Easter is a celebration Christians have been had for over two thousand years. It reminds us of Jesus’ death and resurrection.

But, what’s the significance of this old Christian celebration? And, why should we continue to do it?  

Those are very interesting questions one can ask. And, the reason I’m raising them is that Easter services, at least here in the western part of the world, are the most attended after Christmas. 

Why would people only attend one church service or two, and never come back again to Church? 

That’s not what I want to discuss here, but the answer may be a combination of many other factors that I’ll hopefully address in a future post.

Easter can change the way you influence your world. Check out this video: 

Back to our questions above!

Easter is a real event

Let me explain … 

I don’t mean to say that Easter today isn’t real. It still is, but a little different than how the disciples experienced it in the first century. 

On your own, read Luke 24. 

This is the story that describes, according to Luke, the first Easter Day. 

On this day, three women went to the tomb with the hope of caring for the body of Jesus Christ, whom they thought was still dead.

And, this is the third day after his death. What they had forgotten, or stopped believing is something like what Jesus said: 

Destroy this temple, and I will raise it up in three days. John 2: 19. 

They had already lost hope, just like many other disciples, including the two (Luke 24) who’d even decide to leave Jerusalem and go home. 

All gospels have a record of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which makes Easter an event that took place over 2000 years ago. 

Easter is experiential

The two angels (according to Luke) tell the women these words: 

The two angels remind the women at the tomb to remember everything Jesus had told them when he was with them:While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise. Luke 24: 1-7. ESV. 

Easter isn’t relevant to people at a very personal level when it doesn’t connect with personal experience. 

Remember all the disciples that followed Jesus, when he doing his public ministry and after his resurrection, he wanted them to become his witnesses (Acts 1: 8). 

Of course, he wants the same for us all even in the 21st century, which makes Easter relevant for you and me. 

I don’t think that the women ever asked Jesus to reveal himself to them. But, they held onto the belief that Jesus is the Christ and the Savior of the world. 

That’s faith!

It’s what you need to make Easter, not only a real event that took place over 2000 years ago but a personal experience in your life. 

Easter is an everyday event

Easter, as stated above, becomes relevant in your life as a result of faith, just as did the women and the other disciples, in the fact that Jesus is the Christ.

Jesus Christ died and rose on the third day. 

When you do the above, here’s what happens in your life, and on a daily basis: 

 

Easter turns dead ends into detours 

 

Your hopelessness, just like that of the disciples in the first century, comes out of the fact that you think to have hit a dead end. 

Easter means that God changes dead ends into detours. 

You have hope because your life is a part of God’s story. And, who can change God’s story? 

No one. 

What God says and promises, God does it (Romans 9: 5). 

Easter reminds of the fact that God is faithful to God’s Word and promises!

 

Easter changes the reality and truth about you

 

You find hope again through Easter because of the reality and truth about you aren’t just what is happening to you. There is more to your life you don’t know about yet. 

Easter completely changes the reality and truth about you. 

It helps embrace God’s way to see life. As a result, you learn to live by what God says about you rather than only what you want or desire. 

Bringing it together

Jesus is alive because he is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13: 8). He walks and talks with you, just as he did with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24). Whether you doubt or believe him, he is always there for you. That’s the power and significance of Easter.