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Luke`s Biography of Jesus - Jesus Questioned About Fasting

the 1st mention of fasting in the bible is in Judges 20:26, when a vile act by perverted men was enacted, the Israelites went to war over it, God did not grant them victory, twice they were beaten, then they wept before the Lord and fasted until sundown, then He granted them victory. Why? How did they know that this would please Him? And why does it? I have been fasting for 3 days for breakthrough in my career, and what I have noticed is that the hungrier I am, the more I feel like this is how hungry I should be for the Bread of Life and the weaker I get, the more I realise just how weak I am spiritually and that without Him I can do NOTHING! Is this the purpose of fasting?

By: Leask Tehillah
Category: Jesus Questioned About Fasting

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Fasting is 1st mentioned in Judges 20:26, why? How did the Israelites know that abstaing from food would please God?

By: Leask Tehillah
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Was Jesus trying to incite his death?

I would say, No. Because, Jesus saw the reaction to his 100% truth and revelation of secret mysteries in his teachings, resulted in two big reactions. One was to believe, submit and follow him. The other was a violent rejection of the message. Like anything thing we don`t like, we want to remove the discomfort immedietly. Jesus had seen how many people around him were reacting very emotionally against him and were as such, volitile. Jesus was sent to earth from the other person in the trinity of God, the Father, to preach 100% truth and reveal secret mysteries. However, Jesus new that doing what he meant to do was very likely to end in death. On top of this, he read the prophesies in the Old Testament, and it is logical to believe that the Holy Spirit would have pointed these verses out and said to Jesus, this is you that they are prophesying about. So he would have known from atleast two points of evidence - the behaviour of people around him and the prophesies. He verbally predicted his own death and betrayall to 1. give Judas the chance to reconsider and not do it ''like old testament prophesies given to Jews about future death'' and 2. to prepare his followers for beyond Jesus and letting the rest of the world then and in the future know about the very amazing act of God of becoming incarnate as a human.

By: Chris Peacock
Category: Final Week of Jesus

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