The God of Abraham instructed Moses to tell his people to sacrifice a lamb and pour its blood upon their doorposts, so that the angel of death passing through Egypt would spare them.
Moses obeyed, and his people were delivered from bondage.
In remembrance and thanksgiving, Israel celebrates Passover.
Thirteen centuries later, in that same land, during the Passover meal, a Jewish teacher—Jesus Christ—told his disciples that he was establishing a new covenant: one of his own body and blood, to be received just as the Passover lamb had once been.
Such teaching, along with his other reforms, did not sit well with many. He was crucified.
Yet his disciples proclaimed that he rose on the third day and appeared to them. They carried this message to the farthest corners of the world.
Those who believed began to observe this covenant—not as a repetition of sacrifice, but as a living remembrance. And after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the old system of sacrifice came to an end and has not been restored to this day.
The new covenant, however, continued—embraced by millions who followed the way of Jesus Christ, worshipping in truth and spirit, with a Jerusalem built in their hearts through faith.
Who could have imagined that this teacher from Galilee, on a Passover night, was inaugurating a covenant that would reach beyond the one given through Moses?
Today, as the world watches the strength, resilience, and achievements of Israel, another question quietly remains—not of power, but of spirit.
For any people called to a spiritual center, greatness is not found in strength and knowledge alone, but in justice, mercy, love, and compassion—within themselves and toward the world around them—virtues embodied by this Jew, the same Jewish teacher, two thousand years ago.
This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Happy Easter. ✨
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