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Jesus was dismayed that after he had miraculously produced bread that his disciples would think he was concerned about bread when he made reference to leaven. He was using leaven figuratively, not literally. | Jesus was dismayed that after he had miraculously produced bread that his disciples would think he was concerned about bread when he made reference to leaven. He was using leaven figuratively, not literally. | ||
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:[[Mt 16:6]] Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. | :[[Mt 16:6]] Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. | ||
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:[[Lu 12:1]] In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy [teaching one thing and doing another]. | :[[Lu 12:1]] In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy [teaching one thing and doing another]. | ||
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Revision as of 21:47, 18 February 2014
Contents
Leaven is not literal
- Mr 8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
- Mr 8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have no bread.
- Mr 8:17 And when Jesus knew [it], he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
- Mr 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- Mr 8:19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
- Mr 8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
- Mr 8:21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Jesus was dismayed that after he had miraculously produced bread that his disciples would think he was concerned about bread when he made reference to leaven. He was using leaven figuratively, not literally.
The Pharisee's leaven
- Mt 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- Mt 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
- Mt 16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine [teaching] of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- Lu 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy [teaching one thing and doing another].
God's leaven
The kingdom of heaven is likened to leaven. If leaven referred to 'sin' as some people say, this verse makes no sense. But leaven is 'teaching' as seen above. The number three re-enforces that it is God's teaching as a hint of the Trinity. Three portions of leaven are hidden in three lumps of meal. Meal is the harvest of the field (the church) which has gone through threshing and grinding (tribulation). There are three portions of meal because the church also belongs to God. Since we are 'like' Christ, the three portions of meal also refer to the teaching which is hidden in Christ as God. But who is the woman? Mary taught Jesus what she knew of the teaching of God. And Christ taught the church. (see Woman as Christ)
Paul says to get rid of bad teaching
- 1Co 5:1 ¶ It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
- 1Co 5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- 1Co 5:3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, [concerning] him that hath so done this deed,
- 1Co 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- 1Co 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
- 1Co 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- 1Co 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
- 1Co 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Paul is distraught not only at the blatant sin of one of the members, but at the arrogance of the church in permitting him to continue in his sin as part of the church. The example was teaching others to sin. The leaven is not the sin. Paul commanded them to purge the leaven, and one cannot purge his own sin, but he can purge out his old beliefs and teachings. The new leaven is that "Christ our passover is sacrificed for us"; the teaching of the cross.
