Alive-O 4 Term 3: Lesson 2

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Alive-O 4Term 3 Lesson 2

• We Gather Together to Celebrate

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The Passover

• Moses and his people had been slaves in Egypt
• for many years. They had been badly treated by
• their Egyptian masters. They longed to be free.
• They longed to be back in their own land.

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• Then one day, Moses called all the leaders of
• the people together. From now on, this month
• will be the first month of the year for us this
• will be the first month of our peoples freedom.

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• I will lead you out of slavery, out of Egypt. The
  
• Lord your God is setting you free.

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• In preparation for this great event, the people
• followed the instructions the Lord God had given
• Moses. They prepared a special meal of lamb, and
• as the Lord God had said, if any family is too
  small
• to eat a whole lamb, they and their neighbours
• should share one between them.

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• On the night they were to leave, the people
• gathered in their family groups. They ate the
• roast lamb with bitter herbs and unleavened
• bread. They ate quickly, as they stood dressed
• and ready to flee.

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• Before they left, Moses told the people, When
• you have left Egypt, when you are no longer
• slaves in a strange land but are free people in
• your own land, you and your children must
• celebrate this day.

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• You must celebrate it each year. When your
• children ask you what you are doing and why you
• are doing it you must say to them, We continue
  to
• celebrate the Passover, to remind us of what the
• Lord our God has done for us.

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• Many years later, in the first month of every
• year, Jesus got together with his family or
• friends and disciples to celebrate the Passover
• as a reminder of how the Lord our God had set
• the people free.

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• At the Last Supper Jesus celebrated the Passover
• with his disciples. During the Last Supper Jesus
• took bread, blessed it and shared it. He said,
  This
• is my body.

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• He took wine, blessed it and shared it. He said,
• This is my blood.

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• He told his disciples to do this in memory of
• him. He told them that he would be with them
• always.