Passover: Common Disasters In Egypt

Passover is the biggest feast of the Jews. It has its origins in Exodus. God gave ten disasters to Egypt to make Egypt released the Hebrew slaves from Egypt.
Primary disasters was that every water of rivers and brooks changed to blood. The second disaster was a herd of frogs. Egyptians suffered from frogs. The third disaster was louses. The fourth disaster was flies. Huge amounts of flies were coming in Egypt and harassed Egyptians. However, flies did not go to people of Israel. The fifth disaster was death of animals. The sixth disaster was boils. The seventh disaster was hail. It was hailing like fire. The eighth disaster was a swarm of locusts. A swarm of locusts were enough to cover land of Egypt. The ninth disaster was darkness. Egyptians could not get sun and they lived in darkness which people could not see each other’s face in fourth days. It is record in Exodus chapter 10 verse 23. …show more content…
Moses told to the Hebrews to paint the blood of the lamb on the doorframe. By the blood of the lamb, the angel of death would just pass the house at night. This is the beginning of Passover. Passover festival is a day to celebrate that won freedom from oppression and tyranny. Passover festival is about seven to eight days. The first night, people have a meal together called the Seder and read the Exodus chapter 12. When Jesus was arrested and executed, it was the Passover period of the Jewish. Jesus celebrated The Last Supper with his disciples. That was a Passover meal.
However, nowadays many people do not celebrate Passover and they go on vacation. According to an article in The New York Times, a lot of people are going to Cancun and not to do Seder. In recent years, luxury hotels and cruise lines have begun to offer packages for those people. They pay about 5,000 dollars a person for the weeklong indulgence. Hotels or cruises also offer the Passover food and things