Recently, I came across an article that purported to “correct”our teaching that UNLEAVENED bread should be eaten during the Days of UNLEAVENED Bread. The author concluded that because Jesus is the only truly UNLEAVENED human Who ever lived, we should eat LEAVENED (yes, that is what he said we are to eat) bread to show our need for His salvation. And, of course, disciples of Jesus Christ know He truly was UNLEAVENED. (Thank God for our miraculous salvation through Him).
Now, that kind of human “reasoning” MIGHT make some kind of “sense” if we IGNORE what the Bible tells us to do. So, what does the Bible clearly say?
In Leviticus 23:6, Moses wrote (as the Spirit of God moved him…see 2 Peter 1:21), And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Clearly, that’s a straight forward description of what kind of bread we should be eating during the seven days of the feast of the first month. But, let us look at a few more places (Scriptural Witnesses) to let the Bible speak for itself:
Exodus 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread….
Exodus 13:6-7 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread….Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days….
Exodus 23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
Exodus 34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Other clear Scriptural descriptions:Numbers 28:17; Deuteronomy 16:3, 8; 2 Chronicles 30:21, 2 Chronicles 35:17; Ezra 6:22; Ezekiel 45:21.
Is this sufficient to prove the point? God knows what He is doing. If He wanted us to eat LEAVENED bread during the holy day season of the first month, He is entirely capable of writing those words CLEARLY in HIS WORD.