Feast of the

Unleavened Bread

Leviticus 23: 6 - 8

And

John 6: 32 - 40

The Seven (7) OT

Feasts/Festivals

•Spring Feasts:

•Passover

(Pesach)

•Unleavened

Bread

•First Fruits

•Feasts of Weeks

or Pentecost

(Shavuot)

•Fall Feasts:

•Trumpets (Rosh

Hashanah)

•Day of Atonement (Yom

Kippur)

•Feasts of Tabernacles

(Sukkot)

Memorials established for us to pause, stop,

and ponder...

Etc.

Lev. 23: 4 & 5, “These are the

Lord’s appointed festivals,

the sacred assemblies you are

to proclaim at their appointed

times. The Lord’s Passover

begins at twilight on the 14th

day of the first month.”

(month of Nisan)

*The Passover and the Feast of

the Unleavened Bread overlaps.

Lev. 23: 6, “On the 15th day

of that month (the first

month-Nisan) the Lord’s

festival of Unleavened Bread

begins; for seven (7) days you

must eat bread made without

yeast...”

Lev. 23: 6-8, “On the 15th day of that

month (Nisan) the Lord’s unleavened

bread begins; for 7 days you must eat

bread made without yeast. On the 1st

day hold a sacred assembly and do no

regular work. For 7 days present a

food offering to the Lord. And on the

7th day hold a sacred assembly and do

no regular work.”

The Feast of the Unleavened Bread = (Hebrew) Chag

HaMatzot

Occurs right after Passover to commemorate the

hurried leaving (exodus) from Egypt

(OT) Leaven is symbolic of corruption or evil. Leaven

is made from rotten/fermented bread –added to fresh

bread dough to cause the new dough to grow/multiply.

Yeast/Leaven signifies anything that rots and

corrupts physically, morally (inner guidelines of

knowing right & wrong), and spiritually.

All leavened items (baking soda and all other

fermenting items) were removed from their homes. For

7 days bread eaten must be unleavened.

Themes: Freedom (Passover); Spiritual

Purification; and Humility

The 1st and 7th day: Sacred assembly with burnt

sacrifices offered for the forgiveness of sin

Yachatz –Breaking of the Bread: During the

Passover Meal, 3 separate sheets of matza (made

of only flour and water; baked for 15-18mins –

no longer) were placed in a linen bag (matza

tash). Then the middle matza is removed and

broken. One ½ put back in tash, the other ½ is

wrapped in linen and hidden –hidden piece is

called “afikoman”. The youngest at the family

feast would search for it, when found the child

gives it to the elder, who give the child a

Symbolic of affliction, redemption and final

remembrance of the sacrificial lamb...the last

thing to be eaten.

Practiced as early as Zechariah’s time and the

building of the 2nd Temple around 520 bc...

NT Jews followed the OT feasts’ requirements of

the Unleavened Bread. Leaven was symbolic of

sin and corruption, however, Jesus did use

yeast as the spreading of His Kingdom: Luke 13:

21 & Matt 13: 33... *I am sure this “messed”

with the Pharisees’ & Sadducees’ thinking!

Jesus declares Himself: “The Bread of Life” in

John 6: 32 - 35

John 6: 32 - 40

“Jesus said to them, ‘Listen truly I tell

you, it is not Moses who has given you the

bread from heaven, but it is My Father Who

gives you the true bread from heaven. For

the bread of God is the bread that comes

down from heaven and gives life to the

world...I am the bread of life. Whoever

comes to Me will never go hungry, and

whoever believes in Me will never be

thirsty. But as I told you...For I have

come down from heaven not to do My will

but to do the will of Him who sent

me...For My Father’s will is that everyone

Jesus –the middle of

the Trinity

Jesus –broken because

of our sins

Jesus –His glory hidden

Jesus –“Found” –

accepted as our

Savior

Jesus –To be shared

with the world!

Communion