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Easter’s true meaning — the greatest news we’ll ever hear

Easter is the most sacred day in the Christian relationship with God, and the very essence of Christianity itself.

It has been buried under bunnies, baskets, Easter eggs and chocolate. But it is not about any of those things. It is about the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Easter is the Resurrection Day — the Church’s declaration that Jesus Christ conquered death, secured salvation, and proved Himself to be exactly who He said He is.

Christianity does not rest on an idea. It rests on an event. Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and rose again from the dead. 

If that did not happen, then Christianity collapses under its own claims. But if it did happen, then every human being has to come to terms with what that means.

Without the Resurrection, the words of Jesus are reduced to wise sayings, His miracles become acts of compassion, and His death becomes one more tragic story in history.

But Jesus did rise. The tomb really was empty. And because He rose, every promise He made is proven trustworthy.

That is what Easter is about.

The Resurrection itself is rooted in biblical prophecy. God had spoken beforehand through the Hebrew scriptures, promising that the Messiah would come, suffer and triumph. 

The Resurrection of Jesus is therefore not a secondary issue in the Christian faith. It is the foundation beneath it. It proves that the cross accomplished what God said it would accomplish.........

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