Fasting in the Bible
This prophet fasted for 40 days on Mount Sinai.
Who is Moses?
Fasting is often paired with this practice to seek Yahweh
What is prayer?
Yom Kippur is also known as the Day of _______?
What is Atonement?
John the Baptist called people to repent and be baptized in this river.
What is the Jordan River?
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of Yahweh.
Matthew 4:4
who is Yahshua?
Before starting His ministry, Yahshua fasted for this many days
What is 40 days?
According to Isaiah 58, the true fast is to “loose the bonds of ______.”
What is wickedness?
Yom Kippur falls in this Jewish month.
What is Tishrei?
King David prayed for forgiveness in this psalm after his sin with Bathsheba.
What is Psalm 51?
so we fasted and petitioned to Yahweh and heanswerd our prayer
Ezra 8:23
Who is Ezra?
This queen called her people to fast before going before the king.
Who is Esther?
what does teshuvah mean?
On Yom Kippur, people traditionally greet each other by saying “May you be sealed in the ____ of Life.”
What is Book?
This tax collector climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, repented, and promised to give back what he had stolen.
Who is Zacchaeus?
When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do.
Matthew 6:16
Who is Yahshua?
The people of this city fasted after Jonah preached repentance.
What is Nineveh?
In the Book of Joel, the people were called to return to Yahweh with all their heart, with weeping, mourning, and this practice.
What is fasting?
Joel 2:12
The High Priest entered this place in the Temple only on Yom Kippur.
What is the Holy of Holies?
After denying Yahshua three times, this disciple wept bitterly but was later restored and forgiven.
Who is Peter?
I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips.
Daniel 10:3
Who is Daniel?
This apostle fasted for 3 days after encountering Yahshua on the road to Damascus.
Who is Paul (Saul)?
in the Book of Acts, the early church fasted when choosing these leaders.
What are elders?
How many times do the high priest sprinkle the blood on the ark of the covenent ?
7 times
On Yom Kippur, forgiveness was sought by the High Priest sprinkling blood on this object in the Holy of Holies.
What is the Ark of the Covenant?
Is not this the fast I have chosen: to share your bread with the hungry?
Isaiah 58:6–7
Who is Isaiah?