Passover was celebrated in the wilderness to remind Israel that their deliverance from Egypt was the foundation of their identity as God’s people, no matter where they were. Even though they were not yet in the Promised Land, they were commanded to remember the Lord’s salvation and keep the covenant through this feast. Passover was not tied to location but to obedience and faith in God’s redeeming work.
“Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: ‘Let the children of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time. According to all its rites and ceremonies you shall keep it.’” (Numbers 9:1–3)
By celebrating Passover in the wilderness, the people acknowledged that they were still under God’s protection and grace. It demons/”>demonstrated that His redemption was the constant reality of their lives, whether in Egypt, in the wilderness, or in the land yet to come. The feast kept alive the memory of the blood of the lamb that spared them from judgment and pointed forward to Christ, the true Passover Lamb.
