Happy Easter

I truly wish you a Happy Easter and hope it is a good day.  And I hope that you took the opportunity to worship your God today.  He wants to be worshiped.  It is likely that some readers will not appreciate my approach to a blog on Easter, however.  I try to make all of my thoughts totally Biblical, as will be the case here.  But some of these comments run counter to traditional Christian thinking about "Christian holidays."

There is no reference to Easter in the Bible.  That is the truth.  If you look in the old King James Bible you will find the word used once, but actually referring to Passover, the Jewish feast.  The celebration of Easter is a man made idea, one that sounds like a good idea, but still is from man not God. 

So, what is in the bible about this subject?  For sure there is plenty of reference to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  These events are recorded in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the first four books of the New Testament.  And the significance of these events cannot be overstated.  No other events have changed the world like the events of these few days.  But how are we to celebrate this is the question.

The answer comes from Jesus, Himself.  He got with his apostles right before His death and told them what He wanted from His followers in the future.  He told them He would be leaving them, that His time on earth was coming to an end.  Then, "After taking the cup, He gave thanks and said, 'Take this and divide it among you.  For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.'  And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is My body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'  In the same way, after the supper He took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.' "

This account, repeated in Matthew, Mark and Luke shows what Jesus was wanting in the way of remembrance.  And how often should it be remembered?  We see in the book of Acts that the Christians would gather together weekly to observe this remembrance, this communion, this partaking of the Lord's supper.

So let's not just remember the death and resurrection of our Lord just once a year.  It is important...and important enough to be remembered weekly.

Thanks for reading.  Feel the love!