Lesson 1: 40 Days In The Life Of Noah (Genesis 7:4, 17) Lesson 2: 40 Faithful Souls Can t Be Found (Genesis 18-19) Lesson 3: 40 Days Of Mourning (Genesis 50:3) Lesson 4: 40 Years Of Eating Manna (Exodus 16:35) Lesson 5: 40 Day Conversation With God Twice (Exodus 24:18 & 34:28) Lesson 6: 40 Days Of Spying (Numbers 13:25) Lesson 7: 40 Years Of Wandering (Numbers 14:33) Lesson 8: 40000 Go To War (Joshua 4-6) Lesson 9: 40 Years Of Challenge (In Bondage) (Judges 13:1) Lesson 10: 40 Year Reigns {Saul and David} (Acts 13:21; 1 Kings 2:11) Lesson 11: 40 Year Reigns {David and Solomon (1 Kings 2:11; 1 Kings 11:42) Lesson 12: 40 Years Of Desolation (Ezekiel 29:11-13) Lesson 13: 40 Days To Repent (Jonah 3:4)
40 Days In The Life Of Noah (Genesis 6-8) 1. What major earth event is discussed in Genesis 6-8? 2. Why did God decide to destroy the contents of the earth including man? 3. Through whom was man given a second chance and why? 4. Did God specify how Noah was to build the ark? How long did it take to build and how do we know that fact? 5. Who and what was permitted on the ark? 6. How many of each animal was he to bring onto the ark? 7. How many days warning did Noah have before it started to rain? 8. How high did the flood waters reach and how long did they prevail upon the earth? 9. Where did the ark come to rest? 10. What method did Noah use to determine if the earth could be inhabited again? How long did this process take? 11. On what day did Noah remove the covering of the ark to reveal that the ground was dry? 12. What did Noah do upon leaving the ark?
40 Righteous Souls Can t Be Found (Genesis 18-19) 1. How many souls would it have taken to spare Sodom and Gomorrah? 2. Were they able to find that many? 3. Who arrived at Sodom in the evening? Where were they going to stay? What did Lot insist upon? 4. Though he was a newcomer to the city, Lot appeared to the men of the city to have elevated himself to what role? How did they react in that moment? 5. Who saved Lot from the men of the city and how did they do it? 6. What opportunity did the angels extend to Lot concerning his family? How did his family react? 7. Did Lot leave right away? What did the angels do to get him to leave? 8. Who ultimately left with Lot? 9. What important command did the angels give to Lot concerning their departure? 10. Where did Lot want to go? Did they permit him? 11. How did God destroy the cities? 12. What happened to Lot s wife? Why? 13. What did Abraham do after it was all over?
40 Days Of Mourning (Genesis 50) 1. Whose death is mourned in this passage? 2. How long did they mourn and why? 3. Where did Jacob want to be buried? What did Joseph have to do to make that happen? 4. Who went with Joseph to bury his Father? 5. What occurred at the threshing floor of Atad? How long did it last? What was the reaction of the inhabitants of that place? 6. Where exactly was Jacob laid to rest? Who had purchased that burial ground? 7. What did they do after they had buried Jacob? 8. What concern did Joseph s brothers have? 9. What final message from Jacob did his children send to Joseph? 10. What promise did Joseph make? 11. How long did Joseph live and what did that allow him to do? 12. What request did he make concerning his burial?
40 Years Of Manna (Exodus 16) 1. What did the Israelites start to do at the Wilderness of Sin? 2. How did God plan to feed them? What purpose would he use this action for as well? 3. When the people complained against Moses and Aaron who were they really complaining about? 4. What kinds of food was God going to provide and when would he provide it? 5. Did the Israelites know what was being provided for them the first morning? 6. What were the rules for gathering the manna? 7. Were they allowed to gather more than a days worth? What happened if they tried to store it? Was there ever a day they were allowed to gather more? If so why? 8. What happened to the left over bread that wasn t gathered? 9. When did some try to gather bread but found none? What did this show the Lord? 10. What is the description of manna? 11. What did God command Moses to do with some of the manna? For what purpose? 12. How long did they eat manna?
