Most of the 4 Gospels are part of the Old Testament

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Matthew 27:33-34 (KJV)
[SUP]33 [/SUP]And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
[SUP]34 [/SUP]They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Greek=vinegar 3690=swift, rapid sour wine “oxos”


As I contemplated this scripture, and started to investigate why Jesus didn’t drink the vinegar at the start of Him being nailed to the cross, I found that the word for vinegar is the same as leaven in three different passages found in the Old Testament. Therefore, to compare these Old Testament relationships with the leaven found in the New Testament, I will quote three verses in 1 Corinthians that would apply.

1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Greek=leaven 2219=fermentation as in boiling up “zume”

Strong’s reference numbers 2556, 2557, 2558 (Hebrew) are all spelled the same way. All referred to making, baking, drinking or eating food or drink made with yeast. The last letter in this Hebrew word for “leaven” and “vinegar” means “justice.”

Exodus 12:19 (KJV) Strong’s 2556, the act of consumption of 2557 what is baked
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Seven days shall there be no leaven *(Strong’s 7603) found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened,(Strong’s 2556 defining the phrase) even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

Leviticus 6:16-18 (KJV) Strong’s 2557
[SUP]16 [/SUP]And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Hebrew=leaven 2557=ferment, extortion, leaven

Numbers 6:1-3 (KJV) Strong’s 2558
[SUP]1 [/SUP]And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
[SUP]3 [/SUP]He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Hebrew=vinegar 2558=referring to 2556= pungent, fermented, harsh, leavened

[SUB]Great post Just-me,

I've never made that connection between the vinegar and leaven. Makes a lot of sense considering the fermentation process of leaven. Sin left unchecked and unrepented of ferments, as well as new things that we learn in the word and as we learn, more is added., "new wine."

I've found five basic types of leaven that I've taken note of in the bible :
Jesus warned the disciples about the Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

1. Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees ( these two are grouped together.)

Matthew 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven ofthe Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

2. Leaven of Harod: (I believe that this is pride.)

Mark8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

3.Leaven that is already present in our lives when we becomebelievers.

1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

4. Leaven of compromise:

Galatians 5: 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

5. Leaven from Heaven:

Matthew 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (KJV)

33 And he told them yet another parable. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with a bushel of flour, then waited until the whole batch of dough rose." (CJB)

Theword, "Leavened" in the above passage is translated the same as the other passages.



Word: zumow
Pronounce: dzoo-mo'-o
StrongsNumber: G2220
Orig: from2219; to cause to ferment:--leaven. G2219
Use: TDNT-2:902,302 Verb
HebStrong: H2556
[/SUB]

1. [SUB] 1) to leaven
   2) to mix leaven with dough so as to make it ferment
   
   
   In Leviticus, during the feast of unleavened bread there's an example of both leavened and unleavened bread as well:
   
   Leviticus 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
   
   Leviticus 23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
   Leviticus 23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
   Leviticus 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
   
   Leviticus 23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; [/SUB][SUB]they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits unto the LORD.
   
   I believe that this shows the process of purging out old leaven, obedience according to God's word, abiding in HIM, and growing in the truth.
   
   [/SUB]
   

 

[homwardbound]

Matthew 27:33-34 (KJV)
[SUP]33 [/SUP]And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
[SUP]34 [/SUP]They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.
Greek=vinegar 3690=swift, rapid sour wine “oxos”


As I contemplated this scripture, and started to investigate why Jesus didn’t drink the vinegar at the start of Him being nailed to the cross, I found that the word for vinegar is the same as leaven in three different passages found in the Old Testament. Therefore, to compare these Old Testament relationships with the leaven found in the New Testament, I will quote three verses in 1 Corinthians that would apply.

1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Greek=leaven 2219=fermentation as in boiling up “zume”

Strong’s reference numbers 2556, 2557, 2558 (Hebrew) are all spelled the same way. All referred to making, baking, drinking or eating food or drink made with yeast. The last letter in this Hebrew word for “leaven” and “vinegar” means “justice.”

