The Feast of Unleavened Bread, Passover or Pesach, is an eight-day holiday that celebrates the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. The seder service on the first two evenings recites the story of Exodus. Passover was celebrated first in the land of Egypt with the blood of the sacrificial lamb in order to preserve the Israelites from the plague that was to smite the land of Egypt with the death of every firstborn.

On Nisan 14, the people of Israel prepared for Pesach, and on this day, lambs were taken to be sacrificed, as commanded by God. Each family roasted the lamb and put its blood above their door posts as to mark a home of an Israelite. The Angel of Darkness went to every unmarked home and struck down the first born son of the Egyptians

The Passover Lamb

In Israel, the Passover lambs had to be sacrificed specifically in the temple in Jerusalem by the Levi priests. Since the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 A.D., this sacrifice is no longer possible and Passover lambs cannot be sacrificed. Jews eat unleavened bread called Matzah, and drink wine during the feast, and these are the symbols that Yeshua told us to do in remembrance of Him.

Yeshua completes tis feast day, as He was the Passover lamb of God, sacrificed as innocent blood on the Feast of Pesach to save the world. In order to fully celebrate Pesach with a sacrificial lamb, the Jewish Temple would have to be rebuilt where currently the Temple Mount sits, and the Levite priesthood re-instituted. 

Unleavened Bread

The matzah bread is made with no yeast in commemoration of the Israelites flight out of Egypt. In the biblical narrative, the Israelites did not have enough time to allow the yeast to rise in the bread dough, resulting in flat unleavened bread. Symbolically, the matzah bread is considers “poor man’s bread” and serves as a reminder to the Israelites to walk the walk humbly and appreciation for one’s freedom.