One in Messiah
Congregation
קָּהָל
אֶחָד
בְּמָּשִׁיחַ
27 S. Maple Street, Hohenwald,
Tn. 38462
Phone – 615 712-3931
Or 615 591-9820
Email: ministermalachi@comcast.net
A part of the Congregation of Israel
עֲדַת
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Today we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the
1500’s.
Today is April 21,
2019 – in the 21 Century
Yehovah God has His own
calendar, which is deleted from the world
We are
now in the 1st month of the God of
Israel called Nisan, נִיסָן and ha aviv הָאָבִיב – 15th day
Today’s Topic
Feast of Unleavened
Bread - חַג
הַמַּצּוֹת
Shabbat Shalom again
שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם
“Offering time”
Exod.23
[14]
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me
in the year.
[15] Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened
bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; ha Aviv - for in it thou came out from Egypt: and none shall
appear before me empty:)
[16] And the feast of harvest (weeks, Pentecost), the first
fruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field:
and the feast of
ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy
labors out of the field.[17] Three times in the year all thy males shall appear
before the Lord Yehovah.
Deut. 16 [16] Three times in a year shall all thy
males appear before Yehovah thy God in the place
which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of
weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall
not appear before Yehovah empty:
[17] Every man shall give as he is able, according to
the blessing of Yehovah thy God
which he hath given thee.
“Offering time”
The Feast of
Unleavened Bread - חַג
הַמַּצּוֹת
The bread
of affliction - לֶחֶם
עֹנִי
Deut.16
[1] Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Yehovah thy God: for in the month of Abib Yehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
[2] Thou shalt therefore
sacrifice the passover unto Yehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yehovah shall choose to place his name there.
[3] Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land
of Egypt all the days of thy life.
[4] And there shall be no
leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall
there anything of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at
even, remain all night until the morning.
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Unleavened bread, the bread of affliction
Get the “old leaven” out (of your hearts, lives)
I mean false doctrines, hypocrisy, malice and wickedness
Paul says:
1 Cor. 5 [8]
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.
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Beware of "leaven" - false doctrines and hypocrisy
Beware of false religious leaders:
pastors, teachers and rabbis, Messianics, websites, social media platforms, etc…
Hypocrisy
Isa. 32[6] For
the vile person will speak villainy, and his
heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to
utter error against Yehovah, to make
empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to
fail.
חנף chôneph - kho'-nef -
moral filth, that is, wickedness: - hypocrisy - godlessness,
hypocrite, profaneness, soiled (that is, with sin), impious and godless
Luke 12 [1] In the mean
time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people,
insomuch that they trode one upon
another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Matt. 16 [6] Then Yeshua said unto
them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and of the Sadducees.
[7] And they reasoned among
themselves, saying, It is
because we have taken no bread.
[8] Which when Yeshua perceived,
he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves,
because ye have brought no bread?
[9] Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five
thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
[10] Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many
baskets ye took up?
[11] 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?
[12] 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.
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Mark 8 [11] And
the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign
from heaven, tempting him.
[12] And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this
generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall
no sign be given unto this generation.
[13] And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other
side.
[14] Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the
ship with them more than one loaf.
[15] And he charged them, saying, take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of
Herod.
[16] And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is
because we have no bread.
[17] And when Yeshua knew it,
he saith unto
them, Why reason
ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither
understand? have ye your
heart yet hardened?
[18] Having eyes, see ye not? and having
ears, hear ye not? and do ye not
remember?
[19] When I brake the five
loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They
say unto him, Twelve.
[20] And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
took ye up? And
they said, Seven.
[21] And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not
understand?
Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, First
fruits, Feast of Weeks - Pentecost in the gospels and letters
Yeshua, the apostles and Saul /Paul, observed all
these holy days
Remember, these Holy days were first observed
by the children of Israel 1000’s of years before. We as they, do these days in memorial.
Exod.12
[14] And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye
shall keep it a feast to Yehovah throughout your
generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
[15] Seven days shall ye eat unleavened
bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for
whosoever eateth leavened bread from
the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
[16] And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation,
and in the seventh day there shall be an holy
convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of
you.
[17] And ye shall observe the feast of
unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of
the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your
generations by an ordinance for
ever.
