Fasting for the Great Feast: The New Wine of the New Covenant
March 22, 2025
- Jesus’ Preparation for His Wedding – Joy & Celebration (Matthew 9:14-15a)
- Engagement entails preparing to feast with
- Engagement involves celebration with the
- Jesus’ Coming Departure – Departure & Longing (Matthew 9:15b-16a)
- Refusal to apply a new
- Refusal to feast with old
- Jesus’ Invitation to Fast in Light of the Feast – Reunion & Celebration (Matthew 9:17)
- Fasting as a sign of holy
- Fasting aches for the
- Fasting as a sign of dissatisfied
- Fasting for the great feast as a
Jesus redefines fasting as the joyful longing for His return, a weapon of joy unfit for mournful practices.