Why did Jesus fast for 40 days and 40 nights?
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Jesus fasted for 40 days to make the devil knew that He was hungry so that the devil could tempt Him to turn stones into bread.  Remember Jesus is sinless and has no weakness so He need not have to fast to bring His flesh down.  The number 40 signifies a period of testing that leads to perfect completion.  Please note that Moses took 40 years in the wilderness to take\nEgypt out of him but Jesus has now shown the way that with the power of the Holy Spirit working in us we can take Egpyt out of us in not more than 40 days.
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Jesus did a lot just to fulfill the prophecy's of the old testament. It's good to question things. If the book can't stand up to our questions it's not worth the paper its printed on.
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It was God's plan for the members of the family to be associated in work and study, in worship and recreation, the father as priest of his household, and both father and mother as teachers and companions of their children. But the results of sin, having changed the conditions of life, to a great degree prevent this association. Often the father hardly sees the faces of his children throughout the week. He is almost wholly deprived of opportunity for companionship or instruction. But God's love has set a limit to the demands of toil. Over the Sabbath He places His merciful hand. In His own day He preserves for the family opportunity for communion with Him, with nature, and with one another.\n\n"Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation;" Leviticus 23:3\n\nLook at the fourth commandment, a part of it is for us to work and the other part is for us keep the seventh day holy - Saturday.
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You are refering to ramzaan, their month of fasting.\n\nIt is said that Allah, the Islamic god, was actually borrowed from Illah, the moon god of that time. Muhammad simply made him to be 'the god'.\n\nFasting is recommended in ramzaan to purify the soul, and to conserve the earth (by cosuming less resource), and also to make the body get accustomed to starvation (needed when you are always fighting someone or the other - you may have to go without food).\n\nThe moon (lunar calender was used in those days) was used to count the number of days one should fast. A specific orientation of the moon was used to mark the begining and end of the period.
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If you mean is it scriptural in the sense of, "Does the Bible lay out the church lectionery, Years A through C inclusive?" No, the Bible does not do that. \n\nBut keep in mind that Christianity is more than the Bible, and the Bible is not an idol. Yes, St. Basil's liturgy is not in the Bible, but then, neither are altar calls.\n\nThat said, you certainly can find a forty day fast in the Bible (Jesus' 40 days in the desert), and you certainly find a rather detailed description of one specific Passover circa 33 A.D. that had a rather powerful effect on history!\n\nLent evolved from a tradition of the earliest church - converts (catechumens) would be baptized on Pascha (Easter.) For the forty days prior, the converts were expected to fast and prepare themselves mentally and spiritually for their baptism. Later, people who were already Christians would join with the catechumens, in solidarity with their fast - the whole church would fast for their baptism at Pascha.\n\nNow - yes - this practice is strictly speaking not in the Bible. But neither are church bulletins, televangelism, Amy Grant songs, or church organs. That doesn't reflect badly on any of these things. It permits, rather, the church to continue to be innovative in finding new ways to praise God, whether these be 2nd century devotional traditions, or 21st century devotional traditions.
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First, Jesus was born in September, 4BC. So the feast day of Christmas was to replace a pagan holiday.\n\nSecond, I don' t recall Jesus being materialistic and giving gifts to his disciples on his birthday.\n\nWhat is this fuss for a feast that replaced a pagan holiday? If you think it is Christian, you need to reevaluate your belief.\n\nGod is spirit. We worship him in spirit and in truth. Not with Christmas trees.
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go to a desert dont eat for 40 days and 40 nights
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to say Jesus was married. would be to say that he couldn't handle the humanly temptations he had. the bible says that God will not give anyone any temptation they can not with stand. so that would say that Jesus was thinking of sinning. which is blasphemy so there you go it is a lie and a heresy to believe it.
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God gave us one day per week to rest and spend time with Him. It is the last day of the week which is Saturday on our calender. On Good Friday we remember the crucifixion, \nhis side was pierced so they could take him down from the cross because the next day was the Sabbath. Then He rose on Sunday and we celebrate new life and a new week.\nFor me it's Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.
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I wonder why he quit?  I mean, he's supposed to be the same Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.  In the OT he was wrathful and ready to pounce on anyone who sinned and would be quite happy to include their entire family in the punishment.  In the NT, he's suddenly happy and loves everyone.
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The Gospels speak of a time of solitude for Jesus in the desert immediately after his baptism by John. Driven by the Spirit into the desert, Jesus remains there for forty days without eating; he lives among wild beasts, and angels minister to him. At the end of this time Satan tempts him three times, seeking to compromise his filial attitude toward God. Jesus rebuffs these attacks, which recapitulate the temptations of Adam in Paradise and of Israel in the desert, and the devil leaves him "until an opportune time".\n\nThe evangelists indicate the salvific meaning of this mysterious event: Jesus is the new Adam who remained faithful just where the first Adam had given in to temptation. Jesus fulfills Israel's vocation perfectly: in contrast to those who had once provoked God during forty years in the desert, Christ reveals himself as God's Servant, totally obedient to the divine will. In this, Jesus is the devil's conqueror: he "binds the strong man" to take back his plunder. Jesus' victory over the tempter in the desert anticipates victory at the Passion, the supreme act of obedience of his filial love for the Father. \n\nJesus' temptation reveals the way in which the Son of God is Messiah, contrary to the way Satan proposes to him and the way men wish to attribute to him. This is why Christ vanquished the Tempter for us: "For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sinning." By the solemn forty days of Lent we unite ourselves each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert. \n\nThe seasons and days of penance in the course of the liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday in memory of the death of the Lord) are intense moments of the Church's penitential practice. These times are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and fraternal sharing (charitable and missionary works).
