The Passover wasn’t just Israel’s story; it’s ours.
God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.
Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.

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The Light of the LORD, Jesus Christ, has risen upon us and set us apart as the chosen people of God.
God loves you no matter what. Loves you no matter how many times you have screwed up. Loves you to death, he does.
God has created perfectly. God is in the house and all is right with the world!
I can look at all of my failings and foolishness because I know who Christ is for me. I rest in his wisdom and life not my own.
This is the feast, the banquet to end all banquets. The LORD God is the maker and provider of this great feast which takes place for the resurrected faithful in the courts of Heaven.
Jesus is not just another king in the line of David—this is the new King David! Hosanna in the highest!
If Jesus is better than Moses, then everything changes. If Jesus is better than Moses, then the ultimate becomes the penultimate.
Jesus takes the sins of man upon Himself and carries them to the cross to make our hearts holy and acceptable in the eyes of God.
It’s not the disciples’ faith that invented the resurrection but the resurrection that gave birth to the disciples’ faith.
When we look upon the cross, we see our sin. We also see the One who washes it away and gives life.
This is an excerpt from In Defense of Christian Ritual written by David Andersen (1517 Publishing, 2021). Available for purchase this Tuesday!
While these are familiar words to us, frequently they are dealt with in ways that fail to take into account the context and the situation.