Hi John and Doves..Felt this would be of interest to you and my fellow
doves...

FORTY-TWO is the number associated with Israel`s oppression, plus the
Lord`s Advent to the earth.; both His First and Second Coming.

Matthew 1:17 says "So all generations from Abraham to David are FOURTEEN
generations; and from David unto the carrying away into Babylon are
FOURTEEN generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto
Christ are FOURTEEN generations."

THREE times FOURTEEN generations are FORTY-TWO generations. Therefore,
Christ came into the world  the FIRST TIME FORTY-TWO  generations from
Abraham. This connects His first advent  with the number FORTY-TWO. Is
this significant? Certainly God arranged it that way. It was His plan
and purpose that it would be just FORTY-TWO  generations  from Abraham
until the promised seed of Christ. ..who is the seed of Abraham.
(Gal.3:16)
In the quotation from Matt. 1:17 both the word 'David" and  "Babylon"
are found TWICE. This is the number for DIVISION ;and those FORTY-TWO
generations are divided into THREE periods of FOURTEEN generations each.
THREE is the number for RESURRECTION, and FOURTEEN is the number for
DELIVERANCE

It is through death and the resurrection that Christ brings this
DELIVERANCE. THREE for the resurrection multiplied by FOURTEEN makes
FORTY-TWO., the number of the fullness of time.spoken in Galatians 4:4.
 Our Lord`s SECOND ADVENT to the earth will also be associated with the
numberFORTY-TWO. At the end of the  FORTY-TWO months of Israel`s
oppression by the beast, Christ will make His SECOND ADVENT to the
earth.

Finally Dan..12:7 says "It shall be for a TIME TIMES and a HALF;and when
he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people;all
these things shall be finished. The TIME, TIMES and a HALF a TIME the
woman (remnant of Israel) is in hiding is THREE and a HALF  years or
FORTY-TWO months.It s the same FORTY-TWO months that the holy city
Jerusalem shall be trodden down. It is the same FORTY-TWO months that
the beast will continue his beastly power. Christ at His SECOND COMING
to the earth will destroy the man of sin, who is the beast.Ths connects
our Lord`s coming with the number FORTY-TWO.

Our Lord`s return at the end of FORTY-TWO months of the reign of the
beast ,  must not be confused with His appearing in the air to catch
away His saints.....In II Kings 2:23-25 we read..of an incident where
two female  bears came out of the woods and attacked and mauled
FORTY-TWO  infidel young men who were worshippers of the golden calf
instead of Jehovah.  It was God who sent the bears . The young men had
mocked Elisha as a prophet of Jehovah and called Elisha a "bald head"
which was a word of contempt and meant a worthless fellow.They told him
"Go up ..(be translated like  Elijah) you bald head"!!  (worthless
fellow.)

Here again, FORTY-TWO is associated with the coming of Christ or the
translation of the saints that shall take place at the Rapture or the
first phase of the Second Coming.This number is used FOURTEEN times in
the Bible which reveals the DELIVERANCE of God`s people at the Coming of
Christ.

(Excerpts from Biblical Mathemtics by Evangelist Ed.F. Vallowe.)

Note..President Bush is our 42nd president.  Have the times of the
Gentiles been fulfilled?   ( Food for thought).
Blessings, Peg Fenn