This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.
Exodus 12:14
This verse refers to the observance of the Passover -- the time when God passed over the homes of Israelites and visited a killing plague on the Egyptians. Then God helped the Israelites to pass over the Red Sea and escape slavery in search of a promised land and freedom. Passover has been observed more or less annually for more than 3,000 years. This year's observance began last night.
Tonight Christians will have their own day of remembrance, remembering Jesus' last supper, which took place in conjunction with his observance of Passover. We've been observing that event for a mere 2,000 years.
But there are some differences from the Passover. We are not limited to an annual observance what Jesus has done for us. Rather we can observe it many times a year. And our observance is not only about something which took place in the past. It is about what continues to happen in the present. The risen Christ continues to offer us escape from slavery -- slavery to sin and death. He has also promised to be present in the bread and the wine -- in an unexplained but very real way.
It is good for us to know the story of the Exodus. It is even better for us to live that story as people of faith who put our trust in Jesus Christ and his gracious love.
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