“The Feast of Unleavened Bread” Leviticus 23:4-8, Exodus 12:14-20

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Date: August 21, 2022 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

The Feast of Unleavened Bread points to the Person and work of Jesus Christ. Jesus was born in the city of Bethlehem, and in Hebrew, Beit-Lechem means “House of Bread.” Jesus said He was the “Bread of life, “and that all who came to Him would never hunger or thirst for righteousness again. The exact moment the Jews were bringing their leaven to the synagogue for public burning, Jesus was being nailed to the cross as God’s judgment upon our sin. Just as the feast of unleavened bread was observed on the 15th of Nisan, so the lifeless body of the Lord Jesus lay buried in a rock hewn tomb and guarded by a Roman soldier. The main application of the Feast of Unleavened Bread to us today is to constantly rid ourselves of the leaven of the world through continual confession, for even as those who are saved by God’s grace, if we choose not to confess our sins we are also choosing to accept the consequences that go with that choice. This one verse should drive us all to our knees: “When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long,” (Psalm 32:3) We will explain this further in our next sermon, “The Feast of Unleavened Bread,” which is based on our study of Leviticus 23, and Exodus 12.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread points to the Person and work of Jesus Christ.

The main application of the Feast of Unleavened Bread to us today is to constantly rid ourselves of the leaven of the world through continual confession, for even as those who are saved by God’s grace, if we choose not to confess our sins we are also choosing to accept the consequences that go with that choice. This one verse should drive us all to our knees: “When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long,” (Psalm 32:3)

We will explain this further in our next sermon, “The Feast of Unleavened Bread,” which is based on our study of Leviticus 23, and Exodus 12.

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In Leviticus 23:4, God referred to the seven annual feasts He had established for the children of Israel to observe as convocations.

However, God’s drama of redemption actually began 430 years earlier when God made a covenant with a man named Abram who was from Mesopotamia.

According to Genesis 35, God extended His covenant with Abraham’s son, Isaac, and Isaac’s son, Jacob.

In Exodus 11:1-10, Moses described the tenth plague as the death of the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

“For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.”

1 Corinthians 5:7b

The Bible identifies several sins that are like leaven:

“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.’

2 Corinthians 5:21

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