Overview
The Unleavened Bread Feast is a seven day feast that has not
yet been fulfilled. In order for it to
be completely fulfilled all first born sons of Jacob Israel must be redeemed
back to their rightful owner. The
rightful owner is our Father in Heaven where they will be called to HIS service
as priests. At this time Jacob Israel’s
children are in bondage to the beast system spoken of in the Revelation of
John. The first Unleavened Bread feast
was when the children of Jacob Israel were being held in bondage as slaves by
the Pharaoh of Egypt and our Father in Heaven redeemed them from bondage. When Christ was crucified his death paid the
redemption fee.
Our Father in Heaven
established the Feast of Unleavened Bread so that we would remember to follow only
HIS word and laws. We are to remember
not to follow the ‘traditions of men’ and to beware of government leaders like
Herod and the political groups like the Pharisees and the Sadducees in the days
of Christ’s life. Following the political
leaders instead of our Father’s law leads to bondage and the curses in Deuteronomy
chapter 28.
“And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon
another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is
hypocrisy.” DR Luke 12:1
“And he charged them, saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and
of the leaven of Herod.” DR Mark 8:15
“Why do you not understand that it was not concerning the bread I said
to you: Beware
of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? Then they understood
that he said not that they should beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of
the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
DR Mat 16:11-12
“For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of
pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these. And he said to
them: Well
do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.” DR Mark 7:8-9
“Beware lest any man cheat you by philosophy, and vain deceit; according
to the tradition
of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to
Christ.” DR Col 2:8
More information about the First Fruits of the spring harvest is on this page.
Timeline & Fulfillment
Below is a timeline showing the spring feasts, the Exodus
events and how Christ fulfilled them.
There will be another fulfillment of these events.
Date
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2018
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Holy Feast Days
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The Exodus from Egypt
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Jesus’ Fulfillment & Crucifixion
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Abib 10
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Mar 30th
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Pick
the Lamb (Exo 12:3)
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Israelites
select Passover Lamb
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Jesus
whips the money changers (Mat 21:12)
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Abib 13
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Apr 2nd
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Jesus’
Last Supper
Leavened
bread & wine
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n/a
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Jesus
eats his last supper before his death.
He eats bread & wine.
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Abib 14
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Apr 3rd
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The
Passover Feast
Unleavened
Bread & bitter herbs (Exo 12:18, Num 9:3, Due 16:6)
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Israelites
held Passover as instructed & sacrificed the
lamb. (Exo 12:6-11 & 12:50)
All
first born Egyptians killed (Exo 12:29)
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Jesus was crucified & was the sacrificed lamb. (Mat 27:45,
Joh 19:14)
No
Passover feast that year. Num 9:10-11
Jesus
in tomb just before dawn of the 15th. (Luk 23:54)
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Abib 15
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Apr 4th
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Unleavened Bread Feast begins.
Holy Feast Date. (Exo 12:15-16)
Dedication
& redemption of the 1st born (Exo 13:2)
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Egyptians
bury their 1st born. (Exo 12, Nu 33:3-4)
First born of Israel redeemed from bondage, all
Israel left Ramesses, Egypt & camped in Succoth. (Num 33:5, Exo 12:37)
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Christ paid the redemption fee with his blood. (Heb 9:14-15)
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Abib 16
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Apr 5th
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Unleavened
Bread Feast
(Deu
16:3)
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Jesus
in tomb 1 day, (Luk 24:46)
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Abib 17
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Apr 6th
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Unleavened
Bread Feast
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Israelites
camp at Buthan (Etham) in wilderness (Num 33:6, Exo 13:20)
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Jesus
in tomb 2 days
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Abib 18
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Apr 7th
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Unleavened
Bread Feast
Sabbath
Rest Day
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Israelites
observed the Sabbath at Etham in the wilderness.
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Jesus
in tomb 3 days - Jesus Resurrected prior to the dawn of Abib 19. (Luk 24:1,
Mat 28:1, John 20:1)
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Abib 19
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Apr 8th
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Unleavened
Bread Feast
The celebration of Jesus’ resurrection day. |
Israel
camped by the sea at the mouth of Iroth. (Num 33:7, Exo 14:2)
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Mary
went to the tomb & it was empty. (Joh
20:1)
Many
Saints rose from the dead, they were redeemed. (Mat 27:50)
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Abib 20
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Apr 9th
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Unleavened
Bread Feast
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Pharaoh
in pursuit of Israelites. (Exo14:9)
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Jesus
Nazirite Vow Day 2 (Num 6)
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Abib 21
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Apr 10th
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Unleavened
Bread Feast
Last Day - Holy Feast Day
(Exo
12:15-16)
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Israel crosses thru the red sea into the wilderness of Sur. (Num
33:8, Exo 14:13-23 & 15:22) Israelites day 1 of three day journey.
