AI Generated
by Leonard V Johnson
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was, and is, and is to come! ── The Days of Unleavened Bread began at sunset April 1st and run until sunset April 8th, in 2026.
Notice this posting from The Temple Institute in Jerusalem, Israel, from their Facebook page ──
“I WILL SING TO HASHEM, FOR VERY EXALTED IS HE!” (Exodus 15:1)Exactly seven days after leaving Egypt Israel finds itself stuck between a rock and a hard place, or more accurately, between the most powerful military on earth breathing down their necks and a vast, endless ocean before them , stopping them in their tracks. What, just one week ago looked so promising, when “HaShem took the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt with their legions,” (Exodus 12:51) now looks like the end of the trail, a desperate and failed escape, destined to be forgotten. The ten plagues that devastated Egypt, bring Pharaoh to his knees, maybe they weren’t miracles, after all. Maybe it was just a bad case of climate change.These were the exact fears of the children of Israel as they “lifted up their eyes, and behold! The Egyptians were advancing after them. They were very frightened, and the children of Israel cried out to HaShem. They said to Moshe, Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us to die in the desert? What is this that you have done to us to take us out of Egypt? Isn’t this the thing about which we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Leave us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians, because we would rather serve the Egyptians than die in the desert?” (Exodus 14:10-12) The children of Israel were not only terrified, they were divided. According to Midrash, the people split up into four dissenting camps. One group says, the jig is up, let’s march back peacefully to Egypt and face the consequences. One group said there is no hope, here is where it ends. One group said, let us go down, not in shame, but in dignity. Let us fight the Egyptian army and at least die defending ourselves. And the fourth group said, there is only one way forward and that is into the sea.Hearing all this, “Moshe said to the people, ‘Don't be afraid! Stand firm and see HaShem’s salvation that He will wreak for you today, for the way you have seen the Egyptians is only today, but you shall no longer continue to see them for eternity. HaShem will fight for you, but you shall remain silent.’” (Exodus 14:13-14) Be silent! Stop talking and begin doing. This is the moment when, again, as told by Midrash, Nachshon of the tribe of Yehudah, marched into the sea, neither stopping nor looking back. And at the moment when the sea rose to his nostrils, HaShem rewarded His trust by splitting the sea for all Israel to pass through. When we strive for freedom, when we strive for good, HaShem will always open a path before us. This is the lesson of the splitting of the Sea of Reeds. It's not enough that HaShem believes in us and will overturn the very rules of nature that He Himself established in order to bring us to safety and prosperity and peace. We need to believe in HaShem and trust that darkness, an impassable sea, and endless exile are all, ultimately, illusions whose chains and bars can be swept away by faith in HaShem and action on our part.
Brethren, we as true Christians also need to trust and believe that the LORD God will always open a path before us.
Notice here what WVTM13 writes ──
April 12th, 2025,One of the holiest holidays of the year begins for the Jewish community … begins at sundown Saturday and is a time of reflection and celebration, …This special time commemorates the Jewish people's exodus from Egypt. Those who celebrate … remove leavened foods and eat … unleavened bread.
This Passover season means so much more to us than just the Exodus from Egypt.
We Christians observe that our Lord Jesus Christ paid the ultimate penalty for our sins on PASSOVER and that we are to live, as He lived ── without sin and hypocrisy, which metaphorically, is what leaven represents ──
“ … ‘Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.’” – Luke 12:1b.
Truly, one way you can understand the Days of Unleavened Bread is by understanding the very central focus of the Days of Unleavened Bread – Jesus Christ!
Sadly, many minds were soiled concerning the true meaning and the teaching points which are associated with the Days of Unleavened Bread! And many of these misconceptions continue to grip many people, many remnant church groups. Well, they continue to teach ritualistic housecleaning. And to so many, the Days of Unleavened Bread is a campaign to “find leavening.” And they always claim that leaven is equal to sin. While that is a tradition, it is not Scriptural. And I want you to understand that they are teaching this as Judeo-Christianity – not as part of the New Covenant of Jesus Christ! In fact, no Scripture declares that leaven (which is short for leavened bread) is sin. There is certainly a passage that tells us exactly what sin is. It’s 1st John 3:4 – “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.”
Our Lord and Savior – the true Messiah - never called leaven sin. An example can be found in the Book of Matthew, chapter 13 ──
Verse 33 – “’ The kingdom [from] heaven is like leaven, …’”
And another passage that offers a perspective is in the Book of Luke, chapter 13 ──
Verses 20 & 21 – “’ To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21) It is like leaven, …’”
After the children of Israel were delivered from Egypt, the LORD God revealed the annual festivals. And through Prophet Moses (the etymology of his name likely derived from combining the words “water,” “seed,” and “pond,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” (mw- š) 1, the eternal Creators formally introduced these festivals to their nation – ISRAEL. “The congregation in the wilderness” – Acts 7:38.
Within the New Covenant, we can understand from the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles that He intends the spring festivals to illustrate to His Church every year that all those God the Father has called out of this world - before, during, and after His Son’s death, and glorious resurrection unto life – are only the “firstfruits” ──
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18) Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.” – James 1:17-18.
Yes, symbolically, leaven can represent sin (cf. 1st Corinthians 5:7-8). Because, like sin, leaven puffs up. And seven (7) represents to the LORD God – completion.
And certainly, a true Christian should strive daily to keep sin at bay. But to outright say that leaven is equal to sin is not Scriptural. Now, we’re dead to sin, but we’re alive through Jesus Christ! We live unto Jesus Christ! “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.” ── Book of Romans, chapter 6, verse 12. He is saying, ‘Don’t let sin have control over you anymore.’ You’re free! Like the man that was on death row – now you find yourself walking down the road, and you say, “How in the world did I get off of death row and now walking along here a free man!?” You’re not in the dungeon anymore! You’re not in chains; you’re not waiting for execution anymore! You’re out of prison – you’re walking freely down the road! That is the analogy that he is making here.
The meaning of the Days of Unleavened Bread is powerful! A MEMORIAL, a feast by an EVERLASTING ORDINANCE! Not a shadow, but a memorial. Notice, it is the day that is the feast “’ you shall keep it as a feast …’” It is the day that is a feast day – the 15th of Abib/Nisan – not the Passover! And it is to be kept as a Sabbath – or holy convocation, FOREVER!
Exodus 12:16 – “’ On the FIRST DAY [the first day of the seven – the 15th of Abib/Nisan] there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day [the 21st of Abib/Nisan] there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work [as in labor or occupation] shall be done on them; …’”
We Christians understand and recognize that Jesus Christ paid the ultimate penalty for our sins on the LORD’S Passover and was sacrificed smack dab in the middle of the Feast of Unleavened Bread!
All of the LORD’s Holy Days are what we call Christocentric. Meaning that they are all centered around JESUS CHRIST! In other words, we shouldn’t be so steeped and so misguided by Judeo-Christianity that we lose focus on who we are to look to! JESUS CHRIST! Recall, Jesus built His Church! The New Covenant Church!
So, if you go to JESUS CHRIST, He will forgive you – and we are told this back in the epistles of John. He is faithful to forgive!
“’ I AM the bread of life.’” – John 6:48.
The Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread are pointing us to ONE THING – Jesus Christ! Brethren, He is that Unleavened Bread of sincerity and truth! He is the meaning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread! □
1 Ulmer, Rivka. 2009. Egyptian Cultural Icons in Midrash. de Gruyter. p. 269.
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