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Faith column: Celebrate Passover Seder with your community

Posted at 11:49 am March 17, 2013
By Dale Crank Leave a Comment

Passover Seder at Midtown Community Center

Passover Seder at Midtown Community Center (Submitted photos)

For the 12th consecutive year, we are preparing to celebrate the Passover Seder, and we hope that you will join us and bring a friend. We plan to “keep the feast” on March 24 at 5:30 p.m.

Passover celebrates the deliverance of Israel from slavery to Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. Through it, by His sovereignty and providence, God has provided us a picture of our redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ. Even though it has become a ritualistic observance for some, God never intended it to be that. He knew that His people—if they were honestly and earnestly looking for their Messiah—would recognize Him as the Passover Lamb. This was Jesus’ intent at the Last Supper, the night before His crucifixion when He established the Eucharist (The Lord’s Supper).

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Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: Dale Crank, Egypt, God, Israel, Jesus Christ, Jewish ceremony, Lord's Supper, Midtown Community Center, Oak Ridge Alliance Church, Passover Lamb, Passover Seder, slavery

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