[18] In the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the
one and twentieth day of the month at even.
[19] Seven days shall there be no
leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is
leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel,
whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
[20] Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in
all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
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Passover
Messiah our Passover
Matt 26 [2] Ye know that
after two days is the feast of the passover, and the
Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
[17] Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread
the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare
for thee to eat the passover?
[18] And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say
unto him, The Master saith, My time
is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
[19] And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them;
and they made ready the passover.
Mark 14 [1] After
two days was the feast of the Passover, and of
unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they
might take him by craft, and put him to death.
[12] And the first day of
unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his
disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
[14] And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the
house, The Master saith, Where is
the guestchamber, where I
shall eat the passover with my disciples?
[16] And his disciples went forth, and came into the
city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
Luke 2 [41] Now
his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast
of the passover.
Luke 22 [1] Now
the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which
is called the passover.
[7] Then came the day of
unleavened bread, when the passover must be
killed.
[8] And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us
the passover, that we may eat.
[11] And ye shall say unto the goodman of the
house, The Master saith unto
thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I
shall eat the passover with my disciples?
[13] And they went, and found as he had said unto them:
and they made ready the passover.
[15] And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to
eat this passover with you before I suffer:
John 2 [13] And
the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
[23] Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the
feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
John 6 [4] And the passover, a feast
of the Jews, was nigh.
John 11 [55] And
the Jews' passover was nigh
at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to
purify themselves.
John 12 [1] Then
Jesus six days before the passover came to
Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
John 13 [1] Now
before the feast of the passover, when
Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto
the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto
the end.
John 18 [28] Then
led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and
they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled;
but that they might eat the passover.
[39] But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you
one at the passover: will ye
therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
John 19 [14] And it was
the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the
Jews, Behold your King!
1 Cor. 5 [7] Purge out
therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For
even Messiah / Christ our passover is
sacrificed for us:
Heb. 11 [28] Through faith he
kept the passover, and the
sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
Feast of unleavened bread
Matt. 26 [17] Now
the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the
disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for
thee to eat the passover?
Mark 14 [1] After
two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the
scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
[12] And the first day of
unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go
and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
Luke 22 [1] Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is
called the Passover
[7] Then came the day of
unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
After the
Resurrection, the feast of unleavened bread was also observed
Acts 12 [3] And because
he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
Acts 20 [6] And
we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened
bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven
days.
1 Cor. 5 [7] Purge out
therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For
even Messiah / Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
[8] 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.
First fruits
Messiah the first fruits
Rom. 8 [23] And
not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first
fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting
for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Rom. 16 [5]
Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is
the first fruits of Achaia unto Messiah.
1 Cor. 15 [20] But
now is Messiah risen from the dead, and become the first
fruits of them that slept.
[23] But every man in his own order: Messiah / Christ the first fruits; afterward they that
are Messiah / Christ's at his coming.
1 Cor. 16 [15] I
beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted
themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
Jas. 1 [18] Of his own
will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Rev. 14 [4] These are they
which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which
follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from
among men, being the first fruits unto God and
to the Lamb.
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Feasts of weeks – Pentecost
After the Resurrection, the Feasts of weeks – Pentecost
was also observed
Acts 2 [1] And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place.
Acts 20 [16] For
Paul / Saul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the
time in Asia: for he hasted,
if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the
day of Pentecost.
1 Cor. 16 [8] But I
Saul, will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
In closing:
Let us with joyful hearts continue in our century, the 21th, to
keep these spring holy days in memorial as we were commanded.
Again
Happy Feast of Unleavened Bread
PS - A reminder of the 2019 Spring Feasts and Holy Days
Then the Feast of unleavened Bread חַג
הַמַּצּוֹת starts the 15th of Nisan and continues until the 27th of
April which is the 21th of Nisan
This year, the First fruits, Resurrection Day is the
28 day of April, Sunday - “Offering time”
50 days from First Fruits: Hag Sh'vu-ot - חַג
שָׁבֻעֹת “Offering
time” - Feasts of Weeks / Pentecost, a Sabbath – June
16
Shabbat shalom and grace be with you all, Amen
Minister Malachi 2019