When is feast of unleavened bread

Thus have you made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. The Days of Unleavened Bread remind us that with God's help we must remove and avoid all sin—symbolized by leaven—and live genuinely by God's commandments in all areas of our life. During the Feast of Unleavened Bread, Paul taught the same spiritual lessons Jesus had, invoking the comparison of sin to leaven.

Reprimanding the Corinthian congregation for its divisions and tolerance of sexual misconduct, Paul wrote: "Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians [6] Your glorying is not good.

Know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: [8] Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

The church at Corinth was obviously and unmistakably keeping the Feast of Unleavened Bread, to which Paul repeatedly alluded. However, Paul used the Corinthians' faithful obedience in keeping the feast physically removing leaven from their homes as a basis to encourage them to celebrate this feast with proper understanding of its spiritual intent.

Today removing leaven from our homes for seven days reminds us that we, too, through prayer and God's help and understanding, must recognize, expel and avoid sin. The Feast of Unleavened Bread is thus a time of personal reflection.

We should meditate on our attitudes and conduct and ask God to help us recognize and overcome our shortcomings. Paul spoke of this much-needed self-reflection in 2 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves.

Know you not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates? Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? We learn by doing. We learn spiritual lessons by doing physical things. Performing the task of deleavening our homes and avoiding leavening for a week reminds us to vigilantly watch for sinful thoughts and actions so we can avoid them.

God knows that, in spite of our good intentions, we all sin. Many years after his conversion, Paul described the powerful human tendency to sin: "I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 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? It is our line of demarcation between a life in the ways of the world and a life in the ways of the Holy God. The two cannot be mixed. The Children of Israel left the land where they ate garlic and leeks and entered a land of milk and honey.

Can you imagine a more unsavory meal—a combination of garlic and milk and honey and leeks? For Israel, keeping the feast meant a complete separation from the gods, religion, bondage, food, works, and slavery of Egypt. It also meant a break from its worldly glory, wisdom, power, strength, and popularity. By putting away the leaven, they put away all that was associated with the land of their slavery.

God did not give them time to make bread with leaven. They did not have time to wait around in Egypt until the bread had finished rising so that they could bake it. And so today God is not calling us to believe in Him and then hang out in the world until all the stuff we have cooked up in the world is ready to be consumed. Instead, He requires a quick and absolute break from our slavery to the bondage of sin.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread is also a memorial. One of the ways we allow God to purge our hearts and minds is by remembering what He has delivered us from. The Feast of Unleavened Bread was to be a memorial.

But we are called upon not just to remember the purpose of the feast, but also to teach it to our children. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory. It is commanded by the Lord that we teach our children the reasons for our beliefs. We must all be ready to explain to our children the fundamentals of our faith. But you must notice something critical here: The father explained to his son what he was doing, not just what he believed.

Children cannot read our minds, but they can read our actions. Or, are they even asking? Furthermore, the Passover meal and the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread all took place within the home. These were not special events where the family got all dressed up in their Sabbath best and trotted on down to the local synagogue for a service and a potluck dinner.

The children were asking questions because the events taking place were taking place in the home. Are your children asking you about your relationship with the Lord as they see it lived out in the home, and if not, why not? Others among us avoid certain habits and teachings, sure that they must be listed as a sin in the Bible, but they are not. One of the main manifestations of the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the life of the believer is the fact that it is kept in sincerity and truth.

For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Sincerity also means clearness and purity, and is the opposite of impurity and hypocrisy. Truth is the opposite of lying and deceit. To keep the festival with the bread of sincerity and truth means that we must do more than simply put our sins on a shelf where we know they are available to us later. It is not sufficient to simply throw out the conspicuous loaves on the table and hide the favorite loaf of rye in the cupboard or allow the unnoticed crumbs to remain under the stove.

Every corner, every crack, and every window sill must be scrutinized in its light. The task is not complete until every speck of leaven is purged. With Christ as our example, we have all been called to live as unleavened bread. Skip to content. Bible Passages. If God opens your eyes to these scriptures and you want more then you need to pray and seek a Holy Ghost filled Apostolic church. To the author who wrote the article. You seem hungry for God and I pray you receive these scriptures and try them and that God takes you all the way!

God be with you on your journey closer to Him. Thank you for your comment, Christina. I fully agree with you that these things are more important than keeping the Feasts! We can receive salvation through none other than Jesus, not by observing Passover or any other holiday. Thank You so much for this. It is brief and informative. And Why Jesus against the Leavent of the Pharisees? Once again Thank You Mam. Hi Hebrewrootsmom — let me wrap my head around this — you stated two things to differentiate Passover and the start of the Feast of ULB: 1.

Now according to Astronomy of the Old Testament — G. This he saids is the first part of the evening. The next is about an hour until total darkness — this is the second evening.

OK so it is at the end of twilight that the paschal lambs were to be slain. Before Temple times and especiallybefore the institution of the Levite priesthood — it appears every household was responsible for sacrificing and preparing their own lamb s. None before the Exodus were brought to Aaron for he was not yet a priest until Sinai. In latter times when the Temple s existed they were brought to the 24 courses of priests to slaughter and the sheer number meant that had had to start earlier — like after midday, not sure where it specifically saids they had to bring the Passover lambs to the priests though — as they do everything else, daily sacrifices, annual sabbaths etc.

The first you stated was on 14 Nisan at twilight which I take you to mean to occur at the start of 14 Nisan — which here would be at twilight. If so then in latter times when they need more time — are you saying they had to slaughter the lambs in the afternoon on 13 Nisan? I still prefer the economies of scale of each household doing it as then all can be done more or less simultaneously at twilight. I take this not to mean the start of 16 Nisan but the end of 14 Nisan. I only ask this as does not the traditional view slaughter the lambs on 15 Nisan at twilight or in the after noon of the 14?

But as Passover and Feast of ULB are distinct then doesnt preparation for the Passover begin on the 13 Nisan if not slaughtered at twilight as they are bringing them to the priests and not 14 Nisan as some reckon?

Super helpful! I really feel pulled to this thanks for helping answer some of my questions! He is still the God of the Old Testament as well. I started keeping the weekly Sabbath and the feasts 3 years ago. When Yahweh says He blessed the 7th day Saturday He means it!

The Feasts are also a very special blessing when we keep them. It is thought of more as a Jewish holiday. I think it should be something that Christians incorporate into their practice of faith since our God is also the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I love the way you write. Chinonso Grace Pls can someone explain to me why feast og passover is celebrated March instead of April. Passover occurs on the 15th day of the month of Nissan on the Hebrew Calendar.

On the Gregorian calendar, this corresponds to either March or April, depending on the year. For example, this year, Passover is in March but next year it will be in April. Are you able to tell me which that would have been? Having read the article with a heart of inquisotivy, I fail to see how the month nissan has anything to do with a december or a christmas passover seder Apart from a tinge of misconception understanding l enjoyed the read and would welcome in my life the same understanding at easter celebration Cheers Dylinda Philippines.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread starts on the 15th of Nissan and the Passover Lamb is to be slain and then eaten on the 14th of Nissan at twilight.

The Passover in Exodus occurred at midnight. The month of Nissan corresponds to the months of March and April. I am very appreciative of the knowledge of the festivals in the Bible and how it is a great reminder of what Christ has done and will continually do for HIs people. However, it is important to remember this was an outward showing til it was fulfilled in Jesus. We should be more concerned for the sins in our daily lives rather than the crumbs under the refrigerator.