(Num
33:8, Exo 15:22)
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Jesus
Nazirite Vow Day 3 (Num 6)
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Abib 22
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Apr 11th
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Eat
No Grains (Lev 23:14)
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Israelites
day 2 of three day journey.
(Num
33:8, Exo 15:22)
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Jesus
Nazirite Vow
Day
4 (Num 6)
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Abib 23
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Apr 12th
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Eat
No Grains (Lev 23:14)
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Israelites
day 3 of 3 day journey. Found no water to drink. Water at Merrha was bitter.
Camped at Piciae (Num 33:8-9, Exo 15:22)
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Jesus
Nazirite Vow Day 5 (Num 6)
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Abib 24
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Apr 13th
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Eat
No Grains (Lev 23:14)
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Camped
at Ælim [palm trees] there was 12 water fountains & 70 palm-trees. (Num
33:9)
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Jesus
Nazirite Vow Day 6 (Num 6)
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Abib 26
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Apr 14th
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Eat
No Grains (Lev 23:14)
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Sabbath
rest at Ælim
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Jesus
Nazirite Vow Day 7 (Num 6)
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Abib 27
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Apr 15th
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Feast
of Firstfruits (Wave Sheaf), (Lev 23:10)
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Day
8 - Jesus now our high priest & the first fruits of the spring harvest.
His offering was accepted. (Lk 9:28, Num 6)
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Unleavened Bread Feast
The Unleavened bread feast is the day after Passover. The first day of the feast is when Israelites
left Ramesses, Egypt and were free from bondage. They took ingredients to make bread with them
when leaving Egypt; however they were not to take leaven or yeast with them
since unleavened bread is made without fermentation or yeast and can be made in
a rush since no time is required for waiting for the bread to rise. The Israelites were in a rush to get as far
away from Egypt as possible.
The Israelites of today have the tradition of spring
cleaning and they do not remember how this tradition started. It started due to the fact that they were to
remove all leaven foods from their home.
They were to ensure no leaven was found anywhere in their homes not even
a crumb. This page ‘What
is Leaven’ provides a list of leavening agents to remove from our home.
Here are a couple of unleavened bread recipes that I have
used and are very good:
Here is the definition of the word leaven from my 1913 Webster’s
Dictionary:
The first day and the last day of the Unleavened bread feast
are to be Holy assemblies of the congregation of Israel. The only work that can be performed is the
required to prepare the meal and sacrifices. All future generations of Jacob
Israel are to celebrate this feast forever.
“Seven
days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and from the first day ye shall utterly remove leaven from your houses:
whoever shall eat leaven, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from Israel, from the first day until the seventh
day. And the
first day shall be called holy, and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work on them, only
as many things as will necessarily be done by every soul, this only shall be
done by you. And ye shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I bring
out your force out of the land of Egypt; and ye shall make this day a perpetual ordinance for you
throughout your generations. Beginning the fourteenth day of the
first month, ye shall eat unleavened bread from evening, till the twenty-first
day of the month, till evening. Seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses;
whosoever shall eat anything leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the
congregation of Israel, both among the occupiers of the land and the
original inhabitants. Ye shall eat nothing leavened, but in every habitation
of your ye shall
eat unleavened bread.” Sep
Exo 12:15-20
When we eat unleavened bread and hold it in our hand this
bread is to represent the laws of Moses and righteousness. When we put this bread in our mouth we are to
remember the laws and remember that we were slaves in Egypt. We became slaves because we did not follow
the laws of Moses.
“Sanctify
[ ἅγιος
(hágios): saint, devoted to our Father, holy & set-apart] to me every first-born, first produced,
opening every womb among the children of Israel both of man and beast: it is
mine. And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye
came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong
hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven [ζύμη
(zými) yeast; from the word ζέω
(zéō): bubble] shall not be eaten. For on this
day ye go forth in the month of new corn. And it shall come to pass when the
Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land of the Chananites, and the
Chettites, and Amorites, and Evites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites, and
Pherezites, which he sware to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with
milk and honey, that
thou shalt perform this service in this month. Six days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and
on the seventh day is a feast to the Lord. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened
bread; nothing leavened shall be seen with thee, neither shalt thou have leaven
in all thy borders. And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying,
Therefore the Lord dealt thus with me, as I was going out of Egypt. And it
shall be to thee a sign[ σημεῖον
(sēmeîon) : mark, sign, token] upon
thy hand and a memorial before thine eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord
God brought thee out of Egypt. And preserve ye this law according to the times
of the seasons, from year to year. And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy
God shall bring thee into the land of the Chananites, as he sware to thy
fathers, and shall give it thee, that thou shalt set apart every offspring opening the womb,
the males to the Lord, every one that opens the womb out of the herds or among
thy cattle, as many as thou shalt have: thou shalt sanctify the males to the
Lord. Every offspring opening the womb of the ass thou shalt change for a
sheep; and if thou wilt not change it, thou shalt redeem it: every first-born
of man of thy sons shalt thou redeem. And if thy son should ask thee
hereafter, saying, What is this? Then thou shalt say to him, With a strong hand
the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. And when Pharao
hardened his heart so as not to send us away, he slew every first-born in the
land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of beast;
therefore do I
sacrifice every offspring that opens the womb, the males to the Lord,
and every
first-born of my sons I will redeem. And it shall be for a sign upon
thy hand, and immovable before thine eyes, for with a strong hand
the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.” Sep Exo 13:2-16
Here we are told we are to bring whole burnt offerings as a
sacrifice to our Father in Heaven. We
are to eat all of these except the goat sin offering in the presents of our
Father in Heaven and the congregation of Israel.
“And on the
fifteenth day of this month is a feast; seven days ye shall eat unleavened
bread. And the first day shall be to you a holy convocation;
ye shall do no servile work. And ye shall bring whole-burnt-offerings, a sacrifice to the Lord, two
calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old; they shall be to you
without blemish. And their meat-offering shall be fine flour mingled
with oil; three tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one ram.
Thou shalt offer a tenth for each lamb, for the seven lambs. And thou shalt offer one kid
of the goats
for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you. Beside the perpetual
whole-burnt-offering in the
morning, which is a whole-burnt-sacrifice for a continuance, these shall ye
thus offer daily for seven days, a gift, a sacrifice for a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord; beside the continual
whole-burnt-offering, thou shalt offer its drink-offering. And the seventh day
shall be to you a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work in it.”
Sep Num 28:17-25
Further instructions to the priesthood:
“And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened
bread to the Lord; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread. And the first day
shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work. And
ye shall
offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord seven days; and the seventh day
shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work.”
Sep Lev 23:6-8
Further instructions were given to the children of Israel
prior to receiving the Promised Land.
They again were told that the unleavened bread represented affliction since
they needed to hurry and get out of Egypt.
“Thou shalt not eat leaven with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread with it, bread
of affliction, because ye came forth out of Egypt in haste; that ye
may remember
the day of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
Leaven shall
not be seen with thee in all thy borders for seven days, and there shall not be
left of the flesh which thou shalt sacrifice at even on the first day until the
morning.” Sep Deu 16:3-4
“Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a holiday, a
feast to the Lord thy God: thou shalt not do in it any work, save what must be
done by any one.” Sep Deu 16:8
Many years later they recorded their keeping of the
Unleavened Bread feast:
“And the children
of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread
seven days with great joy; and they continued to sing hymns to
the Lord daily, and the priests and the Levites played on instruments to the Lord.
And Ezekias encouraged all the Levites, and those that had good understanding
of the Lord: and they completely kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days,
offering peace-offerings, and confessing to the Lord God of their fathers. And
the congregation purposed together to keep other seven days: and they kept
seven days with gladness.” 2Ch 30:21-23
Unleavened Bread the Redemption of the First Born
On the night of the First Passover in Egypt our Father in
Heaven killed all the first born children in the land of Egypt because the
Pharao would not release the children of Jacob Israel and allow them to leave
so that they could worship their Father in Heaven. The Pharao was holding them in bondage as
slaves. The Israelites were to put the blood of the lamb, that would later
represent Christ bloodshed on the cross, on their door lintels so that the
death angel would passover their homes and save Israel’s first born children
lives. Therefore, our Father in Heaven
redeemed all of Israel’s first born and took them for himself to be priests on
the date of the first Unleavened bread feast.
