YOU ARE UNLEAVENED!

Therefore, cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Messiah our Pěsacḥ was sacrificed for us. So then let us celebrate the Feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
QORINTIYIM ALEPH (1 CORINTHIANS) 5:7-8

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For seven days you are to eat matzah, and the seventh day is to be a festival for YHVH.Matzah is to be eaten throughout the seven days; neither hametz nor leavening agents are to be seen with you throughout your territory.
SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 13:6-7

“And it shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a reminder between your eyes, that the Torah of יהוה is to be in your mouth, for with a strong hand יהוה has brought you out of Mitsrayim.
SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 13:9

The Feast of Matzah (Unleavened Bread) shows who we are in Mashiach: redeemed and delivered from sin, just as Israel was delivered from Egypt.

Yehoshua, our Passover lamb, was sacrificed once for all. Because of that, our debt is paid, and we are free from the grave. The blood of the first Pesach sacrifices marked the doorposts of Israel’s homes in Egypt.

In the same way, Yehoshua's blood marks the doorpost of our hearts. Yehovah's judgment passes over us.

When we sin and give in to the desires of the flesh, we are reminded of who we once were before we were redeemed. Many believers still allow and accept sin in their lives, though once they have repented, been cleansed (through water immersion), and are filled with the Ruach Hakodesh, they are no longer sinners.

Therefore, when we partake of the Matzah, it serves as a reminder: not only has our Pesach—Messiah—been sacrificed for us, but He did so that our lives could be unleavened and free from sin.

This is our new reality: we are righteous and without sin.

Abba, teach us what it means to be unleavened and without sin. We thank You for setting us free, enabling us to live lives no longer bound to the ways of the flesh. Help us, Abba, to walk in newness of life and follow the WAY. Amein.

By Rabbi HaTzair M. Francisco Arbas