The number 44 has great significance with God and life. The number 10,000 is used forty-four times in the bible. The total of all times a number equal to or greater than 144,000 is forty-four. Forty-four books of the bible use the number 3. The word “tribulations” is used forty-four times in the bible. The ministry of Jesus lasted forty-four months. The time between Jesus’ crucifixion and His ascension is forty-four days. An angel of the Lord freed Peter from prison in the year A.D. 44. The name of Jesse, the Father of King David, is recorded forty-four times in the King James Version of the bible. Paul and Barnabas were ordained in the year A.D. 44. Forty and four is rooted in the number 4; the four winds; the four main directions (north, east, south, and west); the four seasons; four sides to a perfect square. Some people believe that the number 4 means that angels are nearby. And there are many more symbolic meanings of the number 44, either as warnings or messages of hope, depending on one’s spiritual position. Coincidence, or something more?
Joyeuse 44 is a bible companion meant to help those who do not know God or the bible. There are many other people who are also skilled at biblical knowledge and memory, but many of these people are more concerned about “one-upmanship” and arguing instead of actually applying the meanings of the scriptures in daily life and helping others. Joyeuse 44 conveys practical, sound and moral advice that confirms how valuable the bible is, personally, whether a believer or not. Joyeuse 44 is not politically correct, and does not spare feelings, because the truth cuts to the heart of one’s problems. To sinners, the truth is often offensive—offensive until they realize the errors of their ways through a real conviction by the Holy Spirit that a life of sin is not only wrong and offensive to God, it does not have a happy or “feeling good” ending. God’s way is not “anything goes,” as the devil would have it, but that the teachings of the bible have not changed with the times. Joyeuse 44 helps to explain how and why some of the things God does, and does not do. He reveals some of His mysteries to others as part of His plan to “separate the wheat from the chaff,” to lead as many souls to salvation as possible before Judgment Day, after which it will be too late to change one’s mind.
No matter what one believes, there is a God, and it is the same God that has been preached from the beginning. Long ago in heaven, before all other religions and belief systems in the world, which were all created by man, Jesus said, “I AM”. Thus, belief in Christ Jesus is the one true religion, the One True God, the Sonship of the Father in heaven. One can even claim there is “no religion,” but no one can rightfully claim there is no God, that He does not exist, and that He is not in control. God knows exactly what He is doing. Along with the Holy Bible, Joyeuse 44 explains why, including the age-old question, “Why does God allow evil and bad things to happen to ‘good’ people?”
