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"Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may
rejoice" (Psa. 51: 8).
Unblemished in life, unbroken in death, God's true Passover Lamb was perfect and in
Him alone can we find redemption and acceptance. For a further and fuller examination
of this expression "between the two evenings", see Life through His Name, pp. 414-430.
Also The Passover Week in the Alphabetical Analysis.
No.36.
The Feast of the Unleavened Bread.
pp. 144 - 151
We must now give attention to the associated feast of Unleavened Bread.
Throughout Scripture the truth set forth by the Passover and the Unleavened Bread is
constantly associated. Take for instance Eph. 2: 8-10 "For by grace are ye saved
through faith . . . . . not out of works", this is the N.T. doctrinal presentation of the truth
set forth in the sign of the sprinkled blood. "Created in Christ Jesus unto good works":
this is the equivalent to the Unleavened Bread. The blood, outside, of the unblemished
lamb, calls for the unleavened bread within.
"And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and
with bitter herbs they shall eat it" (Exod. 12: 8).
In the law given subsequently in Exodus occurs this command:
"Thou shalt not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread" (Exod. 23: 18).
In Lev. 2: 11 we read:
"No meal offering . . . . . shall be made with leaven."
In the N.T., leaven consistently typifies evil. Matt. 16: 6-12:
"Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees . . . . .
Then understood they how that He bade them . . . . . beware of the doctrine of the
Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
Luke 12: 1 adds the words:
"Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."
I Cor. 5: 8 speaks of "the leaven of malice and wickedness", contrasting it with the
"unleavened bread of sincerity and truth". Summing up the evil that had corrupted the
simple faith of the Galatians, the Apostle says, "A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump"
(5: 9). Leaven therefore represents evil in doctrine and practice. It is the purpose of God
that His children should be `without blemish'. As a result of the great Offering of Christ