Breakfast of Champions
What can you eat to be closer to the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) and operate more easily in supernatural power?
When I was a kid one of the greatest honors that an athlete could achieve was to have their image placed on the front panel of an orange Wheaties box. Usually it was not just their face on the front panel but some sort of picture of them in an action pose that was appropriate for their sport. One that is particularly memorable was Bruce Jenner throwing a javelin.
Towards the top of the front panel was the word "WHEATIES" in huge white letters. Just below the right half of the word "WHEATIES" was the phrase "WHOLE WHEAT FLAKES" in smaller black letters. Right below that in smaller italicized black letters was the phrase "Breakfast of Champions" in double quotes.
General Mills would have liked for the public to have believed, that becoming a champion athlete like Bruce Jenner, Mohammed Ali, or Mary Lou Retton, all started with eating Wheaties for breakfast everyday. While diet is an important part to becoming a champion athlete, the truth is that people can become one without eating Wheaties for breakfast every day.
Of course it is also true that these champions had to have been given the raw talent for their particular sport by the Father of Truth in the first place, or it did not matter what they ate for breakfast. They then had to be disciplined in every area of life to develop those gifts that they were given, or it did not matter what they ate for breakfast. No one could be come a champion athlete without these two things, by simply eating Wheaties for breakfast every day.
However, when it comes to being a champion for the Father of Truth, then there really is a breakfast of champions. This breakfast really does help the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) grow into champions in His Kingdom.
I learned about this breakfast of champions from the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) not long after I was baptized in the Spirit of Truth. I really wanted to be more like the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ). I really wanted to know the Father of Truth better. I really wanted to be able to hear the Spirit of Truth more clearly. I really wanted to win the fight against my own flesh so I could do the will of the Father of Truth instead of my own will. So I asked how I could do all of these things. The Spirit of Truth told me if I really wanted to become one His champions then I should start fasting. Fasting is the breakfast of champions.
I was not even sure what fasting really was except not eating food. The Spirit of Truth brought several scriptures to my mind to show me. Fasting is seeking after the Father of Truth by doing things like praying, reading the Book of Truth and singing praises to Him instead of eating (Nehemiah 9:1-6). Fasting is serving the Father of Truth by spending time in prayer instead of eating (Luke 2:37). Fasting is not the same as just going around hungry (2 Corinthians 11:27).
I remember the first time I decided to fast for a day. I was pretty much a food addict and about two hours into that first fast I thought I was going to die. Several times I found a cookie in my hands that I had grabbed without thinking. Each time I refrained from eating it and put it back where it belonged. With the help of the Spirit of Truth I never gave into hunger until the twenty-four hours were over but when it was I grabbed the first food I could find and shoved it in my mouth. You would have thought that I had not eaten in days from the way I acted.
Of course, it was absurd because I was in no actual danger of dying. A person in average health can go about sixty days without food before they will die. It is only the mind and emotions of a person that has such a struggle with not eating for a single day. That is why the Book of Truth (The Bible) refers to fasting as "afflicting your soul" (Isaiah 58:3).
Where did this breakfast of champions come from?
This breakfast of champions is first explained in the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law). This breakfast of champions is to be eaten every year on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur aka The Fast aka Judgment Day) so that the soul is afflicted by fasting while the High Priest makes atonement for the Children of Truth (Leviticus 16:29-34). The Day of Atonement is not just a day for abstaining from food but for congregating together like the weekly Sabbath (Leviticus 23:27-32). The Day of Atonement is a day of additional sacrifices for the atonement of sins while everyone is fasting (Numbers 29:7-11).
Today it is not even possible to keep the Day of Atonement in this manner because without the Temple standing in Jerusalem at best we are Playing With Broken Toys. The fact is that we do not need to fast on the Day of Atonement for our sins to be atoned for because the Man of Truth has presented his own blood in the Temple in Heaven to atone for our sins (Hebrews 9:11-14). The truth is that the blood of bulls and goats that were offered on the Day of Atonement were never sufficient to atone for sin but were just a foreshadowing of the only blood that was (Hebrews 10:1-4).
