Studies on the festival of Matzot (Unleavened Bread), which runs for seven days from the 15th day of Israel’s first month (Abib; March/April) through the 21st day. Shortcut: hallel.info/matzot
At the time of the Exodus, YHWH (God’s personal name in Hebrew, often translated as “the LORD”) told the people of Israel to have a “lamb for a household” (Exodus 12:3). Usually 10 people could manage to consume a whole lamb. Smaller groups joined together to form a chaverim, Hebrew for “a group of friends,” and that formed a mishpokhah, “a family group.” Paul talks about believers being the “household of God” (1st Timothy 3:15) because there is a “lamb for the household.”
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/070407%20Date%20of%20Wave%20Sheaf%20Offering.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:34 — 12.9MB)Subscribe: RSSFeast of Unleavened Bread 2007 — Day 5 Speaker: Richard Agee Thought questions Why do Christians celebrate the resurrection of Messiah Yeshua on Sunday? Where did the early Christians get that idea? Why is it called a “wave offering”? What does God do with […]
https://hallel.info/Appointments/070407%20Exploration%20of%20Firstfruits.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (11.8MB)Subscribe: RSSFeast of Unleavened Bread 2007 Speaker: Daniel Agee [contact] = b’khor in Hebrew literally means "bursting forth" and is commonly translated as "firstfruits"
Why is God so obsessed with yeast, or “leaven”? What does leaven have to do with Passover and Pentecost, or Shavuot? What does it have to do with Yeshua of Natzeret?
Yeast is commonly seen as a symbol for pride, something bad. Why does God command us to not eat leavened bread for seven days after Passover then at Shavuot (Pentecost) command that He be offered two loaves of leavened bread? How is the answer to this paradox found in Yeshua’s cryptic instruction to His disciples to beware of the “yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees”?
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/070331%20Exodus%2012.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:04 — )Subscribe: RSSFeast of Unleavened Bread 2007 Speaker: Richard Agee