Soon Easter will be here, and there is a story that has been going around why this Easter occurs so early on our calendar. Easter has never been a fixed date, and here is the story why:
Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox, which is March 20. This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.
This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives. And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early. The rest of us will never see it a day earlier. Amazing!
The next time Easter will be this early, March 23, will be 220 years from now in the year 2228, if the world lasts that long. The last time it was this early was 1913, so if you're 95 or older, you are the only one who was alive for that! The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be 277 years from now, in the year 2285. The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year. Amazing!
Yes, but not nearly as amazing as what happened that first Easter. A man arose from the dead! And not just any man, but Jesus of Nazareth, a man who changed the course of human history, who changed all humanity forever. His resurrection is proof He was more than a mere man - He was God in the flesh, God in human form, God bridging the gap between Himself and His creation, God restoring mankind to Himself. Amazing!
We can only understand this if we believe in sin and what it has done to our world. A majority of our world rejects the idea of sin, and yet our world is a mess because of sin. Nations fight, religions argue, people hate and children die, all because of sin. Disease destroys, relationships fail, people kill and the world is being used up because of sin. One day the world will end because of sin - that's how serious sin is.
And that's why Jesus gave His life - because of sin. He came to take on Himself the world's garbage of sin, and to die for sin in our place. And His resurrection is proof He is who He said He is, God's Son, our Savior. And all He asks is that we trust Him instead of ourselves. He doesn't ask our money or our life - just our trust, our faith.
Jesus lives, and that's why Easter is so - Amazing!
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