“Deborah’s Drash”
“Sitting at the feet of
Yeshua”
A Daily Devotional/Bible Study
based on the Hebraic/Jewish Roots of Christianity
Today’s Date: March 29
This Months
Theme – The Spring Feasts of Messiah – Passover/Pesach, Unleavened Bread, First
Fruits, ` Pentecost/Shavuot
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Weekly Torah Portion[1]
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Daily Bible Reading
Schedule:
Tenach/Old Testament
Reading:
1 Kings 18:1-46
Tehillim/Psalms
Reading:
Psalm 135:1-21
Mishlei/Proverbs
Reading:
Proverbs 17:12-13
Brit Hadasha/New
Covenant:
Acts 11:1-30
Hebrew Daily
Word/Phrases:
Yatziv Patgam True is the Word
Meditation
Verse
Colossians
2:11-15 Complete Jewish Bible
Col
2:11 in whom ye were also circumcised
with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the
flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Col
2:12 having been buried with him in
baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of
God, who raised him from the dead.
Col
2:13 And you, being dead through your
trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you, I say, did he make
alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
Col
2:14 having blotted out the bond
written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he
hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;
Col
2:15 having despoiled the
principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over
them in it.
Quote Of The Day:
Christ In The Passover – Moshe Rosen
“Redemption through the death of the Passover
Lamb was personal as well as National.
Even so salvation must be a personal event. Exodus 12:3, the commandment is to take “A Lamb” a nebulous,
unknown entity, nothing special. In
Exodus 12:4 Gods says take “The Lamb”.
Now he is known, unique, set apart.
Finally in Exodus 12:5, God specifies “Your Lamb”; each redeemed soul
must appropriate the lamb for himself.”
Deborah’s Drash Commentary:
The Festival of Unleavened Bread
(Hag HaMatzah)
By Eddie Chumney
From the Seven Feasts of Messiah
Hebraic Roots Ministries
The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah)
is the fifteenth day of the month of Nisan, which is the day following Passover
(Pesach). It is a seven-day festival to the L-rd (Leviticus [Vayikra]
23:6-7; Exodus [Shemot] 12:7-8,14-17). On the fifteenth of Nisan and
for the next seven days, G-d forbade the people to have any leavened bread in
their houses.
The
festival of Unleavened Bread can be found in Exodus (Shemot) 12:14-17,
as it is written:
Now
this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to
the Lord; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent
ordinance. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you
shall remove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from
the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
And on the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly
on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be
eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you. You shall also
observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your
hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout
your generations as a permanent ordinance (Exodus [Shemot]
12:14-17 NAS).
The
Book of Exodus (Shemot), chapter 12, describes the Egyptian Passover.
After the lamb was killed, the blood was to be put on the doorposts. The lamb
was to be roasted in fire and eaten with matzah (unleavened bread) and
bitter herbs (Exodus [Shemot] 12:7-8).
Purging Leaven From the House (Bedikat HaMetz)
G-d
gave a ceremony of searching and removing leaven from the house prior to the
festival of Unleavened Bread in preparation for the festival. In Hebrew, this
ceremony is called Bedikat HaMetz, which means "the search for
leaven" The ceremony is as follows:
The
preparation for searching and removing the leaven (Bedikat HaMetz)
from the house actually begins before Passover (Pesach). First, the
wife thoroughly cleans the house to remove all leaven (HaMetz) from
it. In the Bible, leaven (HaMetz) is symbolic of sin.
Spiritual
Application (Halacha). Spiritually, the believers in the Messiah Yeshua
are the house of G-d (Hebrews 3:6; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Timothy 3:15; Ephesians
2:19). Leaven (sin) is to be cleaned out of our house, which is our body (1
Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19-20; 2 Corinthians 6:15-18).
In
cleaning the house, the wife is instructed to purposely leave ten small pieces
of leaven (bread) in the house. Then the father takes the children, along with
a candle, a wooden spoon, a feather, and a piece of linen cloth, and searches
through the house for the ten pieces of leaven. By nightfall on the day before
Passover (Pesach), a final and comprehensive search is performed. At
this time, the house is completely dark except for the candles. Once the father
finds the leaven (bread), he sets the candle down by the leaven and lays the
wooden spoon beside the leaven. Then he uses the feather to sweep the leaven
onto the spoon. Without touching the leaven, he takes the feather, spoon, and
leaven, wraps them in a linen cloth, and casts them out of the door of the
house. The next morning (the fourteenth of Nisan), he goes into the synagogue
and puts the linen cloth and its contents into a fire to be burned.