“Sanctify to me every first-born, first
produced, opening every womb among the children of Israel both of man and
beast: it is mine.” Sep Exo 13:2
“And when Pharao hardened his heart so as not to send us away, he slew every
first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the
first-born of beast; therefore do I sacrifice every offspring that opens the womb, the
males to the Lord, and every first-born of my sons I will redeem.
And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and immovable before thine
eyes, for with a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.” Sep Exo
13:15-16
The law explains here that the first born son is to be
dedicated to our Father in Heaven on the eight day after they are born. On the eight day the sons are to be dedicated
by circumcising them. They are to be
holy meaning set apart from the rest of the Israelites and be in service as
priests for HIM.
“Thou shalt not keep back the first-fruits of thy threshing floor and
press. The
first-born of thy sons thou shalt give to me. So shalt thou do with
thy calf and thy sheep and thine ass; seven days shall it be under the mother,
and the eighth
day thou shalt give it to me. And ye shall be holy men to me; and
ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.” Sep
Exo 22:29-31
All children are to be presented to our Father in
Heaven. This used to be called a
Christening when the baby would be given its Christian name.
“Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatsoever
woman shall have conceived and born a male child shall be unclean seven days, she
shall be unclean according to the days of separation for her monthly courses.
And on the
eighth day she shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin. And for
thirty-three days she shall continue in her unclean blood; she shall touch
nothing holy, and shall not enter the sanctuary, until the days of her
purification be fulfilled. But if she should have born a female child, then she
shall be unclean
twice seven days, according to the time of her monthly courses; and
for sixty-six days shall she remain in her unclean blood. And when the days
of her purification shall have been fulfilled for a son or a daughter,
she shall bring a lamb of a year old without blemish for a
whole-burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or turtle-dove for a sin-offering to
the door of the tabernacle of witness, to the priest. And he shall present it
before the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for her, and shall purge
her from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who bears a male or
a female.” Lev 12:2-7
It was required that all the sons of Jacob Israel bring
their first born child to the Unleavened bread feast each year. They were to attended the whole feast and be
part of the holy assembly.
“And thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days
shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I have charged thee, at the
season in the month of new corn; for in the month of new corn thou camest out
from Egypt. The males
are mine, everything that opens the womb; every first-born of oxen, and every
first-born of sheep. And the first-born of an ass thou shalt redeem with a sheep,
and if thou
wilt not redeem it thou shalt pay a price: every first-born of
thy sons shalt thou redeem: thou shalt not appear before me empty.”
Sep Exo 34:18-20
It is at the Unleavened Bread Feast that our Father in
Heaven regains possession of HIS rightful property. If the Father does not bring his first born
they are required to pay the price. They
were also to bring the first born of their livestock or pay the price. Here is the 1913 Webster’s definition of
‘redeem’ and ‘ransom’.
The Levites become Priests Instead of the First Born
While camped in the wilderness the Israelites made themselves
a golden calf to serve as their god and were dancing in circles around it. Moses came down from the mountain and
addressed the situation with the Israelites.
Then it was the Levites who stepped in and slew the rebellious stiff
necked Israelites that would not repent of this sin.
“And when he drew nigh to the camp,
he sees the
calf and the dances; and Moses being very angry cast the two tables
out of his hands, and broke them to pieces under the mountain. And having taken
the calf which they made, he
consumed it with fire, and ground it very small, and scattered it on the water,
and made the children of Israel to drink it. And Moses said to Aaron, What has
this people done to thee, that thou hast brought upon them a great sin? And
Aaron said to Moses, Be not angry, my lord, for thou knowest the impetuosity of
this people. For they say to me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as
for this man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what is become
of him. And I said to them, If any one has golden ornaments, take them off; and
they gave them me, and I cast them into the fire, and there came out this calf.
And when Moses saw that the people was scattered, --for Aaron had scattered
them so as to be a rejoicing to their enemies, -- then stood Moses at the gate
of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come to me. Then all
the sons of Levi came to him. And he says to them, Thus saith the Lord God of
Israel, Put every one his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from
gate to gate through the camp, and slay every one his brother, and every one
his neighbour, and every one him that is nearest to him. And the sons of Levi
did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of
the people in that day to the number of three thousand men. And
Moses said to them, Ye have filled your hands this day to the Lord each one on
his son or on his brother, so that blessing should be given to you.” Sep
Exo 32:19-29
The Levites received the blessing and became temporally in
charge of the priesthood until Christ was crucified. Their main responsibility was to oversee the
temple and to repent for the children of Jacob Israel’s sin. The English word atone is actually two words
‘at one’. The word atone means to be reconciled or ‘at one’ with
our Heavenly Father. The act of atoning means to make reparations or to
pay for a crime committed. Our Father required goats as payment for sin.