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I've never much understood the point of fasting. It doesn't save starving African children. God wants us to eat. And juice is the same as food.
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LAST SUPPER CUZ IT WAZ THE LAST DAY AND DINNER WITH JESUS B4 HE WAZ CRUSFIED
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A number of different people spent 40 days in the wildernes in the Bible.  Is there a specific person you were wanting the scripture for?
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it did not happen on friday... and there was no pagan holiday of easter..\nstudy passover.. then note he was to raise on the jewish holiday of ''first fruits""...\n\nhe was jewish he did not follow the pagan holidays of the time...
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Jesus refused and was very hungry after his 40 days and 40 nights in the desert.
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Scripture doesn't mention Jesus's birthdate or any christians celebrating His Birthday. The only birthday mentioned besides Pharoah is the heathen king Herod. "Christmas" means "mass of Christ"; the celebration coexisted in Rome before there was any in Jerusalem. The early Roman Church however did establish a pagan festival that (Jer.10) coexisted with Jesus's Birth and that was the birthday of the sun god. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., article: "Christmas"). The Catholic sources admit that Christmas didn't co-exist with the earliest festivals. Jesus wasn't born Christmas; even scripture makes this evident. "On the night of Jesus's birth, the shepherd's were still keeping watch over their flocks." (Luke 2:8). The rainy season in Ancient Israel began after the Feast of Tabernacles which generally is early October. In November, it would be cool and wet; the flocks from the pasture had already been brought and kept in winter quarters by the shepherds. This tells us the shepherds were no longer in the fields at night. Another peice of evidence is overlooked is in Luke 1:35-36; it tells us John the Baptist was born to Mary's cousin Elizabeth six months before Jesus. And as we look further in verse 5-17, we see Zacharias an elderly priest burning incense on the altar and then an angel appearing to him and telling him that he and his wife would have a son to prepare Christ's Way. We know however when this announcement was made by the angel because of Zacharias was "of the course of Abijah" Please look at 1Chron.24:1-19; it tells us that King David divided these priests into 24 "courses" that served in the temple by rotation. The Course of Abijah would be the 8th of the 24 courses which usually would occur around the end of May. Pentecost came the week after the 8th course served and he had to serve all 24 courses during the three festival seasons. So Zacharias came home approximately after the first week of June; in which John the Baptist was conceived around mid-June and 9 months later would be his birth. John Baptist's birth came around mid-March while Jesus's was around mid-September. Also notice every year people claim 3 wise men seen Jesus in a stable; is this really true? The Bible nowhere states "3 wise men" or "that the wise men visited Jesus in a stable". Read for yourself: (Matt.2:11); these Magi came from the east beyond the Euphrates River which in the 1st century was called the Parthian Empire (the eastern border of the Roman Empire). \n\nI can't finish this: so you would have to see it on\nhttp://community.webshots.com/photo/2715...\n\n\n***JESUS DIED WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 31AD\n\nA good foundation (1Tim.6:19) has solid ground evidence. The foundation should include 2Tim.3:16; Isaiah 28:9-10; 2Peter 1:19-21; 1Thess.5:20-21 & Ephes.5:9-10,13. To understand deeply--you must use these websites:\nhttp://www.bbmhp.org/visaids/nt/crucweek...\nhttp://lcg.org\n\nIf you read Daniel 9:27; it says "he died in the middle of the week"; that would be Wednesday. This is followed by "3 days & 3 nights" = Matthew 12:40 which equals 1-24hr.day x 3days equals 72hrs. in grave. Next the Bible tells us it would be "after 3days and "not before = Matt.27:63-64 and Mark 8:31. It tells us in three days (John 2:19-21) and not after. The Bible also reminds us a day is 12hrs. not including the night(John 11:9-10). Remember also Gen.1:5 and Lev.23:32 tells us "evening to evening" is considered to be a day.\n\nHEBREW CALENDAR-month of Abib or Nisan (APRIL 31AD)\n\nWednesday 14\nLord's Supper--Tues.Even\nPut in grave Wed.Even\nLEV.23:5--[14TH DAY=PASSOVER]\nDAN.9:27--["DIED IN MIDST OF WEEK"]\nJOHN 13:1; 18:39--[FEAST OF PASSOVER]\nJOHN 19:14,31--[PREPARATION OF PASSOVER; NEXT DAY WAS A SABBATH HIGH DAY]\nLUKE 22:13--[PASSOVER]\nMATT.27:57--[EVENING CAME AND JOSEPH BE