The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Exodus 12:15-20, “’Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
16 ‘On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you.
17 ‘You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a permanent ordinance.
18 ‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
19 ‘Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land.
20 ‘You shall not eat anything leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.'”

Well, it’s that season of the year. Athletic Directors are sizing things up and determining what coaches will be rehired and what ones will be let go. When the season is active, you might think that the coach is the one in charge. But if the team isn’t winning, you’ll soon learn that there’s someone higher up than the coach.

Our verses above hardly have to reach back to the commencement of the chapter for us to learn that the LORD is the “AD” and Moses and Aaron are the coaches in charge of seeing that the nation of Israel is instructed to do as the LORD, through Moses and Aaron, directs them.

(So much for those “preachers” today who see nothing of value in the Old Testament! When they exclude the Old, it’s not long before they exclude the New. Better listen up, fellows! Best not to follow them.) Do you follow the directives of your medical advisor regarding perscriptions? It seems like a good idea. Too much of one script might be as harmful as too little of another.

There is no contradition in Scripture! Where there “appears” to be, pastors, who believe in the entirety of the Scriptures, are trained in biblical languages (Hebrew & Greek) and comparative analysis enabling them to guide us in understanding God’s true meaning. If your pastor is not one who clearly defines the Bible’s true meaning, it might be time for you to look for a pastor who does. In the meantime, diligently search the Scriptures! The “game” has begun and you’re on the starting lineup!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need
until He becomes all that we have.”
– Corrie ten Boom