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The Feast of Unleavened Bread

January 1, 2024

The Leaven of Character Jewish and Christian Perspectives (Exodus 12, 1 Corinthians 5:6-8). “For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel” (Exodus 12:15, quotations from BibleGateway NIV, except as noted). — Ken Osterman The “Feast of Unleavened Bread” is intimately associated with the Passover. In the ancient custom, […]

Unleavened Offerings

January 1, 2024

How We Are to Offer “Now when anyone presents a grain offering as an offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it” (Leviticus 2:1, scriptures from NASB unless otherwise noted). — Ray Charlton Unleavened Bread The first mention of unleavened bread is in Genesis when two angels came to Lot in Sodom. Lot offered them the opportunity to stay in his house rather than in the town square. […]

An Unleavened Character

January 1, 2024

Towards Incorruption “Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ” (1 Corinthians 5:7 ASV). — Brent Hislop Given that throughout scripture, leaven is used as a symbol of sin, the concept of a Christian having an unleavened character would seem to suggest that the Christian leads a life free of sin. This, of course, is not the case. 1 John 1:8 says, “If we […]

Thirty-Nine Years

November 1, 2023

A Brief Overview “The cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein bynight, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys” (Exodus 40:38). — David Stein Lack of faith has consequences. For ancient Israelites, the consequences were tragic. After being delivered in a miraculous and historically unprecedented way, the Israelites had every reason to confidently enter into the Promised Land. There was likely great excitement following the fear and uncertainty of […]