The Eucharist is seen as memorial meal and sacrifice to the Catholic community. This memorial meal refers to the Passover that celebrate the freedom from the slavery the Israelites faced. This occurred after God communicated to Moses through the form of a burning bush to free the Israelites from Egypt’s tyranny. The pharaoh, Ramesses, refused to release his slaves. Latterly, God introduced a plague, water turned into blood. Ramesses still persisted on enslavement. Ramesses and his people experienced many more plagues, such as darkness, hail, death of food crops, etc until the tenth plague.
Before the tenth plague, God instructed Moses,"On the tenth of this month, let each one take a lamb for each parental home… And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they will eat.. And this is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste it is a Passover sacrifice to the Lord… And the blood will be for you for a sign upon the houses where you will be, and I will see the blood and skip over you, and there will be no plague to destroy you when I smite the people of the land of Egypt(Exodus 12: 2-31).” …show more content…
The Pharaoh released Moses’ people at last and the Israelites departed. The Israelites noted the preparations, processes and ingredients of the passover sacrifice(lamb meat, bitter herbs, unleavened bread, etc.). The passover became a Jewish tradition known as the
Before the tenth plague, God instructed Moses,"On the tenth of this month, let each one take a lamb for each parental home… And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they will eat.. And this is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste it is a Passover sacrifice to the Lord… And the blood will be for you for a sign upon the houses where you will be, and I will see the blood and skip over you, and there will be no plague to destroy you when I smite the people of the land of Egypt(Exodus 12: 2-31).” …show more content…
The Pharaoh released Moses’ people at last and the Israelites departed. The Israelites noted the preparations, processes and ingredients of the passover sacrifice(lamb meat, bitter herbs, unleavened bread, etc.). The passover became a Jewish tradition known as the