of God.  Something about that sign, I cannot remember what it was, told me that this person was sending the wrong message.  The …

13But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
Here it is, the last verse in the bible with the word righteousness in it, and the where the first message in the Bible on righteousness tells us that credits us with righteousness when we believe, the second tells us our obedience is our righteousness, the last verse tells us where that we can only have true righteousness when we are in Heaven.

This explains a lot. It helps explain why Genesis 15:6 says that we can only be accounted righteousness… because the home of righteousness is not of this world.

It explains why Deuteronomy 6:25 says our obedience is our …

 3First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” 5But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
To my Young Earth Creationist friends, verse 5 is clear evidence that the earth is young.  Why?  Because Evolutionists do not believe that the earth was formed out of water and by water.  On the other hand, Genesis 1:2 says this about …

Wow.  I have been doing this word study on righteousness for nearly a year and a half, feeling at least in part like it is too much a distraction from Geocreationism to be posted on this blog… yet, perhaps out of laziness (I didn’t want to create another blog), I posted my entire venture through the verses on righteousness on this blog.  Now, I come to the last chapter in the bible that contains the word Righteousness, and I am simply floored.  What floored me?  Here is the last verse on righteousness, 2 Peter 3:13:
13But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
It has been so easy …

In 2 Peter 1 - From righteousness to righteousness: Re-created in God’s Image I wrote,
When accused of wrong-doing, Christ said nothing to His accusers.  Having established for the scriptures that the judgements of evil-doers has no weight, He refused to take a defensive stand against them.  Though making it appear like He was legitimizing their judgement, it is defending Himself in their court that would have legitimized their right to make such judgement over Him.  He simply yielded to show the extent to which He would go for the love of His sheep, letting sinners follow through on their sin so that He could follow …

 1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
      To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

 2Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Peter is writing this letter to Christians.  He starts out with the clear message that we have received our faith from Jesus.  Knowing that our faith is our belief in God and obedience to Him, it would seem that we have received our rightouesness through God’s righteousness.  This confirms the writings of Paul, which tell us that by being accounted righteousness for belief, we have the opportunity to be just …