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Was the fast of the apostles established by our Lord Jesus Christ in advance and conditioned to be after His ascension?

Being in the Lord's immediate presence must be recognized as a time of happiness and joy. Thus, the Lord specified a time when He would no longer walk amongst the people in plain sight. In this message, our Lord signaled to His disciples the conditions upon which to establish times and restrictions in fasting and feasting.

"The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, ‘Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?’ And Jesus said to them, ‘Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.'" (Mark 2:18-20).