Double Portion Inheritance: Why Did Messiah Fast for Forty Days? (08/15/2013)

This answer to this question has eluded many people for centuries. But few have understood why Yahuwshuwa chose to fast in the wilderness for forty days leading up to his announcement of the “Acceptable Year of YaHuWaH” in Luke 4:19. In the Towrah, the sixth Hebrew month of (Elul) is the time when Mosheh (Moses) went to Mount Sinai to prepare the second set of tablets after the incident of the golden calf (Exodus 32; 34:27-28). He ascended on “Rosh Chodesh Elul” and descended on the 10th of Tishri, at the end of Yom Kippur, when repentance was complete. Elul is the beginning of a period of 40 days where Mosheh prayed for YaHuWaH to forgive the people after the golden calf incident, after which the commandment to prepare the second set of tablets was given. Could this be the reason why our Messiah fasted during these same forty days? Could it be that he was also preparing to present the very same commandments that would be written upon the heart of the bride for Yom Kippur? Listen to Maria’s teaching to understand what these forty days signify in scripture and also see the blog: “Messiah’s Forty Days of Fasting Leading Up to Yom Kippur!” http://doubleportioninheritance.blogspot.com/2011/09/messiahs-forty-days-of-fasting-leading_4090.html