thereseh
posted on May 14, 2008 - 08:23 PM
actually, i asked Brother Antonios and this was his imput..
Khristos anesti. Alitos anesti.
This is because our Lord Jesus is the LEAVEN ~ The old leaven was the leaven of "sin" which was ordered to be cleaned out.
Christ signifies/ is the LEAVEN. The Kingdom of God...
1) The Gospels make it clear that the type of bread that was used at the Lord’s Supper was “artos” (Greek), i.e. leavened bread, not “azymos” (Greek), i.e. unleavened bread. In the Greek and Coptic it is clear since there are two different words (Coptic – “oyk” for leavened bread, “adshamir” for unleavened bread) unlike English where it may not be clear.
2) The question here is not what the leaven means, but rather, how was it possible that leaven was used since there should have been none to be found to begin with since it was the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
3) Leaven has different meanings in the Holy Bible. At one time it is used to mean hypocrisy – “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees” (Matt. 16:6, 11, 12). At another time it is used to mean sin as was mentioned above: “Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth” (1Cor. 5:7-8). But keep in mind, that leaven is not always used as something negative in the Holy Bible. In fact, our Lord Jesus Christ used it to symbolize the kingdom of heaven: “Another parable He spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened” (Matt. 13:33). This brings up the next point –
4) We must distinguish between the actual reason why we do things by tradition and the contemplation. The reason that we do things is tradition, because that was what was delivered by our Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles. Everything that comes afterward is contemplation. The reason that we use leaven is because that is what our Lord Jesus Christ used at the Lord’s Supper and what was used by the apostles later on. Everything else is contemplation and not the ultimate reason that it is done. Contemplation can be useful when used appropriately, but still is not the actual reason or purpose.
5) Lastly, as a side note, keep in mind that in the first Passover done in the Old Testament while the people of Israel were in Egypt – the bread that they made had leaven in it. The leaven ended up going bad because they were in such a rush to make the bread and it didn’t rise, but it still had leaven in it. Please see Exodus 12:34, 39. The reason that unleavened bread was used afterwards in subsequent Passovers was to show how quickly they left Egypt and the salvation that God provided for them, but the first time the bread had leaven but it didn’t rise.
I am looking forward to more input and discussion about this.
Remember my weakness in your prayers.
In Christ,
Antonios
makes sense to be, but I still don't understand where he got it from , ok maybe storage, but common...
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Your sister in Christ,
Thérèse
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the Glory that shall be revealed in us.
Romans 8:28
"During your times of trial and sufferings...when you see only one set of footprints...it was then that i carried you."
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