Rev Mendez Sermons & Notes

The Day of the Unleavened Bread  Rev. Arturo Mendez   Sermon Text: Lev. 23:4-8 Matt: 26:17:29   Sermon Theme: the Day of Unleavened Bread         Lev:23:4-8     4  “These are the appointed feasts of the   Lord , the   holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.   5  In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, [ a ]   is the   Lord 's Passover.   6  And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the   Lord ; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.   7  On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. 8  But you shall present a food offering to the   Lord   for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”   23:4–8 This passage and its parallel in Num 28:16–25 provide further regulations for Passover, which was instituted in Exod 12 (compare Deut 16:1–8). Passover is an annual commemoration of events leading