June 6

Matthew 13:33
“Another parable spoke He unto them: The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened” — Matthew 13:3333Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (Matthew 13:33).
OF old there was to be no leaven in the sacrifices or in the meal offering (Lev. 2:11; 6:1711No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire. (Leviticus 2:11)
17It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. (Leviticus 6:17)), and all leaven was to be put out of the Israelite’s home at the time of the Passover (Ex. 12:15; 13:715Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. (Exodus 12:15)
7Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. (Exodus 13:7)). This is explained for us in 1 Corinthians 5:6-86Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Corinthians 5:6‑8) as representing malice and wickedness. The disciples were warned against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy and self-righteousness, and the leaven of the Sadducees, which is false doctrine (Matt. 16:6,11, 126Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. (Matthew 16:6)
11How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12Then 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. (Matthew 16:11‑12)), also of the leaven of Herod, which is worldliness and political corruption (Mark 8:1515And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. (Mark 8:15)). The Corinthians were warned against the leaven of immorality, which, if unchecked, would leaven the whole Church (1 Cor. 5:66Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (1 Corinthians 5:6)), and the Galatians were warned in the same way against the leaven of legality (Gal. 5:99A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. (Galatians 5:9)). Nowhere is the gospel likened to leaven, and certainly it is not to be “hidden,” but openly declared.
The woman here represents the false Church who corrupts the truth of God. It is our responsibility to set forth that truth in the Spirit’s power.
“Men tear the old faith into fragments,
And build, on the truth they deny,
Strange towers of fancy and fable,
And deem they can mount to the sky.
Away with ‘New Thought’ and ‘New Knowledge’
That voice the old lies of the past;
That only perplex and bewilder,
To leave us in doubt at the last.
To Thee, the Life-Bringer, Life-Giver, ―
To Thee, the one Truth, the one Way,
The one Light that lightens our darkness.
The one God who hears when we pray;
Who looseth the chains of the captives,
And setteth the prisoners free;
O Jesus, Thou Son of the Father.
To whom shall we go, but to Thee?”
―Annie Johnson Flint.