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MickeyMouse_il wrote at 2008-06-22 12:16:14
Hi Sir,
The number forty, derived from 10 (completeness) and 4 (four corners of the earth, four rivers the circled the Garden of Eden and four basic materials in the Jewish philosophy), indicates fulfillment and completeness. It coincides with the minimum water requirement for the jewish immersion in a Mikve to cleans and allows for the subject to change to a 'different page'; e.g. start again; a new generation etc. Hope that helps.
1number3 wrote at 2009-08-06 23:48:07
The number 40 in the bible means eternal justice. if four was a shape it will be squared. the cross in which Jesus died on was squared (+). now in order to understand you need to know that when something is squared it does not mean its shaped like an ice cube. it only means that it is EQUAL in all sides and angles. this is what the number 4 means the zero next to it means eternity. zero does not have a beginning or an end therefore the number 40 is eternal justice. God made justice against evil before the beginning of time.
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