40 Day Conversation With God--Twice (Exodus 24-34) 1. Who went with Moses to the foot of the mountain? Who went up on the mountain? What was the name of the mountain? What came and separated Moses so that he might talk with God? 2. How long was Moses on the mountain? 3. What kind of heart does one need to bring an offering before God? 4. Exodus 25:8 begins the instructions for building what dwelling place? 5. What was the first item God wanted them to build for his dwelling place? What main item would it contain? 6. What would be placed on top of the ark? What would happen from above it? 7. What important point does God make concerning the construction of these things in Exodus 25:40? 8. Does God provide a lot of detail concerning the construction of the things he desired? 9. Exodus 28 describes the details for making what garment? What would be worn on the breastplate of judgment over the heart? 10. What practice is described in Exodus 29? 11. In chapter 30 what was set between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar? For what purpose? 12. Chapter 31 prescribes the honoring of what day among the Israelites? List some of the guidelines?
13. What happened when the people thought Moses was not coming back? 14. What did Moses have in his hands when he came down from the mountain? What was on it? What did he do with it we he saw what the people were doing? 15. What excuses did Aaron use to explain what was going on? 16. In chapter 33, where did God say he was going to send the people? Was he going to be in their midst? Why or why not? What did Moses plead for God to do? 17. What was Moses instructed to do in chapter 34? 18. What did God write on the tablets? 19. How long was Moses with God the second time?
40 Days Of Spying (Numbers 13:1-14:5) 1. How many spies were going to be sent? Where were they to come from? What one word description would describe each one to be chosen? 2. List the men and the tribes from which they came? Did all the tribes have a representative? 3. How would you describe the mission that Moses gave the spies? List some of his instructions? 4. What did they find in the Valley of Eshcol? How did they bring it back? 5. How long were they gone? 6. What did they show the people after they returned? How did they initially describe the land? 7. What did they say about the people in the land? 8. Who spoke up in response to the negative report? What did he say? 9. How did the other spies respond to him? 10. How did the congregation respond?
40 Years Of Wandering (Numbers 14:11-45) 1. Why was it so amazing that the people did not believe? 2. What did God say he wanted to do with them? 3. What concern did Moses have if God simply destroyed the people? 4. What characteristic of God did Moses appeal to? 5. How many times did God say the people had tested him? 6. What was God s punishment to the people? 7. Why would Caleb be allowed into the promise land? 8. What was the measure to determine who would die in the wilderness? 9. How did God determine how long they would wander in the wilderness? 10. What happened to the 10 spies that brought an evil report? 11. How did the people react to the message from God? 12. What futile effort did the people try to make?
40,000 Go To War (Joshua 4-6) 1. What were they to collect from the Jordan? What was the purpose of collecting them? 2. Where did the priests stand until all was complete? 3. How did the people cross the Jordan? 4. How did the Ammorites and Canaanites react to how God lead Israel over Jordan? 5. How did Gilgal get it s name? 6. What ended after they ate the Passover after crossing the Jordan? 7. What did the captain of the Lord s host say to Joshua? Have we seen anything similar? 8. How did Jericho react to the fact that the Israelites were encamped outside the city? 9. What did the people do for 6 days around Jericho? What happened on the 7 th day? 10. What did they do to the people of the city of Jericho? Were any spared? If so why?
40 Years In Bondage (Judges 13-16) 1. How long did God make Israel captives to the Philistines? Why did he do that? 2. What were the names of the couple that God spoke to concerning having a son? What was unusual about them having a son? 3. What rules would apply to their son? What purpose did God have for him? 4. What instructions were given? What did the couple offer and whom did they offer it to? Why did the husband believe they were going to die? What did his wife say? 5. What was the name of their son when he was born? 6. From where did Samson want a wife and why was that a problem to his parents? 7. What did Samson encounter on his trip to Timnah and what did he do? Did he tell anyone of his conquest? What did he find on a later trip? 8. To whom did Samson pose a riddle? How long did they struggle to figure it out? How did they finally answer the riddle? 9. How did Samson react to this betrayal? 10. After a while Samson returned to his wife but why did her Father refuse him? How did Samson react to her Father? What did the Philistines do in retaliation? What was Samson s next step? 11. When the Philistines wanted Samson arrested, who assisted them? What happened next? 12. How long did he judge over Israel? 13. How did the Philistines finally find out where Samson s strength came from
40 Year Reigns (Acts 13:21; 1 Kings 2:11 1Kings 11:42) 1. Who were the first 3 kings of Israel and how long did they reign? 2. (1 Samuel 8) Why did the people want a king? What did God say would happen if they had one? 3. (1 Samuel 9) Who did God choose to be king? What was different about him? To whom did God reveal his choice? 4. (1 Samuel 9) Why did Saul feel unworthy of such honors? 5. ( 1 Samuel 10) How did Samuel show the people that Saul would become their king? Where was Saul when that process started? What did the people say when he was brought forth? 6. ( 1 Samuel 11) What was Saul s first test? Was he successful? Where did they go to anoint Saul as king? 7. (1 Samuel 13) How long did it take for Saul to make his first major error? What did he do? What excuse did he give? What was the consequence? 8. (1 Samuel 15) What instructions came to Saul through Samuel? What did Saul do that caused him to fail in fulfilling those instructions? Who told Samuel about this problem? How did Samuel resolve the problem? 9. (1 Samuel 15) Did Samuel ever see Saul again? Why? 10. (1 Samuel 16) From where did God say the next king would come? What was the first purpose for Saul to come into contact with David? Was the relationship good at first? 11. (1 Samuel 17) What memorable event occurs in this chapter?
12. (1 Samuel 18) What provocation causes Saul to try to kill David? What does Saul spend the rest of his life doing? What did David do during this time? 13. (1 Samuel 31) How did Saul finally die? What did the Philistines do to Saul and his sons after the were dead? 14. (2 Samuel 1) Who told David about the death of Saul? What did the man claim? What did David do for the man? 15. (2 Samuel 2) Who was appointed king over Israel? By whom was he appointed? For how long did he reign? Who didn t follow him? 16. (2 Samuel 3) What happens between the two kingdoms? 17. (2 Samuel 5) Does the kingdom ever reunite? What was the divided time of David s reign and the total time?
40 Year Reigns-2 (Acts 13:21; 1 Kings 2:11; 1Kings 11:42) 1. (2 Samuel 6) Why did Uzzah die? Who bears some responsibility for his death? 2. (2 Samuel 8) Where did God give David victories? 3. (2 Samuel 9) Who did David honor by letting him eat at the king s table? Why did he do that? 4. (2 Samuel 11) Was David perfect? What evidence do we have concerning his imperfections? 5. ( 2 Samuel 12) Who did God send to David to show him is error? What example did he use? 6. (2 Samuel 15) Which of David s sons began to gain influence among the people? How did he do it? 7. (1 Kings 1) Who tried to assume the throne near the time of David s death? Who helped him? 8. (1 Kings 1) Who was supposed to become king? Who reminded David of this fact? 9. (1 Kings 3) What offer did God make to Solomon? What was Solomon s response? 10. (1 Kings 5-6) What major task did Solomon take on? 11. (1 Kings 7) What else did Solomon do? 12. (1 Kings 10) Who came to see whether all she heard concerning Solomon was true? 13. (1 Kings 11) What was Solomon s major weakness? What happened because of his weakness? 14. (1 Kings 12) What happened after Solomon s death?
40 Years Of Desolation (Ezekiel 29) 1. To whom does God send Ezekiel to prophesy against? 2. What natural resource did Egypt grow dependent upon? Who did they credit for their success? 3. What repeated phrase expresses why God was going to bring them to desolation? 4. What would God tell them concerning the river? 5. How long would God leave the land desolate? Would anything set foot in the land? 6. What would happen to the people? 7. What was God s plan for them after the forty years of desolation? 8. Who did God plan to use to carry out his plan? Why? 9. What will God call upon Ezekiel to do in that day?
40 Days To Repent (Jonah) 1. Where did God tell Jonah to go and for what purpose? 2. Where did Jonah try to go instead and by what means? What happened during that journey? 3. What did Jonah do from his unusual habitat? What promise did Jonah make to God? (2:9) 4. How did God remove Jonah from his 3 day home? Where did Jonah go after that moment? 5. How long did Nineveh have to repent of their ways? How did they react to that message? 6. How did God react to their penitence? 7. How did Jonah react to their penitence? 8. What did God do to demonstrate to Jonah the need for mercy? 9. What final thought does God express as his reason for sparing Nineveh?