Unleavened Bread ucg.org

There is a festival observance that modern Christians might think odd. Just following the Passover, for seven days, is the Feast of Unleavened Bread; days in which, after removing leavening from your home, you limit your consumption of bread to only unleavened bread (bread made without any leavening agent). Does this Old Testament observance have any relevance for modern Christianity? The apostle Paul indicates that it does. Just like leavening causes bread to rise, Paul shows that we become puffed up with pride because of wickedness. Leavening is symbolic of sin. This symbolic relationship is revealed through the keeping of these commanded days. Because of this Paul says “Therefore, let us keep the feast…, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” Should a Christian observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread? The answer the Apostle Paul gives for the New Testament church and for us today is yes. Absolutely.