On the first day, remove the yeast from your houses … on the first day, hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. “For seven days, you are to eat bread made without yeast. Then, they were instructed to use the meat of the sacrifice to prepare a commemorative meal-which consisted of fire-roasted lamb, bitter herbs, and unleavened bread. His people were to paint their doorposts with the blood of a spotless, sacrificial lamb this was to be a sign to the death angel to “pass over” their homes and exclude their firstborns from the impending wrath. I am the Lord” ( Exodus 12:12)īefore the last plague’s fulfillment, God gave the Hebrews specific instructions to spare them from the coming devastation. “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. But his resistance and his yoke of slavery would soon be shattered forever-when God issued the final plague of judgment: Through the first nine plagues, Pharaoh’s grip on the Hebrews grew tighter. God sent ten successive plagues upon Egypt. But before their freedom journey began, God had to demonstrate His power, crush Pharoah’s will, and set into motion an integral piece of His redemptive plan for humanity. God heard the cries of His children and raised Moses to deliver them from Egypt and lead them into the Promised Land ( Exodus 3). What Is the Feast of Unleavened Bread?įor over 400 years, the Hebrew people lived under Pharoah’s harsh tyranny. Throughout the ages, God’s chosen people faithfully observed all the requirements of the festival, which was part of the larger Passover celebration, but little did they know that their rituals also symbolized a greater deliverance to come through Christ. After God rescued Israel from Egypt’s cruel bondage, He commanded His children to commemorate their deliverance through the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
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