So does this mean that fasting on the Day of Atonement has been done away with?
Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) never taught the Jewish Children of Truth to abandon any of the Feasts of Truth when he preached to the Gentiles for many years (Acts 21:19-21). He was still living his life in line with the Law of Truth while preaching to the Gentiles for many years outside of the Promised Land (Acts 21:22-24). In fact, he was still observing the Day of Atonement (The Fast) when he was in chains on the island of Crete on his way to appeal to Caesar in Rome (Acts 27:7-10).
So the Children of Truth can certainly observe the Day of Atonement to some measure. They can still treat the Day of Atonement as a Sabbath and do the same kind of things so that they do not end up Bored On The Sabbath. They can still fast on the Day of Atonement.
The Apostles of Truth also said that they never taught that the Gentile Children of Truth needed to keep the Law of Truth in order to come into the House of Truth (Acts 15:23-27). They taught that the Gentile Children of Truth were under no obligation to keep these feasts (Acts 21:25-26).
It should be obvious that fasting on the Day of Atonement is not one of The Weightier Matters of The Law. In fact, it should be understood to be one of The Lessor Matters of The Law. The entire point of the Law of Truth is to bring us to the Man of Truth so we can become the Children of Truth (Galatians 3:24-26).
So the Children of Truth should not judge each other as doing something wrong if some of them observe the Day of Atonement by fasting while others do not do so because what really matters is knowing the Man of Truth (Colossians 2:16-17).
So should the Children of Truth fast today?
The Man of Truth gave instructions on how the Children of Truth were to fast (Matthew 6:16-18). He said that they should start fasting after he left this Earth (Matthew 9:15).
There is no better example of this than Paul the Jew who was the greatest champion for the Father of Truth who ever lived during the entire time from when the Man of Truth left this Earth until he returns.
The Pharisees fasted often (Matthew 9:14). The Pharisees had regularly fasted twice every week (Luke 18:11-12). (They did this on Monday and Thursday because those days were both two days away from the Sabbath (Saturday).) Paul the Jew had been trained as a young man by the greatest Rabbi of the Pharisees of his day - Gamaliel (Acts 22:3).
Paul the Jew continued to identify himself as a Pharisee more than twenty years after he encountered the Man of Truth on the road to Damascus (Acts 23:6). He continued this discipline of fasting often during his many trials that he encountered while preaching the Good News (2 Corinthians 11:25-27).
Paul the Jew continued to eat the breakfast of champions far more often than just on the Day of Atonement (The Fast) every year. In fact, he would have fasted more than 100 days each year by continuing in fasting regularly as the Pharisees did. He almost certainly fasted more than any of the other Apostles of Truth.
This is part of the reason that in 57 AD Paul the Jew was able to start a church on the island of Rhodes in under eight hours that is still operating today (Acts 21:1). This is part of the reason that he operated in all of the gifts of the Spirit of Truth so that he could distinguish them from each other (1 Corinthians 12:1-11). This is part of the reason that he had an abundance of revelations (2 Corinthians 12:1-7). This part of the reason that he could write scripture that was hard for Peter the Jew (Cephas aka Simon aka Simeon) and the other Apostles of Truth to understand (2 Peter 3:15-16). This is part of the reason that he wrote more books of the Book of Truth than anyone else.
Who else ate the breakfast of champions?
Peter the Jew chose to spend time praying on the roof while lunch was being prepared and continued to do so until he became very hungry (Acts 10:9-10). It was while fasting that he heard the Father of Truth in a vision (Acts 10:10-16). While he was still fasting on the roof he heard the Spirit of Truth clearly tell him to go with men that Cornelius the Gentile had sent (Acts 10:17-20). He then was told by the Father of Truth while he was fasting that this vision was about the Gentiles being made clean from sin without first becoming Jews through circumcision contrary to every tradition that he had been raised in (Acts 10:28-29). Cornelius the Gentile had also been fasting when he was told by an Angel of Truth to send for Peter the Jew before Peter the Jew had been given his vision (Acts 10:30-33). Then while Peter the Jew then was preaching the Good News to Cornelius and the other Gentiles they were baptized in the Spirit of Truth to prove that the visions that Peter the Jew and Cornelius the Gentile had while fasting really were from the Father of Truth (Acts 10:44-47). So the Good News was first brought to the Gentiles because Peter the Jew and Cornelius the Gentile had both eaten the breakfast of champions. The vision of Peter the Jew that he had while fasting had nothing to do with food as further explained in I Did Not Mean That.
