Remembering the Salvation Story
BY RETELLING AND CELEBRATING
Immediately after getting out of Egypt (11:1-12:42), the Book of Exodus provides instructions for how to celebrate the story of getting out of Egypt (12:43-13:16). Every year the people of Israel were commanded to keep the Passover and Feast of the Unleavened Bread. Telling and re-telling the story of their rescue. This reveals just how prone to forget we are, even when it comes to the most important things. Even more, it reveals the goodness of our God. Because he not only redeems us, but helps us to remember it. He does so by giving us a story that comes with sacraments. Visible, tangible, experiential means to immerse ourselves in all he’s done for us. He commands his people to partake of them together and pass the story on from generation to generation.