Every year at Passover the people of God replayed and relived the Exodus Salvation Event in order to appropriate it as their own by faith. Christians do the same thing with the Jesus Salvation Event every Easter, and every Sunday. “Were you there…?” In both cases the Almighty God showed His power in the utter defeat of the Enemy in order to establish a new relationship with His rescued People.
It is asked: “What happened that the Sea fled, the Jordan turned back, the mountains skipped, the earth trembled, and rocks turned to water?” What happened? God showed up! That’s all; no fight, no big battle, just the Presence of God (“the sea looked, and fled”). What happened at the Cross and the Tomb? God showed up: sin, death, and devil fled away.
Awesome, frightening, life-threatening Terror shows up when Awesome God makes His Presence known: Sin is judged and trembles, Death loses its grip, Satan is crushed and flees away. This happens when the Gospel is heard and the Sacraments received.
We can replay and relive the power of His Presence when we repent and believe the Gospel. By faith we see the enemy struck with terror, and we win again.