Passover Week
Passover | Unleavened Bread Day 1 & 7 | First Fruits | Counting of the Omer
Passover week includes a multitude of elements. The festival of Passover itself celebrates the sparing of the Israelites from the plague of death poured out on Egypt and is fulfilled in the sacrifice of Yeshua, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. The feast of Unleavened Bread requires holy convocations on days one and seven. This celebration commemorates the Exodus. During this time, we do not eat leavened bread in a physical representation of the spiritual concept of removing sin from our lives after salvation. First Fruits is the giving of the first of the crop to the Lord in the Torah symbolizing the idea that we should bring the first and the best to the Lord as an offering, and Yeshua was the fulfillment of First Fruits in being the first to rise from the dead. The Counting of the Omer begins on the day after the seventh day Shabbat which falls in the week of Passover and continues for 50 days, linking the sacrifice of Yeshua during Passover to the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and the Ruach in the New Covenant during Shavuot.
Passover Resources
You can find all the resources you need for Passover here!
Unleavened Bread
Please check out our informational video below about when we remove the leaven from our households and why. Click here for a written version of our current understanding of the texts surrounding the week of Unleavened Bread.
Teachings for the feast of Unleavened Bread Day 1 and 7 will be up soon, so don’t forget to check back later!
When Do We Remove The Leavened Bread From Our Homes?
Unleavened Bread Day 1
Unleavened Bread Day 7
First Fruits
“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest,” (Leviticus 23:9-10)
First Fruits is the giving of the first of the crop to the Lord in the Torah symbolizing the idea that we should bring the first and the best to the Lord as an offering, and Yeshua was the fulfillment of First Fruits in being the first to rise from the dead.
Watch the video to the right for a teaching on First Fruits!
Counting of the Omer
“You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths.” (Leviticus 23:15)
The Counting of the Omer begins on the day after the seventh day Shabbat which falls in the week of Passover and continues for 50 days, linking the sacrifice of Yeshua during Passover to the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and the Ruach in the New Covenant during Shavuot.
Jump to 9:30 on the video to hear a short explanation from Dr. Michael Brown on which Sabbath to start the counting of the omer (See Leviticus 23:11)!
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Jump to 9:30 on the video to hear a short explanation from Dr. Michael Brown on which Sabbath to start the counting of the omer (See Leviticus 23:11)!
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