Removing leaven
Why do Jews remove leaven at Passover? Because when the Lamb is slain, every other voice must go—only the pure teaching of the Groom may remain.
Why do the Jews cleanse their houses of leaven at Passover?[edit | edit source]
✝️ SP Summary Answer:[edit | edit source]
Because the cross is coming, and all competing teaching must go.
🫓 Leaven = Teaching[edit | edit source]
In SP, leaven is not just “sin” or “pride”—
It’s teaching—especially teaching that comes from man instead of from God.
At Passover, which represents the death of Christ, you must remove:
- 📜 Legalism (Pharisees' teaching)
- 🧠 Rationalism (Sadducees' denial of resurrection)
- 🏛 Worldly compromise (Herod’s political gospel)
These teachings puff up the flesh but cannot bring life.
Mt 16:12 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.
🕯️ Cleansing the house = preparing the bride[edit | edit source]
Just as the groom dies to offer himself,
the bride cleanses her house of all other voices,
so she may receive only His teaching—the unleavened Word.
🔥 The Teaching Must Be Pure[edit | edit source]
Leavened bread is mixed—truth + error, Spirit + flesh.
God says:
“No leaven on My altar.” (Lev. 2:11) “No blood sacrifice with leaven.” (Ex. 34:25)
Why? Because the cross teaches by purity, not mixture.
The true Word (Christ) cannot be mixed with false teaching. The bride cannot feast on two gospels.
🧩 SP Pattern:[edit | edit source]
| Element | SP Meaning |
|---|---|
| Leaven | Man’s teaching: pride, hypocrisy, compromise |
| House | The heart, the household, the bride’s realm |
| Cleansing before Passover | Rejecting all flesh-driven teaching |
| Unleavened Bread | Christ, the pure Word, broken for the bride |
🕊️ Final SP Summary[edit | edit source]
Jews cleanse their houses of leaven at Passover to teach the bride to prepare for the cross.
It’s not just about crumbs in the kitchen—
It’s about removing every voice that competes with the Groom.
Because when the Lamb is slain,
only His Word must remain.
