Deuteronomy 16 -- Where Do We Throw Away The Yeast??

Of all things, this stood out this morning in what Moses was telling them about the Passover observation:  “But for seven days eat bread made without yeast, the bread of suffering, because you left Egypt in a hurry … There must be no yeast anywhere in your land for seven days.”

I know they didn’t have those little red and yellow foil envelopes of yeast like we do today.  I can’t imagine WHERE they got it, how it was made, nor how they disposed of it so that there was none in the land for seven days.  Then, how’d they get more of it for the rest of the year?

Yeast typically represents sin in the Bible.  With Passover being one of their top two religious observances, that would indicate the removal of sin from their nation for seven days.  How awesome to think of a nation free of sin for even seven days;  then how terrible to admit that there might be “a run on sin” to get it back for the rest of the year.

Father, it’s bad enough that we have to face and fight sin every day.  What a shame to think that it’s so ingrained in us that even seven days without it might seem like an eternity.  How wonderful it will be someday when we’re with You and all sin is removed and we never have to deal with it and its effects on us again!

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford