Leaven (yeast) gives increase. Evidently “bread” refers to “doctrine.” *How does this all fit into one concept? Or does it?
“How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.” (Matthew 16:11-12)
“Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.” (Exodus 12:20)
In the above verses, leaven is bad, and in the following verses leaven is good.
“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.” (Matthew 13:33)
“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: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord. 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.” (Leviticus 23:15-17...referring to Pentecost)
Then Paul introduces that leaven is again bad stuff, referring to the Feast of Unleavened Bread."
“Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump (bread), as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:” (1 Corinthians 5:6-7)
Paul seems to say old bread is leavened, and new bread is unleavened, but then Passover is old and unleavened, and the kingdom of God is with leaven.
*How does this all fit into one concept..."For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."? (1 Timothy 2:5)
“How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.” (Matthew 16:11-12)
“Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.” (Exodus 12:20)
In the above verses, leaven is bad, and in the following verses leaven is good.
“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.” (Matthew 13:33)
“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: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord. 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.” (Leviticus 23:15-17...referring to Pentecost)
Then Paul introduces that leaven is again bad stuff, referring to the Feast of Unleavened Bread."
“Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump (bread), as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:” (1 Corinthians 5:6-7)
Paul seems to say old bread is leavened, and new bread is unleavened, but then Passover is old and unleavened, and the kingdom of God is with leaven.
*How does this all fit into one concept..."For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."? (1 Timothy 2:5)