In similar manner many of champions in the Book of Truth had incredible encounters with the Father of Truth and did incredible things by the power of the Spirit of Truth after they had eaten the breakfast of champions.
Moses received the Law of Truth the first time during a forty day fast (Exodus 24:12-18). Then he had to go up Mount Sinai to receive the Law of Truth again after it had been broken (Exodus 34:1-2). Moses received the Law of Truth the second time during another forty day fast (Exodus 34:27-29). The Law of Truth began to operate when Moses ate the breakfast of champions!
Elijah (Eliyahu) in like manner went up to Mount Sinai (Mount Horeb) as the result of a forty day fast (1 Kings 19:5-8). It was while living in a cave in Mount Sinai that Elijah heard the voice of the Spirit of Truth so he could find the strength and vision to finish his mission of overcoming the evil rulers of the kingdom of Israel (1 Kings 19:9-19). The kingdom of Israel was delivered from evil rulers when Elijah ate the breakfast of champions!
King Jehoshaphat lead the kingdom of Judah in fasting when an overwhelming force came against his kingdom (2 Chronicles 20:2-4). They were delivered without even having to fight (2 Chronicles 20:15-17). The kingdom of Judah was saved because they ate the breakfast of champions!
Daniel fasted when he wanted to know what would happen to the Jews after the seventy years of captivity was over (Daniel 9:2-4). The Angel of Truth Gabriel was sent to show him that the kingdom of Judah would be restored, Jerusalem would be rebuilt, the second Temple would be built, the Man of Truth would die to atone for the sins of others, the second Temple would be destroyed by the people of the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast), the Man of Lies would rise up in power to confirm a peace treaty to protect the nation of Israel, and then the Man of Lies would break that treaty by turning against the nation of Israel when he desecrates the third temple (Daniel 9:2-4). Daniel then fasted again for three weeks to know the rest of the story (Daniel 10:1-3). He was visited by another Angel of Truth who told him the rest of the story (Daniel 10:12-14). He was told that the Man of Lies would come to a sudden end that no one could help him escape (Daniel 11:41-45). He was told that the time of trouble for the Jewish people would finally be over (Daniel 12:1). Daniel saw the entire future of the Jewish people and the nation of Israel because he ate the breakfast of champions.
Ezra lead the returning captives in fasting to secure safe passage to Jerusalem so they could build the second Temple (Ezra 8:21-23). Nehemiah fasted to obtain favor from the king so he could lead the returning captives in rebuilding the city of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 1:1-4). Nehemiah lead the Jews in fasting to rededicate themselves to keeping the Law of Truth (Nehemiah 9:1-3). Mordecai and Esther lead the Jews in Shushan in fasting to obtain favor from the king and save the Jews throughout the Persian empire from being exterminated (Esther 4). Another holiday was added to the Biblical calendar to commemorate the deliverance that came from fasting (Esther 9:30-32). The nation of Israel was restored and the stage was set for the Man of Truth because these Children of Truth ate the breakfast of champions!
The Man of Truth was also lead by the Spirit of Truth to go on a forty day fast to overcome the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) (Matthew 4:1-11). He began to preach repentance after this fast (Matthew 4:12-17). He began to preach the Good News after this fast (Mark 1:12-15). He began to operate in the power of the Spirit of Truth after this fast (Luke 4:13-19). The Renewed Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka New Testament) began to operate when the Man of Truth ate the breakfast of champions!
Paul the Jew and Barnabas the Jew were sent out in the first mission to bring the Good News to the Gentiles in foreign countries after the prophets and teachers at Antioch had fasted (Acts 13:1-3). The Renewed Covenant began to be spread across the world when these prophets and teachers ate the breakfast of champions!
