The Mount of Revelation
The first physical exhibit of total consecration. Moses, the lawgiver, transcended the needs of the flesh to receive the divine testimony, demonstrating that the word of God is more essential than bread.
“And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.” — Exodus 34:28
The Crisis of the Kingdom
Forensic evidence of fasting as a weapon of intercession. When the decree of death was signed, Queen Esther and the remnant used the fast to move the hand of the King of Kings, proving that spiritual warfare requires physical sacrifice.
“Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise.” — Esther 4:16
The Call to Repentance
The archive of the prophets confirms that a true fast is the evidence of a broken heart. It is the prescribed remedy for a backslidden nation seeking to avert divine judgment through sincere humility.
“Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.” — Joel 2:12
The Messianic Mandate
The King Himself established the fast as the preparation for His ministry and the mark of His followers during His absence. It is the physical testimony of our hunger for His return.
“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred… But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” — Matthew 4:2,4
The Apostolic Separation
The primitive church utilized fasting as the forensic method for discerning the will of the Holy Ghost. It was through this discipline that the mission to the Gentiles was commissioned and sealed.
“As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.” — Acts 13:2