What period of time is indicated in Jesus' words in Matthew 9:15 "when the bridegroom is taken from them; then

Question

finish question "then they will fast"?

Answer 1

--IT WOULD SEEM from these cross-references it would connect with his death & the fasting would be part of their expression of grief!
--BUT AFTER his resurrection their would be no more need for the grief expressed through fasting , because he would be alive in the heavens!

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--Rbi8 Matthew 9:15

(Matthew 26:2) ““YOU know that two days from now the passover occurs, and the Son of man is to be delivered up to be impaled.””

(Luke 17:22) “Then he said to the disciples: “Days will come when YOU will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man but YOU will not see [it].”

COMMENTARY:

*** gt chap. 28 Questioned About Fasting ***

--ALMOST a year has gone by since Jesus attended the Passover of 30 C.E. By now, John the Baptist has been imprisoned for several months. Although he wanted his disciples to become followers of Christ, not all of them have.
--Now some of these disciples of the imprisoned John come to Jesus and ask: “Why is it that we and the Pharisees practice fasting but your disciples do not fast?” The Pharisees practice fasting twice a week as a ritual of their religion. And John’s disciples perhaps follow a similar custom. It may also be that they are fasting to mourn John’s imprisonment and wonder why Jesus’ disciples do not join them in this expression of grief.
--In answer Jesus explains: “The friends of the bridegroom have no reason to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, do they? But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
--John’s disciples should recall that John himself spoke of Jesus as the Bridegroom. So while Jesus is present, John would not consider it appropriate to fast, and neither do Jesus’ disciples. Later, when Jesus dies, his disciples do mourn and fast. But when he is resurrected and ascends to heaven, they have no further cause for mournful fasting.
--Next, Jesus gives these illustrations: “Nobody sews a patch of unshrunk cloth upon an old outer garment; for its full strength would pull from the outer garment and the tear would become worse. Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins; but if they do, then the wineskins burst and the wine spills out and the wineskins are ruined. But people put new wine into new wineskins.” What do these illustrations have to do with fasting?
--Jesus was helping the disciples of John the Baptist to appreciate that no one should expect his followers to conform to the old practices of Judaism, such as ritual fasting. He did not come to patch up and prolong old worn-out systems of worship that were ready to be discarded. Christianity would not be made to conform to the Judaism of the day with its traditions of men. No, it would not be as a new patch on an old garment or as new wine in an old wineskin. Matthew 9:14-17; Mark 2:18-22; Luke 5:33-39; John 3:27-29.

Answer 2

This denotes the period of the Gentile church. Compare this with Matthew 25. The period spoken of in the verse you cited represents vss 25:1-9

Answer 3

That means when Jesus dies and after the 40 days when he still walked and talked with them..then He will be out of their sight and hearing and then they will fast. But as long as He lives and breathes on this earth and is physically with his friends, there is no cause for fasting.

Answer 4

The end times began when Jesus ascended into heaven. This coincides with, "then they will fast."

Answer 5

Until the return of Christ.