{"id":423,"date":"2008-09-13T14:57:57","date_gmt":"2008-09-13T14:57:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-30T12:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T17:20:35","slug":"fasting-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2008\/09\/13\/fasting-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"fasting in the bible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/09\/13\/fasting_2.jpg\" title=\"\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px\" title=\"Fasting_2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/fasting_2.jpg\" alt=\"Fasting_2\" width=\"180\" height=\"133\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/a><strong>Friends are in the middle of Ramadan now, fasting every day for 30 days. Fasting used to be a common thing back in the day for Jews and Christians, too (see the list below!). I wonder why it lost its popularity for Christians&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Moses\" href=\"\/wiki\/Moses\">Moses<\/a> fasted for forty days and forty nights while he was on the mountain with God. (<a title=\"Exodus\" href=\"\/wiki\/Exodus\">Exodus<\/a> <a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=%20Exodus&amp;verse=34:28&amp;src=HE\" href=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=%20Exodus&amp;verse=34:28&amp;src=HE\" rel=\"nofollow\">34:28<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"King David\" href=\"\/wiki\/King_David\">King David<\/a> fasted when the son of his adulterous union with <a title=\"Bathsheba\" href=\"\/wiki\/Bathsheba\">Bathsheba<\/a> was struck sick by God, in punishment for the adultery and for David&#8217;s murder of Bathsheba&#8217;s husband, <a title=\"Uriah the Hittite\" href=\"\/wiki\/Uriah_the_Hittite\">Uriah the Hittite<\/a>. Nevertheless, the son died, upon which David broke his fast (<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"2 Samuel\" href=\"\/wiki\/2_Samuel\">2 Samuel<\/a> <a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=2%20Samuel&amp;verse=12:15-25&amp;src=HE\" href=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=2%20Samuel&amp;verse=12:15-25&amp;src=HE\" rel=\"nofollow\">12:15-25<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>King <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Jehosaphat\" href=\"\/wiki\/Jehosaphat\">Jehosaphat<\/a> proclaimed a fast throughout <a title=\"Judah\" href=\"\/wiki\/Judah\">Judah<\/a> for victory over the Moabites and Ammonites who were attacking them (<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"2 Chronicles\" href=\"\/wiki\/2_Chronicles\">2 Chronicles<\/a> <a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=2%20Chronicles&amp;verse=20:3&amp;src=HE\" href=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=2%20Chronicles&amp;verse=20:3&amp;src=HE\" rel=\"nofollow\">20:3<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>The prophet <a title=\"Isaiah\" href=\"\/wiki\/Isaiah\">Isaiah<\/a> chastised the Israelites in <a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=%20Isaiah&amp;verse=58&amp;src=HE\" href=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=%20Isaiah&amp;verse=58&amp;src=HE\" rel=\"nofollow\">Isaiah 58<\/a> for the unrighteous methods and motives of their fasting. He clarified some of the best reasons for fasting and listed both physical and spiritual benefits that would result (<a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=%20Isaiah&amp;verse=58:3-13&amp;src=HE\" href=\"http:\/\/php.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au\/~jnot4610\/bibref.php?book=%20Isaiah&amp;verse=58:3-13&amp;src=HE\" rel=\"nofollow\">Isaiah 58:3-13<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends are in the middle of Ramadan now, fasting every day for 30 days. Fasting used to be a common thing back in the day for Jews and Christians, too (see the list below!). 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