Spiritual implications of Pesach (Passover) Passover represents salvation: we are saved from the wrath of God by faith in the blood of the Passover Lamb. “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” (John 1:29) Yeshua (Jesus) was slain on Passover as the perfect fulfillment of the lamb that saved the Israelites on the very first Passover: “And when I see the blood I will pass over you.” (Exodus 12:13) Unleavened bread, also called matzah or the bread of affliction, represents sanctification. Matzah is flat because it is devoid of yeast (chametz), which represents wickedness, pride and that which causes us to be puffed up or to think more highly of ourselves than we ought. “Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Messiah, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” (1 Corinthians 5:6–7) Hebrew word chamutz, which means sour. Yeast is a souring agent. Likewise, sin causes bitterness in our soul. “Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread [matzah] of sincerity and truth.” (1 Corinthians 5:8) The week of unleavened bread, therefore, represents sanctification accomplished through affliction, trials and testing, and the purging of pride in order to teach us humility and obedience by the things we suffer in our wilderness experiences. “And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.” (Deuteronomy 8:2)
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:34:24 +0000
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