United Evangelical Covenant Church of Delta County
To Know Christ and Make Him Known in Delta County and Beyond
A Word from the Pastor
Q: What is Lent?
A:Historically,
Lent is the forty day period before Easter. It begins on Ash
Wednesday and ends on the day before Easter Sunday.
Q:
Why are the forty days called Lent?
A:
They are called Lent because that is the Old English word for
spring, the season of the year during which they fall. This is
something unique to English. In almost all other languages its name
is a derivative of the Latin term Quadragesima, or "the forty
days."
Q:
Why is Lent forty days long?
A:
Because forty days is a traditional number of discipline, devotion,
and preparation in the Bible. Thus Moses stayed on the Mountain of
God forty days (Exodus 24:18 and 34:28), the spies were in the land
for forty days (Numbers 13:25), Elijah traveled forty days before he
reached the cave where he had his vision (1 Kings 19:8), Nineveh was
given forty days to repent (Jonah 3:4), and most importantly, prior
to undertaking his ministry, Jesus spent forty days in wilderness
praying and fasting (Matthew 4:2).
Q:
When does Lent begin?
A:
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which is the day on which some have
their foreheads signed with ashes in the form of a Cross.
Enjoy your season of Lent - Pastor Nathan
