The number 40 means; to reach the stage in which something or someone has fully grown in the reality of his or her spiritual essence.

The Hebrew people lived in the Sinai desert for “forty years”.

In the negative sence:-

40 can become the season in someone’s life when one decides to seek out her own path in life (as described in Genesis 3:6), which can lead to the following of the seductive energies, subliminal messages, immoral ideas, perverted celebrities, social activities, and activities of entertainment which are practised as an immoral custom in that given society where the person dwells.

A new generation arises at 40:

The period of time it takes for a new generation to rise.

A new generation which is willing to fulfill the spoken words and desired requests that the parents failed to act upon. Such a generation always rises at the point of the 40th year (or number 40), and thus the year or number 40 becomes a time of revolution or activation of new changes.

One of the prerequisites for a man to study the Jewish Kabbalah and also be able to teach it, is that he is forty years old.

Muhammad was forty years old when he first received the revelation delivered by the archangel Gabriel.
Moses and Christ Yeshua fasted for 40 days which fall inthe month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar.


Number 40 also represents the woman nature or female attribute which has come into it’s full ability of being able to mother, to barah, to nurture, to rule as a queen, to structure and to administrate the childish behaviors into responsible sons.

To teach and live up to the moral principles in life, so that one can transform or convert the immoral activities which has a negative influence over a given society.

(Moses) spent 40 days on Mount Sinai where he received the 10 commandments.

Forty days was the period from the resurrection of Christ Yeshua (whom the Christian call Jesus), to the time when he ascended to heaven Acts 1:9-11.

When the genetic trait of a person reaches it’s 40th year, then that person begins to reflect the true image of his inner being or inner passions (the expression of one’s true self). 

One’s true self which refuses to be influenced by the outside circumstances or negative energies of fear, control, dictatorship, intimidation, political restrictions and colonialism. 

Article written by Ap Ngabo Alex