Exodus 12:19 (KJV) Strong’s 2556, the act of consumption of 2557 what is baked
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Seven days shall there be no leaven *(Strong’s 7603) found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened,(Strong’s 2556 defining the phrase) even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

Leviticus 6:16-18 (KJV) Strong’s 2557
[SUP]16 [/SUP]And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Hebrew=leaven 2557=ferment, extortion, leaven

Numbers 6:1-3 (KJV) Strong’s 2558
[SUP]1 [/SUP]And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
[SUP]3 [/SUP]He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Hebrew=vinegar 2558=referring to 2556= pungent, fermented, harsh, leavened

[h=3]Acts 10[/h]King James Version (KJV)

10 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
[SUP]2 [/SUP]A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
[SUP]6 [/SUP]He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
[SUP]8 [/SUP]And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
[SUP]10 [/SUP]And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,
[SUP]18 [/SUP]And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
[SUP]22 [/SUP]And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
[SUP]30 [/SUP]And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
[SUP]31 [/SUP]And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
[SUP]32 [/SUP]Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
[SUP]33 [/SUP]Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
[SUP]34 [/SUP]Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
[SUP]35 [/SUP]But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
[SUP]36 [/SUP]The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all
[SUP]37 [/SUP]That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
[SUP]38 [/SUP]How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
[SUP]39 [/SUP]And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
[SUP]40 [/SUP]Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
[SUP]41 [/SUP]Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
[SUP]42 [/SUP]And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
[SUP]43 [/SUP]To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
[SUP]44 [/SUP]While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
[SUP]45 [/SUP]And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

 

[homwardbound]

[SUB]Great post Just-me,

I've never made that connection between the vinegar and leaven. Makes a lot of sense considering the fermentation process of leaven. Sin left unchecked and unrepented of ferments, as well as new things that we learn in the word and as we learn, more is added., "new wine."

I've found five basic types of leaven that I've taken note of in the bible :
Jesus warned the disciples about the Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

1. Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees ( these two are grouped together.)

Matthew 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven ofthe Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

2. Leaven of Harod: (I believe that this is pride.)

Mark8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

3.Leaven that is already present in our lives when we becomebelievers.

1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

4. Leaven of compromise:

Galatians 5: 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

5. Leaven from Heaven:

Matthew 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (KJV)

33 And he told them yet another parable. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with a bushel of flour, then waited until the whole batch of dough rose." (CJB)

Theword, "Leavened" in the above passage is translated the same as the other passages.



Word: zumow
Pronounce: dzoo-mo'-o
StrongsNumber: G2220
Orig: from2219; to cause to ferment:--leaven. G2219
Use: TDNT-2:902,302 Verb
HebStrong: H2556
[/SUB]

1. [SUB] 1) to leaven
   2) to mix leaven with dough so as to make it ferment
   
   
   In Leviticus, during the feast of unleavened bread there's an example of both leavened and unleavened bread as well:
   
   Leviticus 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
   
   Leviticus 23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
   Leviticus 23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
   Leviticus 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
   
   Leviticus 23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; [/SUB][SUB]they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits unto the LORD.
   
   I believe that this shows the process of purging out old leaven, obedience according to God's word, abiding in HIM, and growing in the truth.
   
   [/SUB]
   

And new wine can't fit into old wine skins. Christ is the wine that is new for the Spirit of God not the flesh. Pour new wine into old wine skins, the flesh and eventually the flesh bursts into total dismay in not being able to obey Law as is why it was put in place to show one's sinfulness and need for new wine Skin. Born in the Spirit of God through the resurrected Christ a gift from God, when you finally come to the end of the energy of ones own flesh, and ask God the Father to co-crucify self with Son, Christ at the death of Christ so that we might see the new life in Christ, that God freely gives us.
Philippians 3:10
King James Version (KJV)

[SUP]10 [/SUP]That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

 

[Least]

And new wine can't fit into old wine skins. Christ is the wine that is new for the Spirit of God not the flesh. Pour new wine into old wine skins, the flesh and eventually the flesh bursts into total dismay in not being able to obey Law as is why it was put in place to show one's sinfulness and need for new wine Skin. Born in the Spirit of God through the resurrected Christ a gift from God, when you finally come to the end of the energy of ones own flesh, and ask God the Father to co-crucify self with Son, Christ at the death of Christ so that we might see the new life in Christ, that God freely gives us.
Philippians 3:10
King James Version (KJV)

[SUP]10 [/SUP]That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Yes, new wine skins has to do with putting on Christ, and being changed in HIM.

Matthew 13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
Matthew 13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Leviticus 26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

"New wine skins" Doesn't mean that the old should be rejected, but understood because of the new. Both the old and the new are called "treasures."

 

[just-me]

[SUB]Great post Just-me,

I've never made that connection between the vinegar and leaven. Makes a lot of sense considering the fermentation process of leaven. Sin left unchecked and unrepented of ferments, as well as new things that we learn in the word and as we learn, more is added., "new wine."

