History of the Eucharist

3000 years ago, the Egyptians enslaved the Israelites. Moses, a simple Jewish shepherd, was instructed by God to free the Israelites. In the book of Exodus, it is read how God asked them to sacrifice a lamb and sprinkle its blood on their doorposts. Those who did this would be passed by the angel of death and spared, hence the 'Passover'. As they began their exodus out of Egypt, they ate unleavened bread, made necessary because of their hurry to leave. The Jewish Passover meal commemorated the liberation of the Israelites and the great act by God for his people. …