Thursday, March 31, 2016
The Seventh Day Of The Feast
Today is the seventh day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It marked the crossing of the Red Sea, I believe. It was the last day of the feast that the children of Israel had asked to celebrate when Moses asked the Pharoah to let them go into the wilderness to keep a feast. We keep it today to remember how they fled in haste, with no time to let the bread dough rise – no leaven. It is also symbolic of the ultimate deliverance from the oppression of our enemy when we completely flee sin.
Exodus 13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
5 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
We must fight to get the leaven, the sin, out of our lives. If we will put up this fight, our Father Yahuah (Lord) will fight for us. He will destroy the enemy in our midst. He will consume them and help us to overcome. He has already done the hardest part of this through the death and resurrection of His Son, our Meassiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Today, and everyday, let us remember well the freedom we are meant to have, and the price with which it was purchased.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You are the only King. Praise the name Yahuah! Send us now overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal up our hearts and minds. Pour into Your people again, as You did in the Exodus. Spoil the evil, and give to Your people. We ask these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.