Fasting: Origen on Fasting as Preparation for Revelation
Teaching on Fasting from Origen: Origen on Fasting as Preparation for Revelation
This is a spiritual discipline on preparation and revelation, drawing on Exodus 34:28, Daniel 10:2-3 and Matthew 4:1-2.
Origen (d. 254) observed the biblical pattern in which fasting precedes divine revelation. Moses fasted forty days before receiving the Law. Elijah fasted forty days before hearing God's still small voice. Daniel fasted before receiving his visions. Jesus fasted forty days before beginning His ministry. Origen wrote: "Fasting is the preparation of the soul for receiving God. As an empty vessel is more ready to be filled than a full one, so the soul emptied through fasting is more ready to receive divine communication."…
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