Of course, just like those athletes on the Wheaties box, eating the breakfast of champions is not enough by itself to make us into champions. We can only develop the gifts that the Father of Truth gives us (1 Corinthians 7:7). We must be disciplined in every area of life to develop those gifts and become champions (1 Corinthians 9:25-26). Eating the breakfast of champions only helps us do these things and is no substitute for these things.
The truth is that fasting does not change the Father of Truth (Malachi 3:6). It certainly does not change the Father of Lies. The breakfast of champions changes us.
It helps us get rid of unbelief so that we can operate in the authority that The Man of Truth gave us over the Spirits of Lies (devils aka demons aka unclean spirits aka gods) to deliver other people (Matthew 17:20-21). It changes us so that we can have victory over every Spirit of Lies (Mark 9:28-29). It changes us so that we can so we can more clearly hear the Spirit of Truth (Acts 13:2).
It changes us by helping us to put our bodies under the control of our spirits (1 Corinthians 9:27). This makes it easier to be lead by the Spirit of Truth so that we become more like the Man of Truth (2 Corinthians 3:18). When we become more like the Man of Truth then we become closer to His Father (Colossians 1:13-15). This is why I call fasting the breakfast of champions.
So you can start getting all of these benefits by fasting on the Day of Atonement and any other day that the Spirit of Truth leads you to eat the breakfast of champions. You will even get these benefits if you fast twice a week out of habit provided that your zeal to do so is based on the knowledge of the truth (Romans 10:1-3).
The truth is there is no benefit to eating the breakfast of champions unless you first decide to come into the House of Truth (Isaiah 58:3-7). The Day of Atonement is really about knowing the Man of Truth who paid for your atonement with his own blood so you could come into the House of Truth (Hebrews 10:12-14). You can come into the House of Truth to eat the breakfast of champions by putting every area of your life under the discipline of the Man of Truth because you believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:4-9).
Come into the House of Truth.
When I was a kid one of the greatest honors that an athlete could achieve was to have their image placed on the front panel of an orange Wheaties box. Usually it was not just their face on the front panel but some sort of picture of them in an action pose that was appropriate for their sport. One that is particularly memorable was Bruce Jenner throwing a javelin.
Towards the top of the front panel was the word "WHEATIES" in huge white letters. Just below the right half of the word "WHEATIES" was the phrase "WHOLE WHEAT FLAKES" in smaller black letters. Right below that in smaller italicized black letters was the phrase "Breakfast of Champions" in double quotes.
General Mills would have liked for the public to have believed, that becoming a champion athlete like Bruce Jenner, Mohammed Ali, or Mary Lou Retton, all started with eating Wheaties for breakfast everyday. While diet is an important part to becoming a champion athlete, the truth is that people can become one without eating Wheaties for breakfast every day.
Of course it is also true that these champions had to have been given the raw talent for their particular sport by the Father of Truth in the first place, or it did not matter what they ate for breakfast. They then had to be disciplined in every area of life to develop those gifts that they were given, or it did not matter what they ate for breakfast. No one could be come a champion athlete without these two things, by simply eating Wheaties for breakfast every day.
However, when it comes to being a champion for the Father of Truth, then there really is a breakfast of champions. This breakfast really does help the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) grow into champions in His Kingdom.
I learned about this breakfast of champions from the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) not long after I was baptized in the Spirit of Truth. I really wanted to be more like the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ). I really wanted to know the Father of Truth better. I really wanted to be able to hear the Spirit of Truth more clearly. I really wanted to win the fight against my own flesh so I could do the will of the Father of Truth instead of my own will. So I asked how I could do all of these things. The Spirit of Truth told me if I really wanted to become one His champions then I should start fasting. Fasting is the breakfast of champions.
I was not even sure what fasting really was except not eating food. The Spirit of Truth brought several scriptures to my mind to show me. Fasting is seeking after the Father of Truth by doing things like praying, reading the Book of Truth and singing praises to Him instead of eating (Nehemiah 9:1-6). Fasting is serving the Father of Truth by spending time in prayer instead of eating (Luke 2:37). Fasting is not the same as just going around hungry (2 Corinthians 11:27).
