A good commanding officer, says what he means, means what he says and commands based on informed decisions. So, if a commanding officer above you issues a command in the military, your job is to simply obey it, not over-think, “spiritualize,” “allegorize” or “interpret” the command to your liking. You are to hear and obey. Of course, this implies that the command is explicit and succinct. If you don’t understand the command, you ask, but unless the command leaves room for your own creative execution thereof, it’s not up to you to decide your own meaning for it apart from what was stated. For to do so, can lead to devastating consequences and/or severe retribution.
I’m thinking “YHWH OF HOSTS” is the best Commanding Officer there ever was and ever will be. So therefore, it seems to me that it’s best to just do what He says, the way He says to do it.
Case in point: There is no question that the word “leaven” is LIKENED unto sin in the New Testament (as in Matt. 16:11,12 Luke 12:1 and 1 Cor. 5:1-9 for instance). There is likewise no question that we should ALWAYS be working to rid ourselves of such “leaven.”
However, I keep hearing and seeing people trying to spiritualize the command concerning leaven as it pertains to the Feast of Unleavened Bread. People are saying it is NOT about ridding our homes of “baking goods,” but rather it is about cleaning our houses (lives/bodies) out of sin. While removing sin IS something we should be doing all the time, I’m going to have to beg to differ concerning this Appointed Time. If it is merely spiritualized, then the command is NOT being correctly understood nor obeyed.
Exodus 12:
15 Seven days shall ye EAT unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall PUT AWAY LEAVEN OUT OF YOUR HOUSES: for whosoever EATETH leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall EAT unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
19 Seven days SHALL THERE BE NO LEAVEN FOUND in your houses: for whosoever EATETH THAT WHICH IS LEAVENED, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
20 Ye shall EAT NOTHING LEAVENED; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
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.
So, as you should be able to clearly see (by the CAPS), it IS about removing the baking goods from your homes. And ironically enough, if sin is defined as lawlessness (1 John 3:4), then by only removing sin while not removing the baking goods, you would in fact be sinning! Doh!
Rob, you are so right. I have kept these days like you said for years and most definitely eating leaven is prohibited. I am excited to see that God has impressed upon your mind this truth. He is working with you obviously. I have gleaned from some of you past videos on biblical history as references in my studies but was careful. I have been studying the passover and days of unleavened bread for 2 years now and would like to talk with you personally some time. I am of no denomination but keep the sabbath and all of God’s holydays and have for years. You have to be tough to publically pronounce the word of God. Good on you. Kim Durand
Rob, are you a Jew? Read what was required of the Gentiles:
Acts 15:19-30
“Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
¶Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
¶And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.”
Rob Jesus told His disciples, “a NEW COMMANDMENT I give unto you…..”
What was that “NEW COMMANDMENT”?
There has never, ever been a human capable of KEEPING THE LAW / the commandments!!!!!
Yes, Christ Jesus DID KEEP THE WHOLE LAW. That is exactly why the Gentiles were not commanded to KEEP THE WHOLE LAW!
GOD-HOLY SPIRIT, indwelling each and every believer who is “WALKING IN THE SPIRIT,” will be enabled to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind, and your neighbour as yourself.”
The righteousness of Christ Jesus is GIVEN to birthed-from-above believers.
It is NOT THE KEEPING OF THE LAW which saves the human sinner; it is the cleansing blood of Christ Jesus Who saves the human sinner.
Your emphasis should be upon LOVING GOD and loving your neighbour. That is how the New Testament commandment enables the human sinner to be known by God and to know God, personally.
There is NOTHING WRONG with studying Torah; but there is wrong in attempting to obey THE LAW given in the TORAH. It can’t humanly be done.
The first 4 verses of the 10 Commandments relates to God; the following 6 commandments relate to our neighbour.
It is THE WORLD that needs to know of the 10 Commandments in order for them to be “reproved / convicted of sin, of the righteousness of Christ Jesus, and of the judgment of Satan.” That is the work of the Holy Spirit in the world and in the believer.
“But. grow in GRACE, even in the KNOWLEDGE OF our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
Mary
Jesus said:-
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:17-20 KJV
Should we not interpret Luke, Paul etc in the light of the words of our Messiah?
