Easter Sunday
What is the significance of Jesus? What of if Jesus had not resurrected from the grave? Does it matter to Christians when Jesus Christ resurrected because some will argue how can you fix three days and three nights between Good Friday and Easter Sunday? Does it matter when we celebrated Easter?
Easter was derived from Pasch (Pascha) meaning Passover and some claimed it to be from Eostre, a name for a kind of goddess. The first Passover as we will recall was celebrated in the Old Testament when God brought his people out of Egypt by force. They were asked to kill a ram, using the blood to make a sign on the door and when the angel of destruction see the blood, it will Passover the Israelites (It is recorded in Exodus 12) God said they should keep it as an ordinance until the end of time. Unknown to the Israelites, they were celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ! What’s the significance of this? The death of Jesus and afterwards His resurrection from the grave shows His victory over sin, death, grave and satan. Satan no longer has power and dominion over us because our Master Has already overcome. Therefore, the bible says, These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world (John 16:33-KJV). The angel of death looked upon the blood on the doorposts and turned away. God as well will look upon the blood of Jesus and have compassion on us, forgives us if we have for forgiveness and give us anything we ask through the name of Jesus because we are the ones that His precious son died for.
Easter is the basis of Christianity. Assuming Jesus Christ has not risen from the grave, His death would have amounted to nothing. We would have become like other religions. Christianity is a religion but we are Christ-Like, living our lives as Christ lived. He has given us new hope and new life. Everything has changed.
Most Christians celebrate Easter using the March 21 (equinox, if am right) as the base line, Eastern Orthodox uses the Julian calendar and Jewish continues to follow the Passover calendar. It doesn’t matter the calendar we follow, the most important thing is that Jesus Christ died on the Cross of Calvary and 3 days He resurrected.
We are Overcomers !!!!!! 