I remember the first time I decided to fast for a day. I was pretty much a food addict and about two hours into that first fast I thought I was going to die. Several times I found a cookie in my hands that I had grabbed without thinking. Each time I refrained from eating it and put it back where it belonged. With the help of the Spirit of Truth I never gave into hunger until the twenty-four hours were over but when it was I grabbed the first food I could find and shoved it in my mouth. You would have thought that I had not eaten in days from the way I acted.
Of course, it was absurd because I was in no actual danger of dying. A person in average health can go about sixty days without food before they will die. It is only the mind and emotions of a person that has such a struggle with not eating for a single day. That is why the Book of Truth (The Bible) refers to fasting as "afflicting your soul" (Isaiah 58:3).
Where did this breakfast of champions come from?
This breakfast of champions is first explained in the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law). This breakfast of champions is to be eaten every year on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur aka The Fast aka Judgment Day) so that the soul is afflicted by fasting while the High Priest makes atonement for the Children of Truth (Leviticus 16:29-34). The Day of Atonement is not just a day for abstaining from food but for congregating together like the weekly Sabbath (Leviticus 23:27-32). The Day of Atonement is a day of additional sacrifices for the atonement of sins while everyone is fasting (Numbers 29:7-11).
Today it is not even possible to keep the Day of Atonement in this manner because without the Temple standing in Jerusalem at best we are Playing With Broken Toys. The fact is that we do not need to fast on the Day of Atonement for our sins to be atoned for because the Man of Truth has presented his own blood in the Temple in Heaven to atone for our sins (Hebrews 9:11-14). The truth is that the blood of bulls and goats that were offered on the Day of Atonement were never sufficient to atone for sin but were just a foreshadowing of the only blood that was (Hebrews 10:1-4).
So does this mean that fasting on the Day of Atonement has been done away with?
Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) never taught the Jewish Children of Truth to abandon any of the Feasts of Truth when he preached to the Gentiles for many years (Acts 21:19-21). He was still living his life in line with the Law of Truth while preaching to the Gentiles for many years outside of the Promised Land (Acts 21:22-24). In fact, he was still observing the Day of Atonement (The Fast) when he was in chains on the island of Crete on his way to appeal to Caesar in Rome (Acts 27:7-10).
So the Children of Truth can certainly observe the Day of Atonement to some measure. They can still treat the Day of Atonement as a Sabbath and do the same kind of things so that they do not end up Bored On The Sabbath. They can still fast on the Day of Atonement.
The Apostles of Truth also said that they never taught that the Gentile Children of Truth needed to keep the Law of Truth in order to come into the House of Truth (Acts 15:23-27). They taught that the Gentile Children of Truth were under no obligation to keep these feasts (Acts 21:25-26).
It should be obvious that fasting on the Day of Atonement is not one of The Weightier Matters of The Law. In fact, it should be understood to be one of The Lessor Matters of The Law. The entire point of the Law of Truth is to bring us to the Man of Truth so we can become the Children of Truth (Galatians 3:24-26).
So the Children of Truth should not judge each other as doing something wrong if some of them observe the Day of Atonement by fasting while others do not do so because what really matters is knowing the Man of Truth (Colossians 2:16-17).
So should the Children of Truth fast today?
The Man of Truth gave instructions on how the Children of Truth were to fast (Matthew 6:16-18). He said that they should start fasting after he left this Earth (Matthew 9:15).
There is no better example of this than Paul the Jew who was the greatest champion for the Father of Truth who ever lived during the entire time from when the Man of Truth left this Earth until he returns.
The Pharisees fasted often (Matthew 9:14). The Pharisees had regularly fasted twice every week (Luke 18:11-12). (They did this on Monday and Thursday because those days were both two days away from the Sabbath (Saturday).) Paul the Jew had been trained as a young man by the greatest Rabbi of the Pharisees of his day - Gamaliel (Acts 22:3).