Spiritual
Application (Halacha). Spiritually, we are to cleanse the leaven (sin)
from our houses (lives) by allowing the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh)
to reveal to us, through the knowledge of Yeshua and the Scriptures,
the sin that is in our lives. It is only through G-d's Word that we are able to
identify sin in our lives as it is written in Psalm (Tehillim)
119:105, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
So the spiritual understanding of the candle is that it represents the Word of
G-d. The feather represents the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh). Even
though we have the Word of G-d, we need the Spirit of G-d (Ruach HaKodesh)
to illuminate the entire Bible to us, including the Torah and the Tanach
(1 Corinthians 2:11-14).
Messianic
Fulfillment. The spoon represents the tree that Yeshua died
upon (Deuteronomy [Devarim 21:22-23). The leaven (HaMetz)
(sin) was swept on the spoon (the tree) as part of the ceremony. Likewise, our
sin was swept or cast upon Yeshua (2 Corinthians 5:21) when Yeshua
died upon the tree. The leaven (Yeshua upon the tree) was then wrapped
in linen and Yeshua was cast out of His house (His body) and went to
hell, which is a place of burning (Luke 16:19-24). Thus He fulfilled the part
of the ceremony where the father takes the linen cloth and its contents and
casts it into the fire to be burned.
The Fifteenth of Nisan -- Purging Out of Sin
The
fifteenth of Nisan (Hag HaMatzah) marks the beginning of a seven-day
feast period when Israel was to eat bread without leaven (sin) in remembrance
of their baking Unleavened bread in their haste to escape Egypt. The primary
theme of this feast is the purging out of leaven (sin). Historically, there are
two notable events that happened on this day.
- The Exodus journey beginning from Egypt (Exodus [Shemot] 12:41). In
Deuteronomy (Devarim) 16:3, the bread is referred to as "the
bread of affliction."
- The burial of Yeshua after His crucifixion, who is the
Bread of Life (John [Yochanan]
6:35). In fact, the place of Yeshua's birth, Bethlehem, comes
from two Hebrew words, beit and lechem. Be it means
"house" and lechem means "bread." So, Bethlehem means
house of bread. Therefore, Yeshua, who is the Bread of G-d, was
born at a place called the house of bread.
The
festivals are fixed appointments (mo'ed) of G-d specifying what He
will perform and the exact time He will perform it. The Jews had to hurry to
put Yeshua's body in the ground because the sabbath was drawing near.
This sabbath was a high sabbath and the first day of Unleavened Bread (Nisan
15). This can be found in (John [Yochanan] 19:31). This would mean
that Yeshua died on the fourteenth of Nisan, the day of Passover. Yeshua
was in the sepulcher the day following His crucifixion, which was the fifteenth
of Nisan, the first day of Unleavened Bread.
The Messianic Understanding of the Matzah
in the Passover Seder
One
of the 15 steps during the Passover Seder is a step called Yachatz. Yachatz
is when the middle of the three matzot is broken into two. During the
Passover Seder, there is a bag called the matzatosh which contains
three pieces of matzot. The middle piece of matzot is
removed, broken, wrapped in linen, and buried. This piece of matzah is
the afikomen. During this part of the service, the afikomen
was removed from sight (this represented Yeshua being buried) and it
remained hidden until later in the service. Yeshua is the bread that
was buried because He is the Bread of Life who came down from Heaven (John [Yochanan]
6:35). Yeshua was removed from between the two thieves who were
crucified with Him (Matthew [Mattityahu] 27:38), wrapped in linen, and
buried in the earth (Matthew 27:59-60).
Toward
the end of the Passover Seder, the twelfth step to the service is called Tzafun.
During Tzafun, the afikomen that was previously buried is redeemed and
ransomed. At this point in the service, the matzah, previously
characterized as the bread of affliction, is now transformed and redeemed. This
is a perfect picture of Yeshua, who fulfilled the role of the
suffering Messiah known as Messiah ben Yosef. He suffered affliction
while dying on the tree, but was later redeemed when He was resurrected by G-d
the Father. In the Passover Seder service, the afikomen is redeemed by
the children. The children who find the buried afikomen receives a
gift. This gift is known as "the promise of the father".
Likewise, when G-d resurrected Yeshua after He was buried in the
earth, those who believed upon Him by faith (emunah) are given gifts
by G-d. When Yeshua ascended to Heaven, He gave gifts to men
(Ephesians 4:7-8). These gifts included righteousness (Romans 5:17-18), eternal
life (Romans 6:23), grace (Romans 5:12,14-15), faith (Ephesians 2:8-9), and
other spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:1,4). Some other gifts include wisdom,
knowledge, healing, the working of miracles, prophecy, the discerning of
spirits, tongues, and interpretation of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:8-11), in
addition to the gifts of helps and administration (l Corinthians 12:28).
