Welcome onto the scene the final plague. It is interesting
that the majority of the passage speaks not of the importance of the death of
the firstborn, but on the redemption of those that the Lord passed over. There
is an overwhelming majority of verses dedicated to the way that Passover will
work in the future, how they are going to keep the feast and how they will
worship the Lord by remembering what he has done for them.
The parallels between the Passover feast and what will
become Holy Communion jump off of the pages. The entire point of the feast is
to celebrate the redemption of the Israelites out of Egypt. Redemption from a
life of slavery and brought into the household of God as the firstborn,
consecrated to him and inheriting the promised land.
“You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what
the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt’ and it shall be to you as a sign
on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes.” Exodus 13:8-9a
Our salvation comes through the blood of Jesus, shed on the
last day of the Passover and sealed with a new covenant meal on the Passover feast
night. Our act of celebration through Communion is just like that of the
ancient Israelites, a celebration of what the Lord did for us, bringing us up
out of slavery to sin and brought into the household of God as his child,
consecrated to him and inheriting the Kingdom.
Next time I take communion, I am not only going to think
about the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for my sins, but I will also remember
and thank God for his incredible plan, and his faithfulness through the ages.
His plan has always been the same, from the time of Moses to now. So let us
tell our children, “it is because of what the Lord did for me when I was saved
from sin.” And let us keep it as a sign on our hand and as a memorial between
our eyes. Amen.
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