Moment of Meditation: Unleavened Bread (Matthew 26:17)

''Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?" (Matthew 26:17)''

The time of Jesus' sacrifice coincides with the annual Passover. Much is said around Easter about the Passover. But Passover is only the first day of a much larger feast. The Feast of Unleavened Bread.

A week-long feast of fasting. The Feast of Unleavened Bread prohibited the use of leaven. The bread could not rise when baked. Unleavened because the Israelites did not have time for the bread to rise before they were ejected out of Egypt.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread continues today. Not a week-long annual feast. A weekly feast where Jesus comes among us with His body and blood in, with and under the bread and wine of Holy Communion. The greatest treasures of the universe given in the simple form of unleavened bread. A great feast is offered to you. Attend the feast as often as you are able. Receive the divine food of Heaven from your pastor. Receive your Savior. Amen.