Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread...

Well, today is a Wednesday and it's our last Bible study for the semester with Adrene. For those who don't know, Adrene is a staff from the Fellowship of Evangelical Students (FES) who is helping in our Christian Fellowship (CF).

Since Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread is coming soon, Adrene decided that we would have a Passover of our own. So, we actually bought 'chapati' as our Unleavened Bread. Haahaa..Adrene cooked some other dishes as well, including delicious meatballs, mashed potatoes and Adrene's 1st attempt on 'ratatouille', which was good. We discussed on the significance of this Feast and it is actually (sorry if it's not accurate...we only discussed not researched it...) to remember the time when God saved the people of Israel by striking down every first-born son of the people in Egypt. The people of Israel who obeyed God marked their houses with animal blood and was then 'passed over' and was saved. The Pharaoh then released the Israelites. The reason why they used unleavened (bread without yeast) was because when the were escaping, they didn't have time to wait for the bread to rise, so they made bread without yeast. It is also said that yeast symbolizes sin as even the littlest amount of yeast present in the bread will spread and make the whole bread rise, just like sin in us.

After we finished eating, Adrene brought out a few basins of water. We initially thought that it was for us to wash our hands. Apparently, it wasn't. She took out a container of salt and a bottle of handwash and actually offered to wash our feet. We were so shocked! Our first reaction was to decline the offer, not many were very willing to let her wash our feet. So 'pai seh'....

When she washed my feet, it was a mixture of feelings. I was 'pai seh' as well as very humbled. My heart broke when I saw the expression on her face. Her expression was that of great humility and love. It reminded me of the time when Jesus washed his disciples' feet. He did that with great humility and with great love. After that some of us including myself went and washed the feet of others. It was a really humbling experience and also a great honour to be able to wash your friends' feet.

Adrene later mentioned on how Jesus washed the feet of his disciples even though he knew one of them was going to betray him and one of them would deny him in times of persecution. Yet, he still washed their feet, showing such great love for them; for us. It was a great night and Bible study was excellent. It was really a life changing experience. Looking forward to the Bible study next semester!!! =P