Ray's whole premise of his teachings is that
the Bible is a parable ....so duh folks....
the kingdom is like.....three measures of meal
mixed with leaven
Jesus said
I am the Light I am the Bread I am TruthLight dispels Darkness Truth dispels Error Bread feeds and Nourishes dispels hunger or wantSince you asked about bread lets look at what the scripture shows us
Note Matthew and Luke tell us but Mark makes no mention of this parable
Mat 13:33
Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'
Luk 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal , till that all was leavened.'
In the OT
When the Lord and Angels appeared to Abraham before Sodom was destroyed
Gen 18:6
And Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, `Hasten three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;' Noticed hastened...no time like when Israel left Egypt they were told to prepare their bread
Exo 12:11
`And thus ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah's passover, so now you see Sarah was serving the heavenlies...what else would they eat?
Leaven causes fermentation..a type of decomposition
There are three crops harvested...three feast : barley wheat and grapes
When leaven is added to these three ....fermentation occurs
Wait a second
...barley does not ferment ....leaven has no effect
The few loaves of barley the boy had...the few and the many Only John mentions the type of bread in the miracles
Joh 6:9
There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these--what are they to so many?
Joh 6:13
they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten]The barley represents his elect....they were given grace..five, and will be broken into 12..number of foundation
(Mar 13:22)
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.Even is is was possible to deceive (leaven) but it is not because God has sealed these
In Egypt during the exodus
the barley was smitten so the passover bread they were making was wheat
(Exo 9:31)
And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley is budding, and the flax forming flowers,
(Exo 9:32)
and the wheat and the rye have not been smitten, for they are late.God was not going to let them eat leavened bread The bread they ate therefore HAD TO BE UNLEAVEN...in order for them to be delivered
Oh there are so many witnesses in the scriptures when like Ray says you read ALL the words, here is one in Elisha that I like
(2Ki 4:38) And Elisha hath turned back to Gilgal, and the famine is in the land, and the sons of the prophets are sitting before him, and he saith to his young man, `Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.'
(2Ki 4:39) And one goeth out unto the field to gather herbs, and findeth a vine of the field, and gathereth of it gourds of the field--the fulness of his garment--and cometh in and splitteth them into the pot of pottage, for they knew them not;
(2Ki 4:40) and they pour out for the men to eat, and it cometh to pass at their eating of the pottage, that they have cried out, and say, `
Death is in the pot, O man of God!' and they have not been able to eat.(2Ki 4:41) And he saith, `
Then bring ye meal;' and he casteth into the pot, and saith, `Pour out for the people, and they eat;' and there was no evil thing in the pot.
(2Ki 4:42) And a man hath come from Baal-Shalishah, and
bringeth in to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of grain in its husk, and he saith, `Give to the people, and they eat.'
the meal and bread represent the truth of God and dispels the “death in the pot”. This “meal”, no doubt, typically refers to the restoration of the truth concerning the life and earthly pathway of Jesus, which has been lost to sight more or less since the orthodox church established herself. The WOMAN has PUT the Leven in the three measures of the world.
The story of Ruth is a shadow of the marriage feast of the bride and Christ ..it all occurs in the barley harvest
(Ruth 3:2) and now, is not Boaz of our acquaintance, with whose young women thou hast been? lo, he is winnowing the threshing-floor of barley tonight,
(Rth 3:15) And he saith, `Give the covering which is on thee, and keep hold on it;' and she keepeth hold on it, and he measureth six measures of barley, and layeth it on her; and he goeth into the city.
(Rth 3:17) And she saith, `These six measures of barley he hath given to me, for he said, Thou dost not go in empty unto thy mother-in-law.'
(Rth 3:18) And she saith, `Sit still, my daughter, till thou dost know how the matter falleth, for the man doth not rest except he hath completed the matter today.'
Now to tie it all together
The first lesson in the Bible, is that “the evening and the morning were the first day”. The Hebrew root of the “evening” means “mixture” or “mingling together”, while that of the “morning” means “separation” or “distinguishing between
So the putting away of “leaven” (our thoughts, which are not God’s thoughts) means the receiving of His thoughts – for if you put away darkness, you cannot help but have light
The lesson this teaches is that those who are content with “mixture” of truth and error, are as certain to go on into darkness, as evening is to develop into night.
Those who come out of Babylon are like the dawn-light of the morning go on to the brightness of high noon -he is the Way to the Father .
So therfore let us be those who refuse mixture, “leaven” and darkness and remember that “he that is spiritual discerneth all things” (1 Cor. 2;15) and also that “in Him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1;5)
Leaven cause the the material to expand rise. and change nature
sounds a lot like ...attempt to resurrect by self
It is God that will resurrect not man
God does not want his Bread / Word corrupted
Eileen I am not sure what exactly you are looking for but I can tell you that there are many levels of spiritual meanings about leaven and that I have only touched on a few.
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