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Casting Out Leaven
The Torah further instructs that before the Festival begins, all leaven must be cast out of the homes of the Israelites. To this very day, this regulation is observed with rigor. Before the day of Passover, the observant family spends weeks cleaning house. Every trace of leaven is removed. Breadcrumbs under the refrigerator are sought out and eliminated. Coat pockets are emptied out. Couch cushions overturned and vacuumed. Cupboards are emptied and cleaned. Anything defined as leaven is removed from the house.
It is during these days of casting out the leaven that Yeshua enters the Temple and casts out the moneychangers. In so doing the Master kept the command of cleansing the home by cleansing his Father's house.
Leaven is symbolic of sin. Spiritually, the believers in the Messiah are the house of God. Leaven (sin) is to be cleaned out of our house, which is our body. The Holy Spirit reveals to us, through Yeshua and the Scriptures, the sin that is in our lives. It is only through Gods Word that we are able to identify the sin in our lives.
The Torah further instructs that before the Festival begins, all leaven must be cast out of the homes of the Israelites. To this very day, this regulation is observed with rigor. Before the day of Passover, the observant family spends weeks cleaning house. Every trace of leaven is removed. Breadcrumbs under the refrigerator are sought out and eliminated. Coat pockets are emptied out. Couch cushions overturned and vacuumed. Cupboards are emptied and cleaned. Anything defined as leaven is removed from the house.
It is during these days of casting out the leaven that Yeshua enters the Temple and casts out the moneychangers. In so doing the Master kept the command of cleansing the home by cleansing his Father's house.
Leaven is symbolic of sin. Spiritually, the believers in the Messiah are the house of God. Leaven (sin) is to be cleaned out of our house, which is our body. The Holy Spirit reveals to us, through Yeshua and the Scriptures, the sin that is in our lives. It is only through Gods Word that we are able to identify the sin in our lives.