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Many believing Christians celebrate Easter as a way to honor
Jesus Christ’s resurrection. But Easter is a day with very different
roots—stretching long ago into pre-Christian paganism. The Bible alone
has the truth of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, and it shows a
different set of celebrations—the Passover and Days of Unleavened
Bread—that give us the real story that Easter doesn’t tell us.
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The life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the key
historical and spiritual reality for a Christian. Without His
resurrection, "your faith is futile" (1 Corinthians 15:17). Christ's
resurrection is the culmination of the most important series of events
of all time.
For millions of professing Christians Easter is the most important
day of the calendar year because it commemorates Jesus' resurrection.
Easter sunrise services are considered the holiest assembly of the
year—a time when Christians reaffirm that Jesus is risen and their hope
in Him is true.
Why did Easter replace the Passover?
The choice of a Sunday date for Easter is based on the assumption
that Christ rose from the grave early on a Sunday morning. The popular
belief is that Christ was crucified on a Friday and rose on a Sunday.
But neither of these suppositions is true. A close reading of the Bible
makes that quite clear.
A main theme in the Bible is sin, which is defined in the Bible as
the violation of God's law (1 John 3:4, King James Version), and our
need for forgiveness and reconciliation to God (the theme of the
biblically commanded Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread).
As we have seen, Easter and its customs did not come from the Bible,
but from pagan fertility rites. It is a curious mixture of ancient
mythological practices and arbitrary dating that obscures and discredits
the proof of Jesus Christ's Messiahship and resurrection.
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