The Feast of Unleavened Bread
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Today starts the 7 Day Feast of Unleavened Bread. This was a time when the people would remove all yeast and leaven out of their diets for 7 days and feast on matza instead. Here are some reminders from this feast...
- A reminder to clean out the old to make room for the new
- Jesus is the bread that came down from Heaven
- Isaiah 40:2 says Jesus paid double for what our sins deserved. What he went through on the cross redeemed us and made us right with God.
- His sacrifice redeemed us from the curse of the law(Galatians 3)
- In the Old Testament people were either blessed by God or cursed. Jesus redeemed us from the curse of the law so that we can have the blessing given to Abraham.
- Jesus makes us righteous, which means we have peace with God. He is for us, because of what Jesus did.
- But, we must learn to stop working to be right with God. Righteousness is a free gift that must be received. It can't be earned.
- God wants to clothe us with a robe of righteousness, but we must learn to stop toiling.
- Isaiah 32:17 says the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever
- Proverbs 14:30 says a heart at peace gives life to the body but envy rots the bones
- When we understand righteousness and the grace God has given us it causes us to want to dedicate our lives to him and do right.
In today's communion we are thanking God that Jesus paid double for what our sins deserved, redeemed us from the curse of the law, and made us right with God. And the effect of righteousness is peace with God and God being for us.
Today's Workout/Health Tip
The Feast of Unleavened Bread is something I have done in my nutrition every year since 2013. I remove all yeast or leaven from my diet for these 7 days and replace any starches I eat with matza crackers. This is not something we do to earn anything with God. It is a way to put something physical that we do with our remembrance, and it makes our remembrance more powerful. In studying health and fitness, I also learned that unleavened bread is one of the very best detoxifiers of the body. It is especially good at removing heavy metals from the body. Think of the 7 Days of Unleavened Bread as a Spring cleaning for the body.
I am praying for you.
Daniel