Paul the Jew continued to identify himself as a Pharisee more than twenty years after he encountered the Man of Truth on the road to Damascus (Acts 23:6). He continued this discipline of fasting often during his many trials that he encountered while preaching the Good News (2 Corinthians 11:25-27).
Paul the Jew continued to eat the breakfast of champions far more often than just on the Day of Atonement (The Fast) every year. In fact, he would have fasted more than 100 days each year by continuing in fasting regularly as the Pharisees did. He almost certainly fasted more than any of the other Apostles of Truth.
This is part of the reason that in 57 AD Paul the Jew was able to start a church on the island of Rhodes in under eight hours that is still operating today (Acts 21:1). This is part of the reason that he operated in all of the gifts of the Spirit of Truth so that he could distinguish them from each other (1 Corinthians 12:1-11). This is part of the reason that he had an abundance of revelations (2 Corinthians 12:1-7). This part of the reason that he could write scripture that was hard for Peter the Jew (Cephas aka Simon aka Simeon) and the other Apostles of Truth to understand (2 Peter 3:15-16). This is part of the reason that he wrote more books of the Book of Truth than anyone else.
Who else ate the breakfast of champions?
Peter the Jew chose to spend time praying on the roof while lunch was being prepared and continued to do so until he became very hungry (Acts 10:9-10). It was while fasting that he heard the Father of Truth in a vision (Acts 10:10-16). While he was still fasting on the roof he heard the Spirit of Truth clearly tell him to go with men that Cornelius the Gentile had sent (Acts 10:17-20). He then was told by the Father of Truth while he was fasting that this vision was about the Gentiles being made clean from sin without first becoming Jews through circumcision contrary to every tradition that he had been raised in (Acts 10:28-29). Cornelius the Gentile had also been fasting when he was told by an Angel of Truth to send for Peter the Jew before Peter the Jew had been given his vision (Acts 10:30-33). Then while Peter the Jew then was preaching the Good News to Cornelius and the other Gentiles they were baptized in the Spirit of Truth to prove that the visions that Peter the Jew and Cornelius the Gentile had while fasting really were from the Father of Truth (Acts 10:44-47). So the Good News was first brought to the Gentiles because Peter the Jew and Cornelius the Gentile had both eaten the breakfast of champions. The vision of Peter the Jew that he had while fasting had nothing to do with food as further explained in I Did Not Mean That.
In similar manner many of champions in the Book of Truth had incredible encounters with the Father of Truth and did incredible things by the power of the Spirit of Truth after they had eaten the breakfast of champions.
Moses received the Law of Truth the first time during a forty day fast (Exodus 24:12-18). Then he had to go up Mount Sinai to receive the Law of Truth again after it had been broken (Exodus 34:1-2). Moses received the Law of Truth the second time during another forty day fast (Exodus 34:27-29). The Law of Truth began to operate when Moses ate the breakfast of champions!
Elijah (Eliyahu) in like manner went up to Mount Sinai (Mount Horeb) as the result of a forty day fast (1 Kings 19:5-8). It was while living in a cave in Mount Sinai that Elijah heard the voice of the Spirit of Truth so he could find the strength and vision to finish his mission of overcoming the evil rulers of the kingdom of Israel (1 Kings 19:9-19). The kingdom of Israel was delivered from evil rulers when Elijah ate the breakfast of champions!
King Jehoshaphat lead the kingdom of Judah in fasting when an overwhelming force came against his kingdom (2 Chronicles 20:2-4). They were delivered without even having to fight (2 Chronicles 20:15-17). The kingdom of Judah was saved because they ate the breakfast of champions!
