THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
“And on the fifteenth day of the same month is
the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened
bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no
customary work on it. But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord
for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no
customary work on it.'" Lev 23:6-8
The feast of the unleavened bread speaks of the
putting to death sin in a believer’s life. A believer who left Egypt (sin) must
identify with the cross of Christ.
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no
longer I, who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for
me.” Gal 2:20-21
The feast of unleavened bread speaks of our
baptism into the Christ.
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in
sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any
longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into
Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him
through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
For if we have been united together in the
likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His
resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the
body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we
believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been
raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.” Rom
6:1-10
Unleavened bread speaks of our baptism into
Christ and His nature.
To be baptized in the name of Jesus means to be
immersed in the name of Jesus. Christ’s name stands for his nature. In other
words, those who received Christ should earnestly seek to be immersed into His
nature (Christ’s nature) and be filled with all the fullness of God.
When the Israelite celebrated Passover in
Egypt, they left Egypt in haste and entered the Red Sea. Their red sea
experience speaks of their baptism. It is a type of feast of the unleavened
bread.
“Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be
unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.” 1 Cor. 10:1-2.
When
Israel came out of red sea, God declared “Israel is my first born” which is a
type of first fruit which we are going to discuss now.
Our ultimate desire is to be baptized into the
nature of Christ.
THE FEAST FIRST FRUIT
“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the
land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of
the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before
the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the
priest shall wave it. And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf,
a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the
Lord. Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed
with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord, for a sweet aroma; and its
drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin.“Lev 23:9-13.
Apostle Paul made it clear to us that Christ is
the first fruit.
The Sheaf of First fruit is to be waved before
the Lord on the "morrow after the Sabbath."
Christ rose from the dead a day after the
Sabbath.
“Now when He rose early on the first day of the
week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven
demons.” Mark 16:9
“But now
Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who
have fallen asleep.” 1 Cor 15:20.
To be continued
Culled from the upcoming book –
Divine Predestination by Douglas Arukwe
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