The Feast of Unleavened Bread in the Bible
- The Feast of Unleavened Bread was so much a part of Passover (Pesach)
that the names of Passover and Unleavened Bread were used interchangeably
or almost synonymously (Luke
22:1).
- The feast was to be kept seven days (Exodus [Shemot] 12:15-19). The
number seven is the biblical number for completion or fullness. The
believer who keeps this feast is to keep it fully unto the L-rd and set
himself aside completely to Him. The Feast of Unleavened Bread speaks of
complete separation from all things that are leavened (sinful) and feeding
upon Yeshua, who is the believer's bread (John [Yochanan]
6:32-36,38).
- The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah) is a high
sabbath day. A high sabbath
in Hebrew is called a shabbaton. During Passover, there is an
extra sabbath besides the weekly sabbath. These sabbaths are called high
sabbaths. The high sabbath of Unleavened Bread can be seen in John 19:31.
- Unleavened bread is used for consecration and separation. It is also anointed with oil. The believers
in the Messiah Yeshua are to be consecrated and separated to do
the work G-d has called us to do and to live a life that is holy to Him.
If we do this, the anointing of the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh)
of G-d will rest upon our lives.
a)
The bread represents consecration (Leviticus [Vayikra] 8:1-2,26-27;
Exodus
[Shemot] 29:2-23).
b)
It was included in the sacred vow of separation of the Nazarites
(Numbers
[Bamidbar] 6:1-21).
c)
It was the food for the priests in the meal and peace offering
(Leviticus
[Vayikra] 2:1,4,14-16; 6:14-18; 7:11-12).
d)
It marked Israel's divine separation from Egypt's (the world's) life of slavery
and bondage (Exodus [Shemot]
12:17,30-34).
e)
All leaven was to be put away
(Exodus [Shemot] 12:15,19-20). When leaven or yeast is placed in an
unleavened batch of dough, the leaven puffs up the dough. Likewise, when we
allow sin into our lives, it will puff us up in pride and arrogance.
In
the Bible, G-d referred to the leaven of different groups of people. These are
listed as follows:
- The leaven of Herod
(Mark 8:14-15; 6:14-18; Matthew [Mattityahu] 2:7-12).
- The leaven of the Pharisees (Mark 8:15; Matthew [Mattityahu] 16:5-12; 23:1-3; Luke
11:37-44; 12:1.
- The leaven of the Sadducees (Matthew [Mattityahu] 16:6-12). The Sadducees did not
believe in the supernatural. They denied the existence of the Spirit of
G-d, angels, and the resurrection (Mark 12:18; Acts 23:6-8).
- The leaven at Corinth.
The leaven at Corinth was sensuality, chiefly fornication (1 Corinthians
4:17-21; 5:1-13; 6:1,9-11,13,16-18; 8:1; 13:4; 2 Corinthians 12:20-21).
How to Keep the Feast
Spiritual Application (Halacha). Spiritually, the feast is kept in sincerity and
truth. Sincerity involves purity and serving G-d with a pure heart. It involves
putting away the sin in our lives, and separating ourselves from all evil that
has a corrupting influence in the life of the believer in Yeshua.
Historically, Israel learned that keeping the feast meant a complete separation
from Egypt's religion, bondage, food, and slavery, as well as its worldly
glory, wisdom, and splendor.
The
children of Israel took the dough before it was leavened because they could not
tarry in Egypt. There was no time to let the leaven get in and work up the
dough (Exodus [Shemot] 12:34,39). As believers, we are to flee the
world's ways and philosophies that are contrary to the Word of G-d. Sincerity
(1 Corinthians 5:7-8) involves purity and sanctification, which means holiness
and separation. The Bible uses water and washing to instruct us concerning
sanctification and separation (Joshua [Yehoshua] 24:14; Ephesians
5:26; 6:24; Philippians 1:10; 1 Peter [Kefa] 2:2). To sanctify means
to make holy, to purify, or to consecrate. The believers are sanctified by
obeying the entire Word of G-d, including the Torah and the Tanach
(John 17:17,19; Acts 20:32; 2 Chronicles 30:15; 35:1,6; Exodus [Shemot]
19:10,14; 28:39-41; Leviticus [Vayikra] 8:30; 11:44; 20:7; Hebrews
10:10,14; 1 Corinthians 1:2).
In
First Corinthians 6:11, sanctification is connected to washing (Acts 22:16).
