Esther Fasts for Three Days
August 25th, 2008 by Nicholas Chorba
Esther 4:15-16
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!”
Esther 5:1
It so happened that on the third day Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace, opposite the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the palace, opposite the entrance.
[…] As such, unless there is a naturally built in deadline for the fast (such as Esthers’ entrance to the King), we should defer to the doctrine of Christian liberty that is derived from Romans 14. Essentially, this doctrine says that each believer must be fully convinced in his own mind upon any matter that is not explicitly stated (in context) by the Bible, or any matter to which has a principle derived (in context) from the Bible. […]