I thank God—[deliverance will come] through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin" Romans Romans [21] I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Paul knew that life itself is a battle with sin. We have our own part to play in struggling to overcome sin. Yet we must rely on God to help us. Paul explained this to the Philippians by telling them to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" Philippians Philippians [12] Why, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Indeed, Paul did not end his discussion about struggling with sin in Romans 7 on the seemingly hopeless note of remaining enslaved to sin. He went on in chapter 8 to show that we can be free of the way of sin and death—with Christ's help through God's Holy Spirit. Our observance of the Days of Unleavened Bread helps us realize our crucial need for Jesus' help in overcoming our weaknesses. And this is reflected in the second aspect of how God commands that this feast be observed—by eating unleavened bread throughout the seven days.
What is the significance of the unleavened bread we are commanded to eat? To effectively remove sin and to prevent it from regaining a foothold in our lives, we must do something—we must replace our human weaknesses and sinful tendencies with something far better. And we learn this from God's instruction to eat unleavened bread throughout this feast. What does the unleavened bread represent? Jesus Himself explains in John 6. As the Feast of Unleavened Bread approached, and shortly after He performed a great miracle to feed thousands John John [4] And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you t he true bread from heaven.
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.
This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever" John John [27] Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him has God the Father sealed.
Every man therefore that has heard, and has learned of the Father, comes to me. Notice the different terms Jesus applied to Himself—"the true bread from heaven," "the bread of God," "the bread of life" and "the living bread which came down from heaven.
It would satisfy the much deeper spiritual hunger, filling the spiritual vacuum that exists in every human being. How significant was bread to the people of that day? The most obvious answer is a reminder of the swift exodus from Egypt, when there was no time for the bread to rise. But there is one small problem with that explanation…. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it at twilight. Incidentally, this twilight ritual slaughter of sacrificial Passover lambs is still practiced by the Samaritan people on the Mount Gerazim to this day.
They then have to kill it on the 14th. Verse 39 states,. It had no hametz, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not delay, so they had not made provisions for themselves. But if they knew it would be a bit of a rush, surely they could have started the bread making process earlier? Quite possibly, but it speaks symbolically of haste.
The eating of unleavened bread is a tangible reminder of the haste with which our forefathers left Egypt. It is a powerful symbol that helps to bring the ancient story alive again today in our own homes, in a very concrete and crunchy way. It is the yeast that makes the wine and the beer, and produces the alcohol that make the beverages what they are.
Surly if this was the explanation then why are we allowed to consume yeast in a beverage and not in food? I believe the true implications and meaning is what yeast leaven does to the bread. It puffs it up and makes it palatable to the taste buds.
For instance; true worship of God must come from the heart to be acceptable to Him. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.
Learn how your comment data is processed. Yet a cultural revolution is taking Of all the Passovers that have ever been celebrated, only one was the actual Passover. It took place more than 34 centuries ago when the God of As we sat around the Passover table, my host took us back in time to the days when his grandfather conducted wonderful seders that would last for Even today, I have vivid memories of delectable Second, bread can be baked in such a way that it has a dry, crackerlike quality.
Or, bread can be baked in such a way that it has a doughy, more pitalike, quality. And this is so for both leaven and unleavened bread. Thus, other than affirming the bread at the Last Supper was unleavened, we cannot be utterly certain of its other qualities. Shutterstock Advertisement.
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