Historically, after Israel celebrated the Passover, they were immersed (washed)
in the water of the Red Sea (1 Corinthians 10:1-2). Likewise, after we accept
the Messiah into our lives, we must immerse ourselves in studying the Bible
and, by so doing, enable the knowledge of the Word of G-d to transform and
change our lives.
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Bonus: Prayers of The Bible – Prayers in The
Wilderness
Numbers 16:1-15
Torah Nuggets:[i]
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Torah Portion Teaching:
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Halacha – The Way One Walks or Goes- Derived from
the Hebrew word “Halakh” which means “To Walk”. The Way to follow the Torah/Word of God.
In this weeks Torah Portion, what is God
saying to me today about my walk with Him?
How can I apply this Torah Portion with
my walk with Yeshua this week?
Bible Study Nuggets From Daily Bible Reading:
Golden Nuggets From Gods Word: (Write
the Revelations and Insights you have received from Him today)
Word to Hide in my Heart:
(Write memory Verse of your choosing)
Word from the Lord (Write out verse,
quote or anything that was spoken to you by the Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit.
Today I
will…. (write down how you will apply what the Lord has spoken to your heart
through His Holy Word to your daily walk with Him in your Journal.)
Daily Prayer Guide For Your Prayer/Tefillah
Journal
Worship Time - Psalm
100:4 “I will adore you Adonai” Put in your favorite Worship CD or Tape and Praise
Adonai-See Amidah #1-4 Below and Shema
Waiting Time - Psalm
62:5 – I will wait in Your presence and surrender my thoughts to you! Clear
your mind of the clutter and focus on Ha Shem.
Confession
& Repentance /Tishuvah Time -1 John 1:9 – I will ask and receive forgiveness for my
sins –Write down what you need forgiveness or deliverance from so you may walk
in Holiness. –See Amidah #5-6 Below
See below for Personal Word Confessions to build up your Faith and
Spirit and to plant the Word in Your Heart
Intercession Time –Ezekial
22:30-31 I will stand in the Gap for
the world and for others as Yeshua is doing for us as our High Priest at the
right hand of The Father
31 Day Cycle of Prayer for the World…(Use a
World Atlas to help you pray for the World)
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*Daily Prayer Reminders: See
Amidah #11-12, 14-17 Below
1 Timothy 2:1 1 First
of all, then, I counsel that petitions, prayers, intercessions and
thanksgivings be made for all human beings, 2 Including kings and all
in positions of prominence; so that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives, being
godly and upright in everything. 3 This is what God, our deliverer,
regards as good; this is what meets his approval.[2]
President,
Government Leaders, Family, Friends, Church, Ministers, Spouse, Children,
Ministries, Schools, Salvation, Missions, World Revival – See 40 Day Prayer
Focus Below
Petition Time – My Abba
Father hears me when I pray and answers when I pray in faith/trust and
according to His Word. Write down personal petitions for today. See Amidah #7-8 Below
Watching
Time – Colossians 4:2a – I will
keep watch in the spirit and be alert to what & who I need to pray
for. See
Amdiah #13
Prayer Alert: Today
Adonai has specifically laid these people upon my heart to pray for: Write it
down in your Prayer Journal
Listening Time: Psalm
85:8 Write down what Ruach HaKodesh/The Holy Spirit has revealed to you today
in Prayer.
List 5 Things your are
thankful to G-d for today in your Prayer Journal (You can print one out below)
In
Tefillah/Prayer: Always Pray the Word and Pray in the Ruach and Pray
Always with ALL Prayer…..
Praise, Waiting, Confession, Singing,
Watching, Intercession, Petition, Thanksgiving, Devotions, Meditation,
Listening and Praise
Suggested Prayer
Books: Prayer’s That Avail Much Volumes
1,2 and 3 by Germain Copeland[ii] and The Artscroll Seder Series[iii].
The Prayers of
a Righteous Person are Powerful and Effective –James 5:16
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Recommended Reading For Further Study
Messiah Volume 1, 2 and 3 Avi Ben Mordachi
http://www.millennium7000.com/
Restoring the Two Houses of Israel- Eddie Chumney
The Feasts of Messiah – Eddie Chumney
Who is The Bride of Christ-Eddie Chumney
Who is Israel – Angus and Batya Wooten
Restoring Israels Kingdom – Angus and Batya Wooten
First Fruits of Zion – Torah Club Volume 1,2,3, 4
and 5
Prayer Helps
Shemoneh
Esreh-Amidah and Ha Adonai Tefillah/The Lords Prayer
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Who I am In Messiah
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