Daniel fasted when he wanted to know what would happen to the Jews after the seventy years of captivity was over (Daniel 9:2-4). The Angel of Truth Gabriel was sent to show him that the kingdom of Judah would be restored, Jerusalem would be rebuilt, the second Temple would be built, the Man of Truth would die to atone for the sins of others, the second Temple would be destroyed by the people of the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast), the Man of Lies would rise up in power to confirm a peace treaty to protect the nation of Israel, and then the Man of Lies would break that treaty by turning against the nation of Israel when he desecrates the third temple (Daniel 9:2-4). Daniel then fasted again for three weeks to know the rest of the story (Daniel 10:1-3). He was visited by another Angel of Truth who told him the rest of the story (Daniel 10:12-14). He was told that the Man of Lies would come to a sudden end that no one could help him escape (Daniel 11:41-45). He was told that the time of trouble for the Jewish people would finally be over (Daniel 12:1). Daniel saw the entire future of the Jewish people and the nation of Israel because he ate the breakfast of champions.
Ezra lead the returning captives in fasting to secure safe passage to Jerusalem so they could build the second Temple (Ezra 8:21-23). Nehemiah fasted to obtain favor from the king so he could lead the returning captives in rebuilding the city of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 1:1-4). Nehemiah lead the Jews in fasting to rededicate themselves to keeping the Law of Truth (Nehemiah 9:1-3). Mordecai and Esther lead the Jews in Shushan in fasting to obtain favor from the king and save the Jews throughout the Persian empire from being exterminated (Esther 4). Another holiday was added to the Biblical calendar to commemorate the deliverance that came from fasting (Esther 9:30-32). The nation of Israel was restored and the stage was set for the Man of Truth because these Children of Truth ate the breakfast of champions!
The Man of Truth was also lead by the Spirit of Truth to go on a forty day fast to overcome the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) (Matthew 4:1-11). He began to preach repentance after this fast (Matthew 4:12-17). He began to preach the Good News after this fast (Mark 1:12-15). He began to operate in the power of the Spirit of Truth after this fast (Luke 4:13-19). The Renewed Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka New Testament) began to operate when the Man of Truth ate the breakfast of champions!
Paul the Jew and Barnabas the Jew were sent out in the first mission to bring the Good News to the Gentiles in foreign countries after the prophets and teachers at Antioch had fasted (Acts 13:1-3). The Renewed Covenant began to be spread across the world when these prophets and teachers ate the breakfast of champions!
Of course, just like those athletes on the Wheaties box, eating the breakfast of champions is not enough by itself to make us into champions. We can only develop the gifts that the Father of Truth gives us (1 Corinthians 7:7). We must be disciplined in every area of life to develop those gifts and become champions (1 Corinthians 9:25-26). Eating the breakfast of champions only helps us do these things and is no substitute for these things.
The truth is that fasting does not change the Father of Truth (Malachi 3:6). It certainly does not change the Father of Lies. The breakfast of champions changes us.
It helps us get rid of unbelief so that we can operate in the authority that The Man of Truth gave us over the Spirits of Lies (devils aka demons aka unclean spirits aka gods) to deliver other people (Matthew 17:20-21). It changes us so that we can have victory over every Spirit of Lies (Mark 9:28-29). It changes us so that we can so we can more clearly hear the Spirit of Truth (Acts 13:2).
It changes us by helping us to put our bodies under the control of our spirits (1 Corinthians 9:27). This makes it easier to be lead by the Spirit of Truth so that we become more like the Man of Truth (2 Corinthians 3:18). When we become more like the Man of Truth then we become closer to His Father (Colossians 1:13-15). This is why I call fasting the breakfast of champions.
So you can start getting all of these benefits by fasting on the Day of Atonement and any other day that the Spirit of Truth leads you to eat the breakfast of champions. You will even get these benefits if you fast twice a week out of habit provided that your zeal to do so is based on the knowledge of the truth (Romans 10:1-3).
The truth is there is no benefit to eating the breakfast of champions unless you first decide to come into the House of Truth (Isaiah 58:3-7). The Day of Atonement is really about knowing the Man of Truth who paid for your atonement with his own blood so you could come into the House of Truth (Hebrews 10:12-14). You can come into the House of Truth to eat the breakfast of champions by putting every area of your life under the discipline of the Man of Truth because you believe that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:4-9).
Come into the House of Truth.
Labels: Day of Atonement, Fasting, Judgement Day, Power, The Fast, Visions, Yom Kippur
posted by The House Of Truth @ October 04, 2014
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