The Great Lent the Significance

👉🏾👉🏾👉🏾 About the #Great #Lent (Part 4) The significance of the number 40. Regarding the significance of the number 40, Augustine also provided additional insight. According to him, 40 can be broken down into 4 multiplied by 10. The number 4 represents time because a year is comprised of four seasons (winter, autumn, summer, and spring), and a day is divided into four periods (morning, noon, evening, and night). The number 10 signifies absolute honor or praise, as well as perfect knowledge. Furthermore, the number 3 symbolizes God's knowledge, while the number 7 represents human knowledge (the three attributes of the soul and the four attributes of the body). This verse is a reference to the Holy Trinity and does not imply that the Trinity consists of only three. Thus, the number 40 carries two messages. The first message is to bless and sanctify us four times over with perfect tenfold praise. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ fasted for forty days to bless and sanctify our entire lives. Through this fast, God blesses and sanctifies time and brings us from the current era of condemnation to an era of mercy. Fasting during this time means seeking and desiring to enter this era of mercy. When we reach this number, our time is blessed and all the miseries of this world are removed from us. The second message is to help us understand God throughout our time and to know the mystery of the Trinity as much as we should. Through this fast, our Lord is teaching us that He blesses our knowledge at all times and helps us to understand His mystery as we ought. If we limit ourselves to our own knowledge, we will fall short of the number forty and suffer from persistent doubt and disbelief. Therefore, we should fast during this great fast to enlighten our eyes and hearts and to become aware of God. In addition, when the great scholar Gregory interpreted the number 40, he associated the number 4 with the four attributes of the mortal body and the number 10 with the ten commandments. Therefore, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ fasted for forty days to show us that He gives us the strength to keep the Ten Commandments. Fasting is not just about abstaining from food; we only derive its value when we subject our bodies to the guidance of the Ten Commandments. If we abstain from food but do not allow our bodies to be governed by God's commandments, our fast cannot be considered proper. May the name of the Holy God be praised forever and ever in every language that He has created, today and always. May the blessings of the Holy Mother of God, the Virgin, and the Cross be upon us. Amen. © John's Repentance Please follow our Telegram group every day and share it with your friends: https://t.me/orthodoxQnAs