What is Easter really about? Easter is about the “Risen Christ,” the
Messiah, the Savior; the person the Jews waited for centuries to come
and then refused to accept Him. Those people who accepted Christ were
eventually called Christians. There is evidence that early followers of
Christ celebrated the resurrection of Jesus in the first century. It had
been called Resurrection Day. About the middle of the second century,
attempts began to set a date for Easter.
In the USA, and other places in the world, we add to the joy of being
saved a few symbols of our joy. We color Easter eggs to represent the
resurrection of Jesus, the empty tomb, the Easter bunny in his nest to
lay the eggs (we know bunnies can not lay eggs but this is a symbol of
fertility) which has been traced to the 1500s. We have been renewed and
cleansed so we buy new clothes to wear on Easter Sunday to symbolize our
renewal.
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