[/SUB]Matthew 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (KJV)[SUB]

33 And he told them yet another parable. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with a bushel of flour, then waited until the whole batch of dough rose." (CJB)
[/SUB][SUB]
I believe that this shows the process of purging out old leaven, obedience according to God's word, abiding in HIM, and growing in the truth.[/SUB]

This is so cool that you brought that out in the open. I'm still working on this concept, and have a few more posts to offer. What I am finding out (and I'm still working on it) that the time sequence of Passover, first fruits, and Pentecost are all intertwined with the promise land, and the giving of the law on Mount Sinai.
These things I have never been able to put together before. I am thrilled!!!!!!!! Thank you so much, both you and Homwardbound for your input and love for the Word of God!!!!!!

 

[Least]

This is so cool that you brought that out in the open. I'm still working on this concept, and have a few more posts to offer. What I am finding out (and I'm still working on it) that the time sequence of Passover, first fruits, and Pentecost are all intertwined with the promise land, and the giving of the law on Mount Sinai.
These things I have never been able to put together before. I am thrilled!!!!!!!! Thank you so much, both you and Homwardbound for your input and love for the Word of God!!!!!!

I'm looking forward to reading more of what you share on this subject. It's a blessing.

God bless

 

[just-me]

Exodus 13:6-7 (KJV) *Strong’s 7603
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
*Hebrew=leaven 7603=yeast cake, swelling by fermentation

Leviticus 10:12-13 (KJV) Strong’s 4682
[SUP]12 [/SUP]And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.

Moses refers to Exodus 34:25 (CJB)
25 You are not to offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, and the sacrifice of the feast of Pesach (Passover) is not to be left until morning.
Hebrew=leaven 4682=devouring sweetness, not soured with yeast, without leaven


Now, to go back the OP, it is confirmed again, that Jesus had not yet finished the task He was ordained to do. God wants us to know why leaven wasn’t used in the sacrificial law. Leaven represents a swelling, or a manifestation exemplifying the physical nature. As we know, the Bible says that the law was weak.

Romans 8:3 (KJV)
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

The sacrifices were to be brought into the presence of God without the influence of the carnal nature. Unleavened bread was necessitated for us to know not to force our selfish influence into God’s Word and His ordinances.

Matthew 16:6 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

 

[homwardbound]

Yes, new wine skins has to do with putting on Christ, and being changed in HIM.

Matthew 13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
Matthew 13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Leviticus 26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

"New wine skins" Doesn't mean that the old should be rejected, but understood because of the new. Both the old and the new are called "treasures."

Yes as why Law was and is still in place, depending on what the circumstances are, and only God can show us each this as we go in God's Love, and God getting all the credit, not self ever please

 

[homwardbound]

Exodus 13:6-7 (KJV) *Strong’s 7603
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
*Hebrew=leaven 7603=yeast cake, swelling by fermentation

Leviticus 10:12-13 (KJV) Strong’s 4682
[SUP]12 [/SUP]And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.

Moses refers to Exodus 34:25 (CJB)
25 You are not to offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, and the sacrifice of the feast of Pesach (Passover) is not to be left until morning.
Hebrew=leaven 4682=devouring sweetness, not soured with yeast, without leaven


Now, to go back the OP, it is confirmed again, that Jesus had not yet finished the task He was ordained to do. God wants us to know why leaven wasn’t used in the sacrificial law. Leaven represents a swelling, or a manifestation exemplifying the physical nature. As we know, the Bible says that the law was weak.

Romans 8:3 (KJV)
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

The sacrifices were to be brought into the presence of God without the influence of the carnal nature. Unleavened bread was necessitated for us to know not to force our selfish influence into God’s Word and His ordinances.

Matthew 16:6 (KJV)
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

the Bible says that the law was weak

Love all what you said except that the Law was weak, when it is not weak, it is perfect. The problem is sinful flesh, which I think you cleared that up in saying the puffed up flesh gets in the way. Just thought I needed to clear that up. The Law is not weak, Flesh is and is why we need the Born again life in the Spirit of God, where today is the only way Father can be worshipped
John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

 

[just-me]

Love all what you said except that the Law was weak, when it is not weak, it is perfect. The problem is sinful flesh, which I think you cleared that up in saying the puffed up flesh gets in the way. Just thought I needed to clear that up. The Law is not weak, Flesh is and is why we need the Born again life in the Spirit of God, where today is the only way Father can be worshipped
John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Thank you for bringing that to my attention my friend. I was thinking of this verse when I said that.
Romans 8:2-3 (KJV)
[SUP]2 [/SUP]For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
I should have stated that different.

