*Easter traditionally is represented by bunny rabbits, palms, sunrise, and the resurrection of Christ, but to me, it goes so much deeper than traditional and secular symbols.
Let’s discuss the Easter Bunnypeople are quite surprised to find out its history. The history of the bunny goes back hundreds of years to Saxon times. In Saxon times people welcomed the beginning of spring with a huge festival that signified the Goddess of that time of year whose name was Eastre. She was highly regarded for being a symbol of fertility (new life), prosperity and growth. Around this same time Christians were also celebrating Christ’s Resurrection and over the years these two holidays merged into one another because more and more people were turning to Christianity. The Easter Bunny was a combination of the Goddess Eastre who like the rabbit was bothsymbols of fertility. Later the eggs were added symbolizing the hatching or the giving of birth physically and financially.
In Christianity Easter is a time to celebrate and reflect on the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We celebrate because we obtained the right to eternal life by virtue of the shedding of Christ’s unblemished blood through his death. We reflect because Christ lived and went through every human emotion and temptation yet he maintained His sanctification. He then suffered an agonizing death for the remission of our sins so that we may have the right to unlimited repentance, which gives us access to eternal life.
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Christian Author Deborah Smith Simpkins on The True Meaning Of Easter was originally published on praisecleveland.com
