Fri.’s Devo- Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread

Read Ex. 12:14-13:16, Matt. 20:29-21:22, Ps. 25:16-22, Pr. 6:12-15 Today, God institutes a new feast called the Feast of Passover. The word “feast” means a holy appointment and a rehearsal. These feasts were to be pictures of some big event God was planning for the future. They were to rehearse it year after year so they wouldn’t miss it when it was fulfilled. The Passover represented Jesus’ death. We learned yesterday that the lamb was to be brought into the house on the tenth to be examined to be sure it was spotless - Jesus was arrested on the tenth and examined by the rulers of the land who could find no fault in him. The lamb was to be slaughtered on the 14th - the same day Jesus was crucified. It’s blood was to be put on the doorposts of their house to save all inside. Jesus blood was shed for the world, but only those in God’s house will live. The lamb had to be roasted over fire, eaten with bitter herbs and unleavened bread. Jesus was totally consumed on the cross, beat and ridiculed by bitter men though he was totally sinless. No foreigner could eat the lamb, unless they were circumcised - only those who God calls can be saved. It was to be slain and the blood applied to the doorposts. Jesus’ blood applied to the door of our hearts saves us eternally. The next feast God spoke of was the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It began the day they killed their lambs and lasted a week. During this week, they were to have no yeast in their house or they would die. Yeast is synonymous with the doctrine of the Pharisees and wickedness and malice according to Jesus. The week stands for the Biblical week that will end in Millennium - the seventh day. What God was trying to tell them was once you partake of the blood and body of Jesus, you can not partake in sin. The people of the Old Testament tried to do this by obeying the law to the “T”. We do it by appropriating the grace God gave us through Jesus. The Feast of Unleavened Bread has to do with sanctification. By the end of the week, we will have no yeast. In Matthew, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and a large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and other cut palm branches and spread them on the road. What had drawn this crowd? It was there because it was the same road the temple lamb came down each year as a part of the feast. They yelled the same “Hosannah” for the lamb. So when Jesus came after him, they were compelled to do the same. Lord, thank you for being our passover lamb. We are so thankful for Your blood.