Once the goat was burnt as a sin-offering, the debt was considered paid in full
and the sin commented was covered over or forgotten. Today we are required to ask Jesus for
forgiveness of our sin so that we are reconciled with him and by the gift of
grace (instead of goats) our sins are covered over and forgotten. Therefore the Levites are no longer necessary
since we have no temple and no longer sacrifice goats for sin. Sin is transgression of the
laws documented by Moses.
Since the first born males of Israel exceeded the number of
the Levites, the first born Israelites had to pay the ransom fee for their
excess since it was not an even swap.
“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children
of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.
And thou shalt take
the Levites for me--I am the Lord--instead of all the first-born of the sons of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born
among the cattle of the children of Israel. And Moses counted, as the Lord
commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel. And all the male
first-born in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to
their numbering twenty-two
thousand and two hundred and seventy-three. And the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying, Take the Levites instead of all the first-born of the sons of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites shall
be mine; I am the Lord. And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed
the Levites in number of the first-born of the sons of Israel; thou shalt even
take five
shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm,
twenty oboli to the shekel. And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of
those who exceed in number among them. And Moses took the silver,
the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.”
Sep Num 3:40-49
“And thou shalt separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and
they shall be mine. And afterwards the Levites shall go in to
perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt purify them, and
present them before the Lord. For these
are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken
them to myself instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel that open every
womb. For every first-born among
the children of Israel is mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I
smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself. And I
took the Levites in the place of every first-born among the children of Israel.
And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the
midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in
the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel:
thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw nigh to the holy
things.” Sep Num 8:14-19
The First Born still must be Redeemed
Even though the Levites received the blessing of the
priesthood at the tabernacle, the first born must still be redeemed at the cost
of 5 shekels each and this is called the covenant of salt. This ordinance was to last forever.
“All the
first-fruits that are in their land, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord,
shall be thine: every clean person in thy house shall eat them. Every devoted
thing among the children of Israel shall be thine. And every thing that opens the womb of all
flesh, whatsoever they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be thine:
only the
first-born of men shall be surely redeemed, and thou shalt redeem
the first-born of unclean cattle. And the redemption of them shall be from a month old; their
valuation of five shekels--it is twenty oboli according to the holy shekel.
But thou shalt not redeem the first-born of calves and the first-born of sheep
and the first-born of goats; they are holy: and thou shalt pour their blood
upon the altar, and thou shalt offer the fat as a burnt-offering for a smell of
sweet savour to the Lord. And the flesh shall be thine, as also the breast of
the wave-offering and as the right shoulder, it shall be thine. Every special
offering of the holy things, whatsoever the children of Israel shall specially
offer to the Lord, I have given to thee and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance: it is a covenant of
salt for ever before the Lord,
for thee and thy
seed after thee.” Sep Num 18:13-10
The redemption of the first born to their
priesthood status has not been fulfilled and will probably be fulfilled during
the feast of Unleavened Bread.
First Born Redemption Fee
In Exodus the first born children of the Egyptian paid the
redemption fee for Israel’s sins that got them into bondage of slavery. When Jesus
was crucified on Passover he paid the redemption fee for Israel’s sin.
“And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And
the high priest asked them: Commanding we commanded you, that you should not
teach in this name; and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine,
and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us. But Peter and the
apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men. The God
of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom you put to death, hanging him upon a tree. Him
hath God
exalted with his right hand, to be Prince and Saviour, to give
repentance to Israel, and remission of sins. And we are witnesses of
these things and the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to all that obey him.” DR Acts 5:27-32
The redemption fee was paid when Jesus died and the graves
were open. Many saints arose and came
out of their tombs.
“And Jesus
again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold the
veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom, and the
earth quaked, and the rocks were rent. And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints
that had slept arose, And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came
into the holy city, and appeared to many.” DR Mat 27:50
“In whom we
have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins; Who is the
image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature” DR Col 1:14-15
“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost offered
himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve
the living God? And therefore he is the mediator of the new testament: that by means
of his death, for the redemption of those trangressions, which were under the
former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal
inheritance.” DR Heb 9:14-15
“Blessed
and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. In these the second death hath no power;
but they
shall be priests of God and of Christ; and shall reign with him a
thousand years.” DR Rev 20:6
It would appear now that the first born children of Israel’s
redemption fees have been paid by Jesus Christ.