 

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Amos 4:4-5 (KJV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

This link helps us to know that we tend to do more or less than what God has ordained. Adding to, or subtracting from the perfect will of God is sin. Nadab And Abihu

It was imperative that Jesus would follow suit with the Levitical law by not ingesting vinegar, for it would have been a distortion, via a sinful nature, against the perfect will of God. As we will find out, Jesus needed to continue to be the unblemished sacrifice without sin at this point, for it was the morning of His Crucifixion. The 3rd hour 9 AM

Matthew 4:4 (KJV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP]But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Deuteronomy 8:3 (KJV)
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

 

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Mark 15:25-28 (KJV)
[SUP]25 [/SUP]And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

Isaiah 53:12 (KJV)
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

 

[homwardbound]

Thank you for bringing that to my attention my friend. I was thinking of this verse when I said that.
Romans 8:2-3 (KJV)
[SUP]2 [/SUP]For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
I should have stated that different.

You stated it well, we are still in unredeemed flesh that we are to consider as dead, thus alive to God in Spirit not flesh, where today is the only way God is served in Spirit and truth, while man still adheres to fleshly things, that we all get caught up into a lot or a little as God grows us up each into maturity.
Thnaks

 

[homwardbound]

Mark 15:25-28 (KJV)
[SUP]25 [/SUP]And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.

Isaiah 53:12 (KJV)
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Praying for all to come to exercise their belief in Father through Son Christ. For I know the demons believe, yet do not exercise this belief. Let's not have our hearts far from God any longer, if we are only worshipping with our lips as Demons do this to possibly destroy the very elect of God

 

[just-me]

Praying for all to come to exercise their belief in Father through Son Christ. For I know the demons believe, yet do not exercise this belief. Let's not have our hearts far from God any longer, if we are only worshipping with our lips as Demons do this to possibly destroy the very elect of God

1 John 2:18-19 (KJV)
[SUP]18 [/SUP]Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

It is interesting, but sad, to note that John clearly says that the antichrists went out from them, and "they were not all of us", or we could say they were not from us.

1 John 2:26 (KJV)
[SUP]26 [/SUP]These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

James 2:19 (KJV)
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)
[SUP]14 [/SUP]And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

I believe that the persuasion of Satan can appear to be very religious, but uses that disguise to deceive.

 

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Praying for all to come to exercise their belief in Father through Son Christ. For I know the demons believe, yet do not exercise this belief. Let's not have our hearts far from God any longer, if we are only worshipping with our lips as Demons do this to possibly destroy the very elect of God

1 John 2:18-19 (KJV)
[SUP]18 [/SUP]Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

It is interesting, but sad, to note that John clearly says that the antichrists went out from them, and "they were not all of us", or we could say they were not from us.

1 John 2:26 (KJV)
[SUP]26 [/SUP]These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

James 2:19 (KJV)
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)
[SUP]14 [/SUP]And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

I believe that the persuasion of Satan can appear to be very religious, but uses that disguise to deceive.

Christians do not 'know their enemy' and that is why this is so prevalent.

 

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It was now the ninth hour (3PM). The hours of 9AM and 3 PM were the precise times that the High Priest would offer the incense of prayer at the beginning, and end of the daily sacrifices, and when the menorah (the lamp) wicks were trimmed and re-lit.

The drink offered to Jesus (Matthew 27:34) was cheap Roman vinegar wine, which had a drug mixed in (gall) to dull the senses. It was the custom of the Romans to offer a man being crucified drugged wine so that he might more easily endure his cross.
Psalm 69:20 (KJV)
[SUP]20 [/SUP]Reproach hath *broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Psalm 69:21 (KJV)
[SUP]21 [/SUP]They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

*By the way, and just to add, but not to sidetrack, do you remember when water and blood flowed out of Jesus after the soldier pierced His side? According to physicians, that is what happens when a person’s heart bursts because psychological stress. The Day Christ Died - Were You There?

Matthew 27:46-48 (KJV)
[SUP]46 [/SUP]And about the ninth hour (3 PM) Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
[SUP]47 [/SUP]Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
[SUP]48 [/SUP]And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

John 19:28-30 (KJV)
[SUP]28 [/SUP]After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar (Greek Strong’s 3690, see previous post), he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

So at the end, when it was finished, Jesus takes the drink offered. One would think that the law of God would have prohibited that. Things are completed now, and in fact God ordained it in His law. We are about ready to find out, and are given insight into the sovereignty, and foreknowledge of God.

