By Scott Powell
While Christmas - the birth date of the Messiah, Jesus Christ - marks the watershed of splitting calendar history into two epochs, B.C. and A.D., Easter marks the day and commemorates actual events, however miraculous, that followed the crucifixion and death of Christ: an event transforming the world forever. But how and why would that torturous event and extreme sorrow associated with the death of the Messiah affect eternity in a positive way?
Why should Easter be a
joyful time? The answer is neither elusive nor complicated. There are many
religions globally, going back thousands of years. Only one of them,
Christianity, has a founder who professed to be the Messiah - the son of God -
who provided irrefutable proof of who He was by conquering death through
resurrection. Easter is the celebration of Christ's resurrection. [more...]
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