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Fasting Part 2 – Fasting, Prayer and Relationship

August 27, 2020
This teaching builds on Part 1, emphasizing from Isaiah 58 that fasting is about the heart behind it, not the activity itself. Fasting is to be done with a humble […]

Fasting Part 1 – An Introduction to Fasting

August 24, 2020
This teaching provides an introduction to fasting in the Bible. It explores why God commanded it in the Mosaic Law, why the prophets sometimes encouraged it, why the Jews added […]

What does the Bible Say About Fasting?

September 6, 2013
The purpose of this article is to give a better understanding of the topic of fasting. It is beyond the scope of this article to present an exhaustive study of […]

REV Commentary on Leviticus 16:29

January 1, 1970
“forever.” The Hebrew word olam (#05769 עוֹלָם), often translated “forever,” could mean “forever” or it could simply mean for a long time. We now know that it means for a […]

REV Commentary on Ezra 8:21

January 1, 1970
“I proclaimed a fast.” The fasting and humbling of oneself would have included prayers for God’s help and confession of one’s sins—and anything else people could think of doing that […]

REV Commentary on Matthew 9:14

January 1, 1970
“fast often.” The Mosaic Law only required fasting one day a year; the day of Atonement. Leviticus 16:29 (KJV) says, “And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: […]