Daniel Fast

[Praveen55]

Here is another type of fast or better it should be called partial fast - Daniel Fast. There is a spiritual component also in this fast. If one does not like that part, one can still follow and get the benefit. Follow the link below for details:

draxe.com/diets/daniel-fast/

[Hidden]

Hi Praveen, this is interesting and you are so right that fasting has been used as a powerful spiritual tool for a long time.

I'm glad that it mentions Ezekiel and Ezekiel bread as that has become a very trendy bean sprout bread, whole food or gluten free bread. When in reality Ezekiel went into the desert and lay on his side and ate only Ezekiel bread for 40 days to temper his ego. And It's always fascinated what fitches are.

Please see Ezekiel 4:9

kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ez...

An extract:

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

There is a spiritual side to all our actions and we should remember this...😊

[Cosmo501 in reply to Hidden]

You made me curious about fitches! 😊 ..

“FITCH, FITCHES (כֻּסֶּ֫מֶת, H4081, קֶ֖צַח). In Ezekiel 4:9, the Heb. kussemet is used, and is believed by some to refer to the Prickly Fitch. The other three references in Isaiah 28 are qeşah, prob. the black cummin.

Fitches are members of the Ranunculus family, and produce an abundance of black seeds. It is these that are used as pungent flavoring.

The tr. “fitch” is unfortunate, as the qeṩath is not a vetch. The plant undoubtedly is the Nigella sativa, sometimes called “The Nutmeg Flower,” though it certainly is not a true nutmeg. This Biblical Nigella is related to the annual grown in the garden, called “Love in the Mist.” Its flowers are like the buttercup, and the fruit pods contain large quantities of tiny black seeds.

In the Holy Land, the Arabs call it “kasah,” which is similar to the qeşath of the Hebrews. The use of these seeds in bread is said to make it more wholesome.

The plant is still grown in Pal. and the seeds are beaten out of the capsules with a flail.

In Isaiah 28:25 the idea seems to be that the seeds of the Nigella are broadcast liberally, while the seeds of the true cummin had to be sprinkled lightly.”

[Hidden in reply to Cosmo501]

Hi Cosmo501 , this is very interesting and fascinating so thank you for this detailed reply, as you've answered my question on fitches, so thank you. 😊

[S11m Volunteer 70lb IF20]

I am glad that lentils are mentioned - as they are almost the only "available" vegetable that is high in lysine... an essential amino acid that our bodies cannot create.