https://x.com/MakisMD/status/1675170885458882560
This is such good information...some people do this yearly to reset their immune systems...the replies are always interesting to read...Dr. Makis has been such a champion for truth...I truly appreciate his calling...
https://biblereasons.com/reasons-for-fasting/
Not mentioned is that the commandment for the Day of Atonement is to fast. “Afflict yourselves”.
Leviticus 23:26-32.
To be clear, I am a Christian who believes most of the Old Testament should still be followed (some parts can’t be), and that while following it does not earn salvation (that’s done through grace), not following it sure seems to eventually lead to condemnation (per looking around at anything right now).
Early Christians fasted because the Old Testament commands us to fast, and they followed what it said, including Jesus himself, who was called by John, “the Logos made flesh”. The Logic of creation itself.
https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/69513/when-did-the-early-church-begin-and-end-their-twice-weekly-fasts#69519
As with the drops of this board, don’t take my word for it but confirm things for yourself by researching the scriptures and other primary sources.
Edit: also it was wednesdays and fridays but that was just what they did, not proscribed.
The only problem I see is that this assumes the Sunday day of worship which did not happen until about 400 AD...so it seems like a tradition more than a commandment...
I just read through the Bible through to Psalms and I don't recall seeing any commandment to fast Wednesday and Friday specifically...even though there were many other required days of fasting...I included a post about Saturday being changed to Sunday for worship...the commandments never changed but the day of worship did...and I am not SDA but believe they are correct on this issue...this is probably a discussion for another day...
Thank you for your thoughts...
Yeah, I’m not either. Kinda refuse to claim a “denomination”, just ideas.
The days they did do just seem to have been a practice. I don’t know how they go t to that, but it strikes me as a good one.