Why don’t Jesus’ disciples fast?
In this passage, Jesus answers with a wedding image: you don’t fast when the bridegroom is present. The One Israel longed for has arrived, and it’s time for celebration.
Through the images of new cloth and new wine, Jesus makes it clear He didn’t come to patch up religion built on merit. He came to fulfill the law, inaugurate a new covenant, and give new life. At the cross, the Bridegroom would be taken away. At the resurrection, He would burst the grave. (Mark 2:18-22, Rev. Tommy Allen)
