Understanding the Power of Pentecost- Part 4

The Mystery of Two Loaves

Listen to this hidden prophetic message of God in the Old Testament about how the New Testament relates to the fullness of the Gospel

Do you like a good mystery novel? The Bible is filled with intricate layers of mystery waiting to be explored and Jewish Feast Days are often clues to God’s plans of the future. From the historical chronicles of God’s instructions on celebrating these Holy Days you can find symbolic meanings that unveil new insight into the unbreakable bond between the Jew and the Gentile. It begins with two loaves of bread.
 
THE NEW HARVEST
Shavuot, or Feast of Weeks, is a joyous celebration of God’s goodness, provision, and victory in releasing the slaves from bondage.  It is called “Feast of Weeks” because the Jewish people begin counting weeks from the wave offering at Passover until they reach the 50th week. During this time of counting and waiting, they were told “you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain or new growth” (Lev 23:14) until the new harvest was ready (50 weeks later). Before eating this new grain, they would present it as an offering to the LORD in accordance with His instructions: “You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made from two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD (Lev 23:17). 

This would have been the first bread made with yeast since Passover and this offering would always be accompanied by a lamb sacrifice.
 
WHY TWO LOAVES?
What’s special about the instructions for these two loaves is that in comparison to Passover’s unleavened bread, this one was to be made with leaven (yeast). This bread represents us, and as humans we have faults and defects, we fail and fall, and that is the leaven in us. 

But it is God who lifts us up, and we are presented before Him as first fruits that He cleanses, sanctifies, and makes whole.
 
“The  priest is to wave the two lambs before the LORD as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the LORD for the priest.” — Leviticus 23:20
 
This hidden prophetic message of God in the Old Testament about the New Testament relates to the fullness of the Gospel concerning the salvation of Jews and Gentiles. The two loaves are a representation of the unbreakable bond He has created between the two divided groups. It has always been His plan to bring Jews and Gentiles together. Pentecost was that historic moment in time when the Gospel went out from the people of Israel to the Gentiles, uniting the two nations into one through Christ.
 
In this mystery, we see that the old harvest has transformed into the new harvest. The leaven, also known as sin, has been sanctified through the offering of new harvest, cleansed by the LORD with the blood of  Jesus, the Lamb of God. The first fruits of that new harvest are symbolized by our lives, families and everything we own. When we lift them up in dedication to the LORD, it can only return to us increased and multiplied in blessings.
 
WE NEED TO TELL THEM! It is our obligation to share the good news of this new harvest transformation with the Jewish people. For far too long, they have been kept in the dark of concerning the truth of who Yeshua is and what He can do for them. Partner with VOJI to bring the Gospel message of unity and let’s bring forth a new harvest worthy of our King.