The first reading, we hear from the Book of Exodus, and it is about the First Passover in Egypt. On Wednesday, we heard about God reassuring Moses, even though he had many reasons why he didn't want to return to Egypt. But God said to Moses: “I will be with you.” and that was what Moses needed, is to be assured of God's presence with him as undergoes the difficult task of bringing freedom for the people of Isarel.

On Thursday, we hear about how the God of Israel is very different from the gods of Egypt, and God's power and might is shown through the ten plagues. But Moses, who was very familiar with the Egyptian gods, raised in the Egyptian ways, knowing their language, their customs, culture and traditions, but he wanted to know the name of the God in the burning bush. What is your name so that I may tell the Pharoah the one who one sent me. And God says: “I am who I am.” This God is very different from the Egyptian gods, not only because of his strength and might, but also vastly beyond our comprehension and understanding. But this God, as we believe sent His only beloved Son into the world, for our salvation and redemption.

Today, we hear the first passover in Egypt, and every year, the Jewish people would celebrate the Passover and remember how God has rescued them from slavery in Egypt and brought them to the promised land. It required the sacrifice of the lamb, which foreshadows the sacrifice of Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. The blood of the Lamb is applied on the doorposts and on the lintel. It is applied in the shape of the alphabet Chet, which means life. Whoever does not have the blood of the lamb on their doorposts, it means death in their household, and those who have the blood of the lamb, it means life. And so, like the ancestors, we ask Jesus to be in every aspect of our life, so that we may Chet, we may have life in his name.