 

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Exodus 12:3-6 (KJV)
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
[SUP]4 [/SUP]And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Exodus 12:11 (KJV)
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.

Jesus came to Jerusalem, and was crucified 4 days later. He was buried just before sundown, which would have been the beginning of the 15th day.

Leviticus 23:5-6 (KJV)
[SUP]5 [/SUP]In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

Leviticus 23:10 (KJV)
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the (***) firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

Leviticus 23:15-17 (KJV)
[SUP]15 [/SUP]And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
[SUP]16 [/SUP]Even unto the morrow (*)after the seventh sabbath shall ye number *fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the (***) firstfruits unto the LORD.

Deuteronomy 16:9-10 (KJV)
[SUP]9 [/SUP]Seven weeks (49 days)shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]And thou shalt keep the (**) feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee

There are 49 days in 7 weeks. (*) One day “after the seventh Sabbath,” we then add this one day for a total of 50 days, according to the law. According to the New Testament, we now can incorporate the “law of liberty” that is mentioned in the book of James.

The scripture given in Leviticus 23:5-17 is the law that brings together the Old Testament, and the New Testament as far as I’m concerned.

The 14[SUP]th[/SUP] day is Passover
The 15[SUP]th[/SUP] day starts the (**)feast of weeks lasting 49 days.
On the 50th day is the feast of (***) first fruits, commemorating Pentecost, and the Israelites acting upon the commandments given to Moses. The growing season took 50 days for the barley to ripen representing the leaven of truth, ministered first to the Israelites, and then to the world through Christ.

This is Old Testament feast of weeks, and at the end of that time is the same day as Pentecost. There were 49 days counting the day of the crucifixion of Christ, and the sending of the Comforter.

 

[just-me]

John 20:1 (KJV)
[SUP]1 [/SUP]The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
John 20:17-19 (KJV)
[SUP]17 [/SUP]Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

Acts 1:3 (KJV)
[SUP]3 [/SUP]To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

Now to calculate these 40 days, plus the other 10 days to make 50 days, 7 weeks plus 1 day, according to the law in Leviticus 23:5-17.

Jesus was crucified on the 14[SUP]th[/SUP] day of the first month of the year which is the Passover. (Leviticus 23:5-6) 16 days to the end of the month

He was buried on the 15[SUP]th[/SUP] day and in the tomb 3 days and 3 nights according to the comparison with Jonah.

He rose from the dead the morning of the 18[SUP]th[/SUP] leaving 13 days left of the month

He spends 40 days on earth after His resurrection
13 days 1[SUP]st[/SUP] month+27 days=40 days

He ascended into heaven the 27[SUP]th[/SUP] day of the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] month.

Jesus sent the Comforter on the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] day of the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] month.

3 days and nights in the tomb plus
13 days left of the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] month plus
27 days on earth in the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] month=43 days
3 days left of the 2nd month plus
3 days of the 3rd month=6 days
43+6=49 days =7 weeks

So according to my calculations, (take it or leave it) it was 6 days (unlike what I have read on the internet) from the time Jesus ascended into heaven, and when the Holy Spirit descended. The 6[SUP]th[/SUP] letter in the Hebrew represents secure, as in “NAILED” representing iniquity (leaven) is fastened to the cross for good.

Acts 2:1-4 (KJV)
[SUP]1 [/SUP]And when the day of Pentecost was **fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance

**“Fully come” would clarify that 49 days were complete, and the 50[SUP]th[/SUP] day was starting.

Exodus 19:1 (KJV)
[SUP]1 [/SUP]In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
Exodus 19:16 (KJV)
[SUP]16 [/SUP]And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

(from previous post)

On the 50th day is the feast of (***) first fruits, commemorating the beginning of the great commission (Matthew 28:19-20) previously given, and the Israelites acting upon the commandments given to Moses. Representing the leaven of truth, as I will address in my next post, that is ministered first to the Israelites, and through Christ, to the World.

 

[Least]

Awesome insight! I've never put together the specific timing involved with the feasts along with specific order of the unfolding of those things in Christ. I love how it's even verified with Acts ch. 1. I hope that you don't mind that I saved this study to review again?

I also love the connection with the timing of the "perfect law of liberty."

Psalms 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

Psalms 119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

"The scripture given in Leviticus 23:5-17 is the law that brings together the Old Testament, and the New Testament as far as I’m concerned."