A Call to the Faithful: Purge the Leaven, Embrace the Fire By: Chaim Malespin

A Call to the Faithful: Purge the Leaven, Embrace the Fire

Chaim Malespin

Beloved Kehila,

As the winds of war intensify around us, and the days ahead grow increasingly uncertain, we find ourselves at a crossroads of prophetic fulfillment, spiritual warfare, and national destiny. This is not the time to be passive. It is the hour to stand firm, to search our hearts, and to keep the feast—not with the old leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

“Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened.

For even Messiah our Passover is sacrificed for us:

Therefore let us keep the feast… with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

—1 Corinthians 5:7–8

The Searchlight of Elohim

It is prayer time.

We cry out: “Search us, O Elohim, with the candle. Remove all that puffs up!”

Leaven is not just yeast—it is sin in seed form. It is pride disguised as strength, corruption masked as culture. It inflates the ego and deflates the spirit. In this season of Pesach, we are called to clean our homes and more importantly, our hearts.

“He will guard the feet of His faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,

for not by might shall a man prevail.”

—1 Samuel 2:9

The Winds Are Blowing

The media echoes what we already discern in the Spirit: the winds of war are blowing. Israel is on high alert. Some units have already received preliminary orders. Reserve divisions may be called up at any moment.

We are not just facing strong gusts—we are approaching a hurricane as we stare down Iran and its proxies. Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and others—backed by ancient hatred—are aligning. But this is not just a physical war. It is a spiritual shaking, and the faithful must not be asleep.

The Ongoing Mission of the Kehila

Even as others prepare for deployment, let us not forget: the mission of the Kehila continues. We must keep watch over the next generation. The interviews, the screenings, the training—they continue. We build while others battle. We pray while others march.

We are the ecclesia, the Kehila, the called-out ones. And we stand not only for our borders—but for the Kingdom of Elohim.

Lightning, Fire, and the Vision of Enoch

“I went into the tongues of fire and drew near to a large house built of crystals…

Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, with fiery cherubim between them.”

—1 Enoch 14

The Prophet Enoch saw a house of lightning and fire, a realm where no flesh can live. The closer we draw to Elohim’s presence, the more we realize: this is a consuming fire. Just as leaven cannot survive fire, neither can hypocrisy survive in the house of glory.

Mountains of Fire and Stars in Judgment

In 1 Enoch 18, we read of Enoch being shown seven stars like great burning mountains—stars who had become lightning but could not retain their new form. These were not just celestial bodies—they were watchers, angelic beings who transgressed Elohim’s order and fell into eternal chains of judgment.

“This place is the end of heaven and earth: it has become a prison for the stars and the host of heaven.”

Let it be a warning to us—to remain faithful, to walk in obedience, and not seek to shine in ways we were never anointed to.

From Shadows to Full Day

“But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

which shines brighter and brighter until full day.”

—Proverbs 4:18

“Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away,

I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.”

—Song of Songs 4:6

Believers are being called out of shadows and into the full day. We cannot linger in half-truths or gray areas. We must climb the mountain of myrrh (sacrifice) and ascend the hill of frankincense (worship). Yeshua, our Messiah, has opened the way.

The War Scroll and the Ecclesia

As we reflect on the War Scroll from Qumran, we are reminded: this is not just Israel against her enemies. It is the Sons of Light versus the Sons of Darkness. The Kehila is not passive—we are warriors, priests, and intercessors.

We stand in the gap.

We sound the shofar.

We break the leavened altars.

“The adversaries of YHWH shall be broken to pieces; against them He will thunder in heaven.”

—1 Samuel 2:10

Dragons in the Shadows

There is a dragon in the heavens, enraged because he knows his time is short (Revelation 12). He is stirring up nations, media, ideologies, and even religious institutions. But the Kehila stands. We are clothed in righteousness and carry the testimony of Yeshua the Messiah.

Love Is the Ultimate

We cannot fight this battle in the flesh. We cannot wage war with bitterness or arrogance. The ultimate weapon remains ahavah—love. Not sentiment, but covenantal love. The kind of love that purifies, that lays down its life, that confronts sin in truth and restores in grace.

A Nation Under Fire and Favor

Even as we face war, Israel is building.

A new $1.4 billion border barrier with Jordan is underway.

The minimum wage will increase on April 1, 2025, raising it to 6,247 NIS per month. These are signs that Elohim is still prospering His people, even in the fire.

The Reality of the Deep State in Israel

Let us not be naïve. Just as there is a spiritual war, there are battles in the gates—in courts, in security services, in media, and in education.

The “deep state” in Israel is a term often used to describe unelected power centers:

The Judiciary – Supreme Court and Attorney General seen as overriding elected authority.

Shabak and Mossad – powerful, but sometimes accused of suppressing dissent.

Senior Bureaucracy – officials who resist conservative or Torah-based reforms.

Media and Academia – shaping public thought, often opposing nationalist movements.

Legacy Political Networks – remnants of the secular elite from Israel’s founding.

Some say this undermines democracy. Others claim it preserves balance. But as believers, we discern that the real battle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities that seek to keep Zion from her calling.

What the Corinthians Dealt With—And So Do We

Our modern Kehila is not unlike the Corinthians:

Divisions and factions – “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos.”

Immorality tolerated – sin excused in the name of grace.

Disorder in worship – gifts abused instead of used in love.

Denying resurrection power – walking in form, without fire.

And yet, the message remains:

Purge the leaven. Return to the fire. Let Messiah be our center.

Final Cry: Strengthen Your People, King of Glory

As the full day approaches, and the leaven is burned away, let us lift this cry:

“Strengthen Your people, O King of Glory!”

Let the winds of war purify, not petrify.