Unleavened Bread

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April 2-8, 2026

"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" (1 Corinthians 5:8).

These seven days of self-examination during the Feast of Unleavened Bread prove invaluable in helping us to devote our lives to God and Jesus Christ. They also also picture our eventual triumph over sin, made possible through the sacrifice and aid of Jesus Christ.

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Treasure Digest: Children's Corner

Poem: Unleavened Days of Bread
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Mysterious Festival Days

Psst. Let me tell you a secret. Millions of professing Christians don’t even know these days exist. Yet these festivals explain how and when God will have a personal relationship with every human being, including you and me. Here’s the...
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What Does the Feast of Unleavened Bread Mean for Christians?

Central to our understanding of the biblical Feast of Unleavened Bread is the realization that the resurrected Jesus Christ lives His life in every individual Christian.
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Jesus Christ and the Meaning of the Biblical Holy Days

Jesus Christ celebrated seven festivals every year that most Christians today can’t even name, yet He is at the core of all of them. He is the reason for each of these seasons, and they have great meaning for anyone...
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Spring Feast "Safari" Shows How God Is Blessing His Work in East Africa

This spring, my husband, Barry, and I had the opportunity to ride along on a visiting tour of East Africa and see firsthand how God is blessing the work there.
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The Wave Sheaf: How an Ancient Ceremony Foreshadowed Jesus' Role

The Old Testament describes many ceremonies that sound quite odd to us. Yet everything God does is for a purpose. The purpose of one ceremony, the wave-sheaf offering, was to teach us about one aspect of Jesus Christ's role in...
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Treasure Digest: What Is Leaven?

A technical answer
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The Biblical Festivals That Show How God Will Bring World Peace

Will mankind ever experience lasting peace? Humanity's track record isn't very good. But a series of biblical feasts reveals how God will indeed bring lasting world peace!
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Had a Mental Checkup Lately?

Just as with our annual physical check -ups, each year on the Days of Unleavened Bread and Passover, we should take extra measures to examine ourselves. This is our annual spritual "check-up."
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Treasure Digest: Things to Think About When Deleavening

Removing leaven is a physical symbol of the spiritual process of removing sin. Yeast, like sin, multiplies rapidly and spreads like a contagion. Here are some points to consider:
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The 'Feasts of the Lord' in the Book of Acts

Regarding the feasts of the Lord, it is very instructive to study the history of the first 30 years of the Christian Church recorded in Scripture. What Holy Days did they keep? It's surprising how many of "the feasts of...
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The Biblical Festivals That Teach Us About Jesus Christ

Few people are aware of the seven festivals God reveals in the Bible. Even fewer are aware that they center around and teach us a great deal about Jesus Christ and His role in God's plan for all mankind.
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God's Harvest Feasts: His Assurance of Hope for Mankind

Despite the enormous problems facing humanity today, mankind has great hope for the future. Proof of that hope lies in God's harvest celebrations laid out in the Bible.
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Not All Christians Observe Easter

Do true Christians celebrate Easter?
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Treasure Digest: What Is Leavening?

During the Days of Unleavened Bread we are to have no leaven or leavened products in our home (Exodus 12:15; 13:7).
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Giving an Answer: Student Asked to Explain Holy Days to Class

I was a little nervous about attending a Church of Christ university, considering the vast differences in our religious beliefs.
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Less Than Perfect

Spiritual growth is serious business. Our Christian calling requires striving for perfection.
a pair of hands holding a tiny cup of wine and a piece of unleavened bread
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The Passover Season: the Death and Life of Jesus Christ

Christian churches nominally accept the death of Jesus Christ, but most seem unaware of the true meaning of His resurrected life. God expects His people to understand both.
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What Is Leaven?

What is leaven and what products contain leaven? Why do people remove leaven from their homes during the Days of Unleavened Bread?
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John's Gospel and the Feast

Some additional technical research can help explain why John used the term "the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles" for this universal Feast.
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