Exodus 12:21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.
Passover was the most important memorial in Israel. It was to be conducted annually in remembrance of the passing over of the Lord with judgment. In like manner, the Lord's Supper is a memorial for those under the New Covenant. In it, we remember God sees the blood of Christ over our lives; we are under His forgiveness. It reminds us we are forgiven and the great price which has been paid for that forgiveness. Let us never forget the Lord has seen our affliction and done something to save us from it.
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