YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
To be honest, many people associate Easter with bunnies and egg baskets and egg hunts.
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The Gospel - Is it only that Jesus died or is it that we celebrate The Resurrection?
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InChrist
Free4ever
You are free to consider the resurrection of Jesus Christ as special pleading, if you’re so inclined. I consider it to be historical fact and reality.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
lol but not in the Catholic Church.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
That's what Easter means to many. Bunny rabbits and egg hunts. And do you know where the word Easter came from?
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Yes, I know. It has never meant any of that to me, however.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Thank you for your respectful reply.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
What difference does it make? "Does a rose by any other name smell different?"-- Shakespeare
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
It obviously made a difference to those naming it.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Hi again. I was reading a little about the origins of Easter, and I came across this: "Easter celebrates Jesus' supernatural resurrection from the dead, which is one of the chief tenets of the Christian faith." How do you feel about it?
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Well, I don't know the article but I do believe that Jesus rose from the dead.
YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Basically, that's what I was asking...
So thank you, Kathryn. I, too, believe that Jesus rose from the dead.but Easter is not a biblical word, but a non-biblical word meaning: the resurrection of spring
To Jesus, I find the BIGGEST day in Scripture is to remember his day of death - Luke 22:19 (Nisan the 14th day Jewish calendar )
So, just as a wedding anniversary does Not always come on a Friday neither does the anniversary day of Jesus' death
That also means what is called Resurrection Day could Not always come on a Sunday anniversary day.
I suppose one could say Adam was offered a ticket to eternal life, but where ________
Adam was only offered everlasting eternal life on Earth. No ticket offered to anywhere else
So, to me it is No surprise that Jesus offered 'Earth as an eternal inheritance' at Matt. 5:5 from Psalms 37:9-11; 22:26
Thus, originally Earth was Not offered as a stepping stone to anywhere else
Angels already existed in Heaven. Earth was made for -> humans - Psalm 115:16
The figurative living 'sheep' at Jesus' coming Glory Time are alive on Earth and can remain alive on Earth - Matt. 25:31-34,37
So, it is only people like those of Luke 22:28-30; Daniel 7:18 who have a heavenly resurrection - Rev. 20:6; 5:9-10; 2:10
The majority of mankind can have a happy-and-healthy physical resurrection on Earth with eternity in view right here on Earth forever
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I can't keep up with all that, and apparently a lot of other people couldn't either, so we have Good Friday and Easter Sunday and that's fine to me and to others for that matter.
Balthazzar
N. Germanic Descent
He did suggest to them that where he was going, he would prepare a place for his disciples. He likewise stated that the spirit of truth would come to them, suggesting that He would not leave them as orphans, implying he was in truth and truth in him. It was documented that he was counted among the dead and that he came out of his tomb to walk among them again. So, this to me suggests the fundamentals of life. The truth is we are temporal, and that life is cyclic or circular, as in ongoing even after death. What this all means is unknown to me, aside from the fact that life will go on after I die.
Oh, truth is always available to those who seek it, albeit difficult to come by at times. Cross as a symbol? To each their own. How about this one?
Attachments
Yes, there is Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday, but as an anniversary does Not always fall on a Friday or a Sunday nor does the anniversary of the day of Jesus' death and resurrection always come on a Friday or a Sunday. Nisan the 14th day is Not always a Friday
Yes, life will go on after we die because the sleeping dead will be awakened from death's deep sleep on Resurrection Day. Acts 24:15
Death is just a pause (a nap) in one's life for those who will have a resurrection
Only the wicked will be ' destroyed forever ' - Psalms 92:7; 104:35; 145:20; Proverbs 2:21-22
This is when all humble meek people will inherit the Earth forever as Jesus promised at Matt. 5:5 from Psalms 37:9-11; 22:26
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I honestly don't care and I doubt God cares either.
If God doesn't care then why was the Bible written
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I don't believe God cares about anniversaries and that sort of thing. Just like I decorate a Christmas tree every year and I know the bible says not to adorn trees with gold or silver (Jeremiah 10) but those people it is talking about were worshipping idols and I am worshipping God so there's a difference. So I don't like to take things out of context.