l empire, and suddenly they are liberated by divine intervention. The Passover celebrates what the Jewish people see as God's special concern for the suffering and liberation of His people.
Celebrating Passover, then, as a festival of liberation under God, also reminds the Jewish people every year of their relationship with God. It gives them the opportunity to be grateful---as a people in community with one another---for God, for His love of them, and for their deliverance from bondage due to His intervention.
The Exodus which Passover celebrates was also the first major sign that the Jewish people were in fact chosen by God for a special relationship with Him and for a special destiny. The Exodus and the Passover which celebrates it acknowledge the power and goodness of God, and give hope and faith to the Jewish people that whatever suffering they endure, God is always with them and will ultimately liberate them from t
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