21/10/2021 - UNLEAVENED BREAD

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So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore, you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance. Exodus 12.17

Unleavened bread symbolizes the food that God gives to man – His Word – and it was used for a special purpose in Egypt in order for the Hebrews to leave that country towards the Land of Freedom. Likewise, we must not add mixture – philosophical thinking – to the preaching. We must minister what the Lord teaches us and not what we want, for that kind of leaven used by people is dangerous.

The recipe of wheat and water would have to exist at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, reminding them of the day when the Most High removed the power that guarded the sons of Jacob and also blessed the Egyptians. We need to retain the essence of the Word and the revelation given to us as we hear the preaching of the Gospel. Putting strange fire on the altar was never allowed!

On that day, the Most High brought out of Egypt His angels that protected Israel and by extension, also protected the Egyptians, who – since then – have been helpless. The fact that Christians are part of some community is of great relevance to the other inhabitants of such a place, because by protecting us, the Lord also protects these individuals from many evils. Jesus declared that we are the salt of the earth (Matthew 5.13)!

The wickedness of the Egyptian king toward the Israelites was unmeasured. In another age, Israel had gone to Egypt because of Joseph, who saved that country from famine with divine wisdom. However, after Pharaoh´s death – who out of gratitude towards Jacob’s son, invited the entire family heir to the blessing to move there – the kings that succeeded him decided to enslave God’s people. Then the wrath of the Lord came upon Egypt. The Hebrews only managed to get out of there because of divine intervention!

The Almighty’s decree said that they would celebrate this feast as an everlasting ordinance. They would do it in remembrance of the Passover they ate in that land. You see, the Holy Supper we minister today is done in remembrance of what Jesus accomplished on the Cross for us. God says:  who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.  (1 Peter 2.24).

As we are set free from spiritual bondage, we can only eat the divine Bread, the Word of the Lord, as it is conveyed to us in the Scriptures. Let us reject any bread leavened by man – religious, political and humanistic philosophies. We have the unleavened Bread – Jesus – with his garments spattered with blood: He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God (Revelation 19.13).

Next time you participate in the Holy Supper, remember Christ, who was not ashamed of us, but died to give us life in abundance. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him  (John 6.56). Amén!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares