002. A Child’s Passover Prayer Foreshadows the Lord’s Supper

A Child’s Passover Prayer Foreshadows the Lord’s Supper
Relive the original Passover to appreciate the meaning Communion.
From Ex. 11-12; about 2 minutes

Participants (No need to memorize lines; the aim is not to perform but to relive sacred events)

Zurisadai
Dad
Prompter: Shout a brief line, and Echoes repeat it.
Echoes: Children and all adults who want to take part. Echoes need no script.

Zurisadai	My name is Zurisadai. I am ten years old.
Dad	Son, we are escaping from slavery in Egypt. Go get a lamb. It is urgent.
Prompter & Echoes	Run!
Zurisadai	I catch a lamb and hold it while my dad slits its throat. Blood spurts all over me! Flies come!
Prompter & Echoes	Oooo!
Zurisadai	Dad, why are you smearing blood beside our door?
Dad	Moses warned us that the death angel would fly over Egypt tonight, and slay each family’s firstborn; that means the oldest son.
Prompter & Echoes	Oh no! I am the firstborn son!
Dad	Do not worry, son. God’s angel will see the lamb’s blood, and pass over.
Zurisadai	Night comes and I cannot sleep. I am really scared. The night grows cold and silent. I clench my teeth. I beg the God of Abraham to let the angel see the blood. It is so dark!
Prompter & Echoes	Too dark!
Zurisadai	I hear screams, faintly and far off. They grow closer and louder. Now, the cries are all around us!
Prompter & Echoes	(Wail loudly)
Zurisadai	I press my hands over my ears. I shut my eyes, waiting, waiting, waiting. Dear Lord, save me! Save me!
Prompter & Echoes	(Wail softly for a brief moment.)
Zurisadai	The wailing grows fainter. Now, silence! I open my eyes. Mom and dad are looking down at me, weeping. I will never forget Abba’s cry.
Dad	(Shout) He saw it! God’s death angel saw it!
Prompter & Echoes	The blood of the lamb!