Feast of Unleavened Bread is the second feast that Yahuah commanded the children of Israel to observe yearly throughout their generations. This feast not only reminds the children of Israel of their hasty exodus from Egypt, but foreshadowed HaMashiach's life which was without sin.
After the children of Israel did everything that Yahuah commanded Mosheh to do—regarding the Passover lamb and how to partake of it— they were protected from the last plague of Egypt which killed all the firstborns in the land including livestock. During the night, Pharaoh realized that he too was affected and decided to let Yahuah's chosen go (Exodus 12:31-21).
Upon this decree, the children of Israel had to leave Egypt in haste. Not only did they gather their belongings but the Egyptians gave them vast resources that added to the wealth of Israel (Exodus 12:33-36).
Israel entered into Egypt with only 70 people, by the time they were leaving they left as a mixed multitude (including a few Egyptians) of 600,000 men. If half of them were married and had at least one child, that is approximately 1,200,000 Israelites (including the strangers among them) (Exodus 12:37-38).
Preparing food for the journey, they did not have time to include leaven or allow for their bread to rise; hence the name unleavened bread. Leaven was an ingredient that was heavily used in Egypt, but it was not an ingredient that the children Israel used prior to their captivity (Exodus 12:39).
Leaven, according to the bible, is synonymous with sin. This can be seen when the children of Israel left Egypt and they ran out of bread. Yahuah continually provided food for them by giving them manna to eat (a sweet wafer-like bread). Even still they were upset that they had to leave their "good lives" in Egypt where they had the finer things, despite being captives. Those finer things included false god worship, ungodly customs and traditions, and a sinful way of thinking. This is confirmed when Yahuah vowed that the children who left from out of Egypt would not see the Promised Land because of their murmuring and longing for Egypt (Numbers 14).
New Testament (Renewed Covenant)
In the renewed covenant, we find HaMashiach instructing His disciples to eat of the bread and wine in remembrance of Him. Was this by coincidence? No, As we can see in Matthew 26, Mark 14, and Luke 22, Yahushua was partaking in the annual Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread. As he said, the unleavened bread represented His body and the wine, His blood. Therefore, we keep this feast day in remembrance of HaMashiach.
And as they were eating, יהושע took bread, and having blessed, broke and gave it to the taught ones and said, “Take, eat, this is My body.” And taking the cup, and giving thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood, that of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins. But I say to you, I shall certainly not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on till that day when I drink it anew with you in the reign of My Father. And having sung a song, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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