It was necessary that the people of Israel do a series of particular things in a particular way, sacrifice a lamb, eat it hurriedly with loins girded, each in their own house.
We must encourage our people to stay safe, and we must model the safety we want our people to have by extending our carefulness into our houses of worship — praising God with only the minimum people there, making a service or ceremony by livestream or prerecording, even reducing the number of musicians to one or two and keeping them six feet away from one another.
For example, we are called to care for the people who cannot afford their own lamb to sacrifice and to protect themselves (Exodus 12:4); there are lots of people who need help during this ‘passover’ without risking exposure to the virus itself.
God is working through the ways that you are encouraging your people each day through emails, texts, phone calls, and video conferences, reminding them that they have overcome greater troubles than this.
And, please keep the people safe in their homes, at the foot of the mountain for these “forty days.”
