My First Passover

My lovely friend Liad invited us last night to her house for Seder dinner.  It was a dream come true to be able to experience the tradition of Passover.  It was a time to learn, a time to experience Exodus 12 when God told Moses and Aaron to remember this day each year, from generation to generation. 

As I reflect on the readings and the representation of each piece I am so thankful to God who from the time of Abraham has always fulfilled His promises.  When God first made His covenant with Abraham he foreshadowed the suffering and slavery his people would face for 400 years in Egypt [Genesis 15:13].  But He promised He would get them out. 

Passover was the fulfillment of God’s promise, He redeemed Moses and the Israelite's from slavery and in ways that they probably never expected.  During this time, the people still suffered.  There were tears represented in the bitter herbs.  God didn’t bring a warrior to fight against the Egyptians.  He used Moses, Aaron, and a wooden staff, not a sword.  The plagues came from God, he showed his power with each one.  With the last plague, the houses were marked with the blood of a lamb.  It was the blood of salvation from death.  When the Holy Spirit came, the doors of the houses that were covered in blood were spared.  

I couldn’t help but think about the Passover dinner that Jesus had with is disciples before he was crucified.  How he drank from the cup of Elijah because he was the coming Messiah.  He was going to take on God’s wrath for all of the world.  During this time, the Jewish people were suffering under the rule of Rome.  They were expecting a warrior to come and fight, redeem them from the physical oppression.  But God came down himself, without a sword.   The miracles and the teaching showed his power and love for his creation.  Redemption in mind, He would conquer sin, He would conquer death.  The night following that Passover, He shed his blood, He was the blood of the lamb.  His blood of salvation from eternal death.

Taking part in Passover was a reminder that God always fulfills his promises.   It may not be in ways that we expect and sometimes we will have to suffer and face trials in the process.  But in the midst we will always see His power and his presence is always with us.   Just as he says in John 17: 33, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart!  I have overcome the world.” 

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