A Theological Thought on Passover

God gave the Israelites the Law of Moses way back when. This was the way to have a relationship with God, through sacrifice and adhering to the law. When Jesus came he said he did not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. He fulfilled it by becoming the ultimate sacrifice. Animal sacrifices were not sufficent enough to cover our sins, so we had to keep doing them, but Jesus, he was more than enough. Perhpaps, in the same way, Jesus fulfilled the Passover. Passover is a Jewish holiday that commemorates God leading Israel out of slavery in Egypt after the 10 plagues in Exodus. (It's called passover cause death passed over the Hebrews' first borns, but not the Egyptians). Part of celebrating passover involves the passover meal, or the Seder. Originally, a special lamb was supposed to be sacrified. Jesus's last meal was the Seder. The last Seder we would ever have to do for Jesus became the ultimate passover lamb. He freed us from slavery to the law. We take communion to remember that passover is no longer necessary! The sacrificial system is over cause Jesus fulfilled it. The Jews were freed from Egypt, but the world was freed from sin. I'm not saying if you want to celebrate Passover, you shouldn't. I'm only saying that God took his plan for that holiday so much further, and I think that's really cool.

In Addendum, Thinking about communion, why is it communal? Why do we only "do this in remembrance" of Jesus in church? I can see why Catholics see the need as the priest must bless it and then it transubstatiates and all that, but as Protestants why do we? We know it is still bread and juice (or wine). The point of communion is what it represents, so why not see representations of Christ's sacrifice in everything I eat? Why would it be nothing other than wonderful to say this pepsi is his blood spilled for me or these tacos are his body? The very reason I am able to live and drink and eat at all is because of him! I think every supper should be the Lord's supper. That's the "grace" we should say over our meals. Just a thought.