The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a Biblical Feast for seven days that represents the purging of the leaven of malice and wickedness out of the one’s life, both physically and spiritually.

Biblical Origin

This Holy Day was initially given in the Bible in Exodus 12:15-17 to the Israelites as they prepared to leave Egypt. It was given as a permanent annual observance (see: Exodus 12:14).

Observance by Jesus Christ and the Church of God

The Feast of Unleavened Bread was observed by Jesus Christ as a child and later as an adult (as recorded in Luke 2:41, Matthew 26:17). The early Church, imitating Christ in His religious practices, observed it as well (as recorded in Acts 20:6).

Observance

During this Holy Day, observers refrain from consumption of leavened food items such as Bread in an effort to symbolize the effort required to remove sin from one's own life and instead eat Unleavened Bread (Bread made without Leavening, such as: Yeast or Baking Soda ). The removal of leavening, symbolizes the removal of the leaven of malice and wickedness out of the one’s life. Whereas the Unleavened Bread symbolizes the partaking of God’s nature, the "unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (See: 1-Corinthians 5:6-13; Luke 12:1).

Common Types of Leavening:

• Yeast
• Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
• Baking Powder
• Ammonium Carbonate
• Cream of Tartar*
• Sodium Phosphate
• Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
• Disodium Pyrophosphate
• Sodium Aluminium Phosphate

Brewer’s Yeast, Autolyzed Yest, Torula Yeast and Yeast Extract are not leavening agents.