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What is Passover really about?
The more I mull over the Exodus story, the more I think it’s always been about change – or more accurately — about our very human inclination to resist change.
At every point in the story, we come across resistance to the transitions faced by the Israelites. Again and again the characters in the tale cling tenaciously to what was, even though the promise of what is to come is so much more inspiring.
Consider Moses. God comes down from the Heavens, and says, “Moses. I choose you to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.” And what does Moses say? “I don’t think so God. You’ve got the wrong guy. Try someone else.”
The story of Exodus tells us over and over again that all human beings fear change even when all the evidence is pointing towards how much better the unknown will be.
What is this fear all about? What are we so scared of?
Uncertainty, one could say. We all fear uncertainty. We fear what we don’t know.
Categories: Behaviour, Faith, Psychology, Religion