We come to Easter for so much more than to celebrate the historic events of Jesus. Or in the Message translation, “The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness the darkness couldn’t put it out.” saying, "I am the light of the world he who follows me will not walk in the darkness but will have the light of life."Īnd in John 1:4-5, “In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.” (NIV). John 8:12 in the Christian scriptures says, “T hen Jesus. In these dark days of the coronavirus, I think this Easter hope is especially needed today. To know, no matter how dark things get, there is light and life that will come again. Not just back then for him, but now for us. I believe he came to live it so we could know it even better that, as human beings like him who have struggled in the dark, to know that there is hope. Nor to end the celebrations of rebirth with egg symbols of Egypt and Persia. Not to do away with the ancient stories of hope and renewal. I believe the timing of Jesus was intentional.
And wouldn’t you know, he died and was resurrected as well… in the spring. Again, in the spring.Ĭenturies before Jesus, the celebration of the death to life and darkness to light cycles were already in play.
A deeper way to experience communion from home this Easterīy Denise Badger, Content Manager for The Apopka VoiceĬenturies before Jesus, people celebrated the Sumerian legend of Tammuz and Ishtar in the springtime, particularly their resurrection from death seen in the return of the Sun, and celebrating the cycle of life after the death of winter.Ĭenturies before Jesus, people celebrated the Passover, or the “passing over” of sure death for the Israelites, and their rescue from slavery to surer life to come.