However, not all Israel has been yet redeemed. Paul states the Holy Spirit seals you until
the day of redemption. Therefore the
Unleavened Bread feast is only partially fulfilled and those of us now living
in bondage will need redemption.
“And
grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of
redemption.” DR Eph 4:30
“For all the promises of God are in him, It is; therefore also by him,
amen to God, unto our glory. Now he that confirmeth us with you in Christ, and
that hath anointed
us, is God: Who also hath sealed us, and given the pledge of the Spirit
in our hearts.” DR 2 Cor 1:20-22
“To the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had
before hoped in Christ:
in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory.” ASV Eph 1:13-14
in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory.” ASV Eph 1:13-14
It is the first born who are the priests in the kingdom:
“And
they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to take the book,
and to open
the seals thereof; because thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every
tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. And hast made us to our God a
kingdom and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.” DR Rev
5:9-10
It is the first born who will be sealed and are our Father
in Heaven’s servants:
“And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of
the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it
was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither
the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on
their foreheads. And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a
hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children
of Israel: Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand: Of the
tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand; Of the
tribe of Asher twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; Of
the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand;
Of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand;
Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Joseph twelve
thousand; Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.” DR Rev
7:2-8
The 144,000 sealed selected from the first born that lived
through the “great tribulation”. They
washed their ropes; meaning they repented of their sins and changed their
behavior to follow the laws of Moses the best that they could. They are white
and pure. They believe in Jesus Christ
and HIS word; they stand on the right side of Jesus Christ and know who HIS
enemies were. They have the same enemies
as Christ did.
“And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, These that are arrayed
in white robes, who
are they, and whence came they? And I say unto him, My lord, thou
knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come of the great tribulation, and
they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night
in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle
over them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall
the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: for the Lamb that is in the midst of
the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of
waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
DR Rev 7:13-17
The first born are called to sing the biblical text, as if
it were a ‘new song’ since many living during the ‘great tribulation’ will
never hear or understand the true gospel of Jesus Christ, the laws of Moses and
the words of the prophets.
“And I beheld, and lo a lamb stood upon mount Sion, and with him an hundred
forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father,
written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of
many waters, and as the voice of great thunder; and the voice which I heard,
was as the voice of harpers, harping on their harps. And they sung as it
were a new canticle [song with biblical text], before the throne, and before
the four living creatures, and the ancients; and no man could say the canticle,
but those hundred
forty-four thousand, who were purchased from the earth. These are
they who were not defiled [impure, containing undesired intermixtures]
with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These
were purchased
from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb: And in
their mouth there was found no lie; for they are without spot before the throne
of God.” DR Rev 14:1-5
Conclusion
In prophecy the Unleavened Bread Feast will probably be when our Father in
Heaven may give HIS ransomed people a path back to Zion.
“Awake,
awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the
generations of ancient times.
Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?
Is it not thou that driedst up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that
madest the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? And the
ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy;
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” DR Isa 51
“And so
all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out
of Sion, he that shall deliver, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And
this is to
them my covenant: when I shall take away their sins. As concerning
the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the
election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers.” DR Romans 11:26-28
"And thou shalt say to Pharao, These things saith the Lord, Israel is my first-born." Sep Exo 4:22
During the Unleavened Bread Feast we are to remember to be
humble and not puffed up with pride. We
are to remember the covenant of salt and keep our life pure and away from
evil.
“Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole
lump ? Purge out the old leaven,
that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ our pasch is
sacrificed. Therefore
let us feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and
wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. I wrote to you in an epistle, not to keep company
with fornicators. I mean not with the fornicators of this world, or with the
covetous, or the extortioners, or the servers of idols; otherwise you must
needs go out of this world.” 1 Cor
5:6-10
Jude warned two thousand years ago that there were men who
crept into our congregations who were ungodly that will be condemned. They are ‘wolfs in sheep’s clothing’ who
actually deny Jesus Christ our Master privately. We must be able to spot these people within our congregation and remove them since they only teach falsely.
“Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common
salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to
contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the
saints. For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who
were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men,
turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus
Christ.” ASV Jude 1:3-4
Praise our Father who is in Heaven!
