Understanding Leaven Bread

Understanding Leaven Bread

Mat 13:33  Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 

(See also; Luke 13:21)

1Co 5:6-8  Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 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: 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. 

English definition for leaven;

Leaven is a substance that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter that is an element that produces and altering or transforming influence. A chemical breakdown.

Leaven from the Greek;

G2219 ζύμη Probably from G2204; ferment (as if boiling up): – leaven. G2204 ζέω A primary verb; to be hot (boil, of liquids; or glow, of solids), that is, (figuratively) be fervid (earnest): – be fervent.

John 6:32-35  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 

That bread is our Lord Jesus Christ.

Mat 6:11  Give us this day our daily bread.

“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump,” is to rise by way of following truths, love, eliminating repetitive evils as leaven is “like” the kingdom of heaven and heaven is the balance of goodnesses and shuns evils according to how a soul chooses to live.

“Purge out the old leaven,” meaning a soul should not be complacent-stagnent in their growth in their relationship with God. Love, faith, trust, understanding, wisdom, knowledge, and obedience.

Gal 5:9  A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. (See Also; Luke 13:21)

“Till the whole was leavened,” (The kingdom of heaven being complete within a soul.)

Mat 16:5-12  And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 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? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

Mat 5:20  For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

Scribes and Pharisees in the Greek; Scribes being writers, and interestingly Pharisees being separatists, exclusively religious, literally to disperse or wound.

Bread in the Greek;

G740 ἄρτος From G142; bread (as raised) or a loaf: – (shew-) bread, loaf. G142 αἴρω A primary verb; to lift; by implication to take up or away; figuratively to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind); specifically to sail away (that is, weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare [H5375]) to expiate sin.

To expiate sin meaning to atone-make reparations for guilt or sin. In this case, Jesus being the bread is the power of taking away the sins of the world.

Summarizing;
The kingdom of heaven being “like leaven” can be understood as being the “process” leading to a heavenly life and that life is the “bread” Jesus Christ as He works through you in accordance to your loves and progression becoming complete within the kingdom.

MJI (LightWorker)