Yeast

This peace offering of thanksgiving must also be accompanied by loaves of bread made with yeast. [Leviticus 7.13]

Why, with the Peace Offering, is bread made WITH yeast acceptable when yeast is otherwise forbidden?

Jesus said:

“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. [John 14.27]

All I want to do here is compare that "peace" is something of importance both before and after the birth of Jesus.

But what does yeast have to do with anything?

It would seem to me that because we are in the world (but not of the world) that sin will remain a part of our experience. As I understand it, yeast represents sin. And, in the context of the verse above, it seems it is possible to have peace and still have yeast, or sin. Is that right?

We have to understand that all the OT scriptures point to Jesus. Their meaning and symbolism is all about Jesus. In fact, the OT scriptures have no real meaning at all apart from Jesus. If we fail to relate OT scriptures to Jesus, we are off in 'uncharted territory' and subject to gross misinterpretation!

“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! [John 5.39]

Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. [Luke 24.27]

Like the two on the road to Emmaus, if we do not see Jesus in the OT, we are subject to nothing but confusion and bewilderment!

Yeast was forbidden because there was no time to make bread with yeast when fleeing Egypt. Israel was to remember that. the absence of yeast was a constant reminder of God's deliverance from evil. It was a reminder that flight from bondage requires haste! So... to have yeast would mean that there was time to add it! It would signify a time of peace, thanksgiving, and reflection of well-being.

So, perhaps yeast does not represent sin as I previously thought?

Father, help me to understand more of You, Your Word, and Jesus every day ...regardless what I have thought in the past.