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Today, we're going through 5 easter facts and easter in the Bible.
As the Easter holidays come around each year there is naturally talk about Jesus and easter
bunny, the story of easter in the bible and lots of other videos with fun facts about
easter!
So I just wanted to make a quick video with 5 amazing easter facts
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It's easter facts time!
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easter facts
Number One
Origins
Now, not to get all easter religious on you but let's take a quick glance at the origins
of Easter which does have a few varying opinions.
It's not all just Jesus and Easter.
A lot of holidays are often associated with the changing of seasons and this can be particularly
true in the case of Christianity.
For example, the winter solstice and how it affected December 25th being the date we celebrate
the birth of Jesus.
The same can be said for Easter because it falls very close to the vernal equinox which
is typically around March 20th,
my birthday… seriously, my birthday… where the heck is my present!?
The vernal equinox indicates that longer sunnier days as the Northern Hemisphere of the planet
begins to tilt towards the sun and commonly would indicate that spring is on the way and
the end of winter is nigh!
The actual word Easter seemingly, upon general opinion, points back to a pre-Christian goddess
by the name of Eostre, from England.
This is basically referenced from the writings of a very influential British monk from the
17th century called the Venerable Bede.
I may have said that wrong… sorry Beddy?
Burble?
Blubble Buggle?
Because of his influence, the writings on Easter by Bede just kind of stuck with Christians
as did the name.
However, there are also many apologists who believe that this connection between Eostre
and Easter is simply a myth.
So you can see that the origins of Easter are still a little bit of a complex thing.
The fact that Easter is based on Eostre is basically pure conjecture and not necessarily
historically empirical.
There is also the thought process that Easter has a connection to the Jewish festival of
Passover.
Since Jesus died during the Passover festival and subsequently rose three days later, they
were logically both commemorated due to their close proximity in time.
Some early Christians celebrated his resurrection on the Jewish passover, and some on the Sunday
since that is when Jesus' tomb was discovered.
Emperor Constantine, in A.D. 325, who fully endorsed Christianity, stated that Easter
should be fixed on the Sunday within the meeting of Church leaders known as the Council of
Nicaea.
Thus, Easter is now celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon of the vernal
equinox
Number Two
Easter in the Bible
As you know now, Easter itself predates the date of Christ's resurrection by quite a
while but there is one place that you can find Easter in the Bible but it is very specific
and in a specific type of Bible.
In the King James translation of the Bible, with Acts 12:4 you will find the ONLY time
Easter is mentioned in the Bible.
However, if you were to read this in the English standard version the word Easter is replaced
with the word Passover.
The Greek word from Easter here is 'Pascha' and there are those that contest that the
word Easter is a mistranslation of Pascha and should be translated as Passover.
Number Three
Bunnies And Eggs
Even though, just like the origins of Easter itself, the origins of easter eggs and the
easter bunny are not really known for sure, the best theory is that
The Easter bunny appears to be of German origins as the Easter bunny was known as Oschter Haws
and made it over to America through German settlers in the 1700's.
According to legend, the Easter bunny would bring some baskets filled with candy, yummy
things and different colored eggs as well as toys to the homes of little children the
night before Easter.
Legend also says that the Easter bunny hides the baskets in the garden for children to
find and this may have spurred the idea of an Easter egg hunt.
Some traditions believe that the Easter egg is symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus with
the shell being a representation of the sealed tomb and the cracking of the shell to represent
the Resurrection.
Many Christians in the Middle-East would often paint the eggs bright red to symbolize the
blood of Christ.
Number Four
Lets Celebrate
As you can imagine, different areas of the world celebrate Easter in lots of different
ways.
In Switzerland it isn't the Easter bunny but the Easter cuckoo.
In the Old City of Jerusalem there is a cobbled street called Via Dolorosa, which is latin
for "Way Of Suffering" and thousands of parishioners every year walk this street because
it is believed to be the path that Christ walked on His way to Golgotha.
In India there are typically street plays, songs, as well as carnivals and the chocolates
are exchanged as gifts as well as colorful lanterns.
In Italian, this is pretty awesome, they celebrate a 350 year old tradition in Florence called
the scoppio del carro where the load up an old cart with tons of fireworks and blow up
it as a sign of peace and a good year to come.
Comment down below..
Where are YOU from and do you have any cool and different ways that you celebrate Easter?
My Easter celebrations are very intense and impressive.
Number Five
The oldest holiday
Even though Easter is typically associated with a Christian celebration of the resurrection
of Jesus Christ, you now know that this global tradition may be traced back to potentially
thousands of years before Jesus was even born.
Easter is also often associated with Ashtoreth, who was the mother and wife of Baal a god
that was worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern societies as well as Astarte another
deity labeled as the "queen of heaven".
Thus, Easter is considered to be a pagan holiday to many.
Making it problematic for some Christians and they therefore don't want to associate
with it.
Easter is marked as the oldest Christian holiday but, feel free to comment down below..
Should Christians necessarily celebrate Easter knowing that it's roots could potentially
be pagan?
What are your thoughts?
Children and parents struggle with this question and I would just ask..
Where is your focus at?
Are you focused on the commercial bunny that brings chocolate and goodies?
Or is the focus placed on a Savior that loves you beyond measure.
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