What is Easter About?

04-09-2023Weekly Reflection© LPi

On Christmas, we celebrate the Incarnation—God becoming human-with Jesus’s birth. During Lent, we recall the cross—Jesus’s crucifixion and his death.

At Easter, we rejoice in the empty tomb—Jesus’s resurrection. Easter is the day Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified.

The empty tomb means that Jesus’s words rang true. He fulfilled the promises of Scripture and conquered sin and death.

Had Jesus not risen from the dead, the world would have seen Him as just a prophet or teacher instead of who he is: the Son of God, the Messiah.

Jesus overcoming death is the reason we know His name today. It’s the foundation of all Christianity. With His death and resurrection, Jesus opened heaven to all of us. Because of Easter, we know that no matter what sufferings we experience or what sins we struggle with, God is always with us.

EASTER IS EVERYTHING!

And its significance is clear from the start in the Bible.