Deuteronomy 16:3
You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.
Tag: Remember When You Came Out of Egypt
The nation of Israel was redeemed from the land of Egypt. God redeemed them by killing all the first born of the Egyptians. This is called the Passover. In the above passage we are reading that the Passover is to be observed for the purpose of remembering their former bondage in Egypt. So, too, Christians today observe the Lord’s Table - Communion. This is for us to remember we were redeemed by the first born of God, Jesus. It is also to remind us that Jesus observed the Lord’s Table and said to keep on observing it until He comes again. So, the Lord’s Table is a reminder of the past and a reminder of the future. We are remembering that we WERE redeemed and we WILL BE glorified - taken to heaven some day. God wants us to remember what He did for us and what He will soon do for us. We are now set free from the penalty of sin (redemption) and we will be set free from the presence of sin (glorification). We are to remember.
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