Tues.’s Devo - Passover and Unleavened Bread

Read: Exodus 12:14-13:16; Matthew 20:29-21:22; Psalm 25:16-22; Proverbs 6:12-15
Today we have more particulars about the Passover and the instructions about the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Passover is the picture of a person’s conversion. They must be circumcised and prepare the lamb as instructed. These are pictures of preparing our hearts to receive Jesus into our lives. These feasts were to be practiced year after year to show the Lord’s plan. The feasts were to be a rehearsal so that when the real event appeared they would recognize it. Jesus was the fulfillment of Passover and many missed it. The Feast of Unleavened Bread had to do with sanctification. Yeast stands for wrong doctrine and sin and their bread was to have no yeast in it. The bread is the Word of God which is our daily nourishment. Both of these feasts were to remind the people of God’s great deliverance out of bondage and into freedom. That is exactly what salvation is. Many people believe that we as Christians have to sin every day but this is not Biblical. We have all sinned, but our sin was crucified and it is no longer us, but Christ that lives… and he doesn’t sin. We stumble and fall at times but sin should not be a part of our lives. Our sin nature was crucified. (Read 1 John - 3rd John)
They plundered the Egyptians of gold and silver and clothing. They would use these in building the tabernacle. When we leave our lives of bondage, we should plunder the enemy. He is holding our wealth many times and it is rightfully ours. We are to be the ones that should be prosperous so that we can help those in need and use it to build the house of the Lord on earth like it is in heaven.
Jesus entered Jerusalem on the first day of Unleavened Bread. He was the sinless bread of heaven sent to earth. He had followed the path of the Temple or Pascal Lamb which had preceded him. It was customary to lay palm tree leaves on the path of the lamb and to cry, “Hosanna” so the people were still assembled when Jesus rode his donkey down this same path. The people were compelled to worship Jesus as the Passover lamb who was the only lamb who could forever forgive their sins. The Temple lamb was sacrificed for the sin of the nation but Jesus laid down his life for the world.
The fig tree that Jesus cursed was the nation of Israel. They had rejected their Messiah but one day they will receive him. Please pray for Israel. They are our elder brothers and we are responsible to bring them into the kingdom.
Lord, we join with the psalmist in saying, guard our lives and may integrity and uprightness protect us because our hope in is you. Redeem Israel, Oh God, from all their troubles!