The Exodus story was not being erased—it was being fulfilled. Just as the first Passover lamb shielded Israel from judgment, Christians understand Jesus as the Lamb whose sacrifice shields humanity from sin and death. Liberation once meant freedom from Pharaoh. Now it meant freedom from bondage of a deeper kind.
Lent invites us to stand in both doorways at once.
We remember the Israelites eating in haste, trusting the promise of deliverance. We remember the disciples reclining in an upper room, unaware that by morning the Lamb Himself would be led to slaughter. We remember that freedom has always been costly.
Passover teaches that God moves toward the oppressed. That judgment and mercy can stand on the same night. That redemption requires response—obedience, trust, readiness to move when God says move.
As Holy Week approaches, the ancient cry in Egypt and the quiet prayer in Gethsemane meet in one sweeping story: the God who hears, the God who saves, the God who passes over, and the God who gives Himself.
And each generation must answer again: What does this mean to you?
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