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Friend, it's time to clean house and prepare for the presence of God!

Exodus 12:15  Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. 

There is a divine order in Passover that cannot be ignored. After the lamb is chosen and the blood is applied, God immediately commands something that reaches deeper than deliverance -- the removal of leaven. For seven days, no leaven was to be found in their homes. This was not partial or symbolic; it was thorough. In Scripture, leaven represents sin, mixture, and hidden corruption -- the things that quietly spread and influence the whole. It is what is often unseen yet active, tolerated yet transformative. And God’s command was clear: it must be removed completely. This same call carries into the New Covenant: "Cleanse out the old leaven…" (1 Corinthians 5:7). Deliverance is not the end of the process -- it is the beginning. What God brings you out of, He also calls you to be cleansed from.

In Jewish homes, this became a careful and intentional practice. Families would take a candle and search every part of the house for even the smallest trace of leaven. Nothing was too small, nothing overlooked. This is a powerful picture of what God does within us. He searches the heart in the same way -- not to condemn, but to purify; not to shame, but to prepare. The light of His presence reveals what was hidden, what was tolerated, and what has quietly been shaping us beneath the surface. This pattern is not only seen in the Old Testament -- it is fulfilled in Yeshua (Jesus). After He entered Jerusalem on the 10th of Nisan as the Passover Lamb, His first act was to cleanse the temple, driving out the money changers and overturning the tables. This was not random -- it was prophetic. The Lamb had entered the house, and the first thing He did was cleanse it.

This reveals a profound truth: when the Lamb is received, cleansing follows. God does not dwell in mixture or share space with corruption -- He comes to cleanse what belongs to Him. And now the temple is no longer a building; it is your life. There is a personal call in this. You may have experienced deliverance and know the power of the blood, but now comes the deeper work -- removing the leaven. Not just the obvious things, but the hidden ones: the attitudes we justify, the compromises we tolerate, the areas we have allowed to remain untouched. Because leaven does not stay contained -- it spreads.

Friend, this is a holy invitation just for you. The Lamb has entered your life, and even now He is inspecting your temple -- not to push you away, but to cleanse you -- because you belong to Him. Let Him search your heart, let Him show you what needs to go, and trust Him enough to let it go. Don’t resist this work, because He is preparing you for something greater than you can see right now. Just as Israel could not carry leaven into the feast, you can’t carry a mixture into what God is leading you into. This is your moment to be made clean -- because where leaven is removed, His presence rests, His power grows stronger, and His purpose becomes clear. This is the hour of the harvest, and revival begins with you -- one cleansed vessel at a time -- so let it begin in your life today.

Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach Pesach! Wishing you a wonderful holiday weekend—we’ll see you first thing Monday!

George & Baht Rivka (Currently in Maryland)

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