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The Gospel of the Forty Days: Jesus is LORD!       Elements of Judaism historically, and orthodox Judaism today, believe that God gave both a written Torah and an oral Torah to Moses, His chosen messenger, during the forty days Moses was on Mount Sinai. A First Century Jew reading from the beginning of the book of the Acts of the Apostles that Jesus “had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen,” and “during forty days” was “speaking of the Kingdom of God” (Ac 1:2-3), could not help but see parallels to Moses on Mount Sinai: forty days, chosen messenger(s), giving commandment/Torah and teachings/oral Torah. And, of course, there is the parallel of God and Jesus. So now, exactly who is Jesus?       St. Luke tells us in his Gospel that at Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven, all those who were there “worshiped Him” (Lk 24:52). Everyone knows worship is due to God alone (Ex 20:3; Deut 5:7, 6:5). The Shema  – “Hea...