Or do we do the opposite?
Maybe we, too, need to hear Moses being preached every sabbath.
Just a thought.
So is Jesus still here or did he already fulfill the law Karen? Do you keep the law? Spoiler: no. Also, you don’t try to as you claim. So you are a liar and a hypocrite.
I like to see you talking to people about the Way. I found you by wondering about satan’s angels cast down with him, but I liked you because of what you said about healing, rebuking demons, your literal interpretations of the Scriptures concerning the way of Salvation. In this regard many are deceived or wandering. People who say we need to follow God’s paths are called legalists; but indeed we see that they often rebuke harshly their fellow Christians and have some sort of strange doctrine. I saw you do so gently and craftily, and I want more people to tell the good news of our Messiah that way. Your statement of faith is gold and its the first modern fruit that I’ve seen since I started studying Scriptures. Enlightening people about giants & GMO’s is important, but soon even more important things will be revealed to His people in the last days, of love and worship, to prepare a spotless generation for our Bridegroom.
Rob, what needs to be realized by you is that humans are 100% incapable of keeping the Law of Moses / of God. That is 100% why Messiah Jesus incarnated. The SIN ISSUE has been dealt with at Calvary! You may recall that the mandate of God-Holy Spirit was / is three-fold: “reprove of SIN, of RIGHTEOUSNESS, and of JUDGMENT.” What is the SIN that God-Holy Spirit is reproving the WORLD OF NOW, Rob! “Because they believe not on Me.”
Read what A. W. Tozer states:
“A.W. Tozer- A man of God
For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand? –Revelation 6:17
What a great responsibility God has laid upon us preachers of His gospel and teachers of His Word. In that future day when God’s wrath is poured out, how are we going to answer? How am I going to answer? I fear there is much we are doing in the name of the Christian church that is wood, hay and stubble destined to be burned up in God’s refining fire. A day is coming when I and my fellow ministers must give account of our stewardship:
What kind of a gospel did we preach?
Did we make it plain that men and women who are apart from Christ Jesus are lost?
Did we counsel them to REPENT and BELIEVE?
Did we tell them of the REGENERATING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
Did we warn them of the wrath of the Lamb–the crucified, resurrected, outraged Lamb of God?
With that kind of accounting yet to come, the question John hears from the human objects of God’s wrath is especially significant: “Who can stand?” (6:17). Who indeed? Jesus Is Victor!, 108.
“Lord, how am I going to answer?”
A. W. Tozer Sermon: What A Great Responsibility!”
I was reading our Zodhiates – “The Complete Wordstudy Dictionary” a few weeks ago and read this:
“3050 – logikos – from logos 3056, reason, word. Pertaining to reason and therefore reasonable, or pertaining to speech as reasonable expression. In Romans 12:1, the ‘reasonable service’ or worship is to be understood as that service to God which implies intelligent meditation or reflection without the kind of heathen practices intimated in 1 Corinthians 12:2 and without the OBSOLETE SYSTEM of Old Testament worship (Isaiah 1:12-15)”
Rob, “the just shall live by FAITH.” “FAITH” takes place within the MIND. “FAITH,” subsequently results in ACTIONS directed by that “FAITH / BELIEF.” Abraham was “RIGHTEOUS,” not because of “WORKS” / THE KEEPING OF THE LAW, but because he “BELIEVED GOD.”
“FAITH” is the CHRISTIAN / BELIEVERS’ mode of LIVING OUT, by God-Holy Spirit POWER, that RIGHTEOUSNESS of Christ Jesus, which is the GIFT of Himself / “the FAITH which CAME.” “RIGHTEOUSNESS” is not something which we DO / the keeping of the LAW, but that which has been GIFTED to the BELIEVER by Jesus Christ as the result of His WORK on Calvary / His incarnation. “RIGHTEOUSNESS” for Christians is IMPARTED to us – just as Abraham’s RIGHTEOUSNESS was IMPARTED to him.
The Book of Galatians tells us that “FAITH CAME.” “FAITH IS A GIFT.”
Mary Wilson