Romans shows us that baptism instead of Easter was given as a symbol of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Let's look at the Bible to find the meaning of Easter and how it relates to the resurrection of Jesus. The silence of the New Testament on this topic should be noted, considering most of its books were written many years after Christ’s death and resurrection. Not only that, there is no Biblical command to commemorate or memorialize the day of His resurrection. The focus was on the great sacrifice God would make on that particular Passover day of the future. What should be noticed is that the Jews did not have a ceremony for remembering the future resurrection of Jesus. Throughout the New Testament after the resurrection, Sunday is simply called the “First day of the week” as opposed to the “day of the Resurrection.” Which leads one to wonder, if God placed no significance on the day, wherein did Sunday become viewed as the weekly memorial of the resurrection? This is a topic for another time. What else does the Bible say about Easter? Independence Day is not held on Thursdays every year even though it was a Thursday in 1776. Much like one’s birthday, or wedding anniversary, or Fourth of July. Passover is actually tied to a calendar day in the year, not a specific day of the week. Easter mentioned here in Acts 12 had nothing to do with Sunday. For centuries, Passover foreshadowed the death of Jesus. When we look at the history of Easter we will find that the word Easter was substituted for the word “Pesach” which really is more correctly translated as Passover. However, what day did Easter fall on in 44 AD? Thursday. When one thinks of Easter throughout history and in the 21st century, what day do we think of? Sunday, most likely. Herod Agrippa I who ruled from 37 AD to 44 AD put James to death in the last year of his reign. Well, we must first look in-depth at the history of Easter and the details mentioned above to gain some understanding. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people." And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. "Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. If one were to search for the word “Easter” you could find its mention only in the King James Bible, Acts 12:1-4. Bunnies are symbols of fertility, while eggs were seen as pagan symbols of death and life. Is the origin of Easter biblical? What does the Bible say about Easter? What is the meaning of Easter? Should Christians observe Easter? A brief history of Easter tells us that the name “Easter” comes from the Anglo-Saxon, Eostre, the name of the goddess of spring.
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