17 April 2008

Passover 2008

It is almost time for the Passover service on Friday 18 April 2008, when we remember the great sacrifice that Christ made for us by allowing Himself to be killed, to pay the penalty for all the sins of mankind. We can come before God at this time, to remember that event, and recall the events that happened on the night before Christ died, at the time of Passover. And also remember that the Passover was instituted back in ancient times, when the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, and God decided it was time to let the Israelites be freed. But to do so, they had to sacrifice a lamb on the night of what we now call Passover, and God sent a death angel over Egypt to kill the firstborn of all those who did not sacrifice a lamb to God.

If you are a follower of Melchizedek (Christ) then you should be keeping the Passover, just as Christ instructed His followers to do (see Luke 22:19, 1 Corinthians 11:23-25) and participate in this annual reminder of Christ's saving sacrifice and resurrection, and eat the unleavened bread (symbolic of His broken body), drink the red wine (symbolic of His shed blood), and wash each others' feet in the footwashing ceremony that He instituted so that we may remember to be humble and to serve others.

If you are keeping the Passover this year, I hope it goes well for you, and please remember to take it in a worthy manner.