1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.” We are coworkers with God. His rescuing us from Egypt was an investment in the kingdom of heavens on earth, the New Jerusalem, the city on the hill. We consecrate, set apart to Him, the firstborn. This is like giving Him the top tenth of all we produce. This is a covenant, this is the price you pay to be the people of God who delivers with an outstretched hand. 3 Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the Lord brought you out of it with a mighty hand. By doing this it guarantees that our worship of the Lord becomes our primary use of our free time. Not only so but this worship will be feasts and festivals as we all come together in great big “barbecues” to worship the Lord and fellowship with one another. Eat nothing containing yeast. This is a very big point that I think few understand. Anyone can mix flour and water together and cook it. That is unleavened bread. But, to make leavened bread requires much more skill. Any church can put on a church play, but to make a blockbuster movie like the Lion King requires a great deal of skill. When you allow Hollywood to tell you the stories you also allow them to hide leaven inside of the movie. The most skilled “storytellers” know how to get you to think what they want you to think while also thinking this was your idea. The Lord said “beware the leaven of the scribes and Pharisees”. By prohibiting the consumption of leaven He is prohibiting the most skilled storytellers from using propaganda to manipulate the people. Instead in our worship we want every person to share their story. They may not be the most skillful storytellers, it may taste like unleavened bread, but it is healthy for both those that hear and those that share.
Exodus 13 -- God promised with an oath
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4 Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving. 5 When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you are to observe this ceremony in this month: 6 For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the Lord.
So this chapter goes with the chapter in Joshua when they first enter the land. Please note, it has always been the goal of those who have a covenant with God to enter into the land that currently belongs to these five tribes. It has always been our goal that the Lord’s kingdom would come and that His will would be done on earth.
7 Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.
Right now everything has leaven in it. You can’t post a story on Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube without the censors “fact checking” it. A recent lawsuit from Candace Owens demonstrated that “fact checking” simply means that they don’t like what you said, not that it isn’t true and accurate. CNN, MSNBC, Fox news, they are all filled with leaven designed to manipulate people into thinking the way they want. This is not something that has happened suddenly: “beware the leaven of the scribes and Pharisees”, this is not just something that happened since the Lord Jesus, this has been a command from the time we left Egypt. The world is all about mind control and sneaking leaven into everything you “consume”.
8 On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand. 10 You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.
This ordinance is the secret for why God brings us out with a mighty hand. If you are eating the leaven you will be deceived, befuddled, blind, with wax in your ears.
11 “After the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised on oath to you and your ancestors, 12 you are to give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the Lord. 13 Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem Every firstborn among your sons.
This is a big promise that He made to us and our ancestors with an oath. When you pray, stand on this promise.
14 “In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’ 16 And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand.”
They do not understand that the firstborn belong to the Lord, so when they are stubborn and refuse to hand it over God will come in and take it. Right now we are witnessing this stubbornness among the rulers of this land. We are coming before them in righteousness and based on the covenant we have with them and the oath they made to honor that and they are stubbornly refusing. This opens the door for God to come in and judge. They are playing with fire.
So this chapter goes with the chapter in Joshua when they first enter the land. Please note, it has always been the goal of those who have a covenant with God to enter into the land that currently belongs to these five tribes. It has always been our goal that the Lord’s kingdom would come and that His will would be done on earth.
7 Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.
Right now everything has leaven in it. You can’t post a story on Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube without the censors “fact checking” it. A recent lawsuit from Candace Owens demonstrated that “fact checking” simply means that they don’t like what you said, not that it isn’t true and accurate. CNN, MSNBC, Fox news, they are all filled with leaven designed to manipulate people into thinking the way they want. This is not something that has happened suddenly: “beware the leaven of the scribes and Pharisees”, this is not just something that happened since the Lord Jesus, this has been a command from the time we left Egypt. The world is all about mind control and sneaking leaven into everything you “consume”.
8 On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand. 10 You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.
This ordinance is the secret for why God brings us out with a mighty hand. If you are eating the leaven you will be deceived, befuddled, blind, with wax in your ears.
11 “After the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised on oath to you and your ancestors, 12 you are to give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the Lord. 13 Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem Every firstborn among your sons.
This is a big promise that He made to us and our ancestors with an oath. When you pray, stand on this promise.
14 “In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’ 16 And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand.”
They do not understand that the firstborn belong to the Lord, so when they are stubborn and refuse to hand it over God will come in and take it. Right now we are witnessing this stubbornness among the rulers of this land. We are coming before them in righteousness and based on the covenant we have with them and the oath they made to honor that and they are stubbornly refusing. This opens the door for God to come in and judge. They are playing with fire.