Easter is the only holiday we still celebrate with the same reverence as the first day of spring. It’s the day when Jesus and the disciples left for Galilee with the hope for a better world but with the realization that their journey had been cut short. We say it every year on Easter, but we say it differently every year. I like to say that it is the beginning of the end of winter. But there’s nothing wrong with saying it differently each year.
Easter is the beginning of the end of winter, but not all of winter. It refers to the time when Christians believe Jesus was crucified. The Christians who lived in the year 4 B.C. believed that it was the beginning of winter and because of this, Jesus was crucified in spring. The Christians who lived during the time of Jesus’s life believed that it was the beginning of spring and thus he was crucified in summer.
The fact that we can believe we’re in the end of winter and the beginning of spring really is all over the place. The end of winter is not the end of winter. Spring is not spring. The reason we can believe we’re starting the start of summer is that we may be in the middle of the summer. The reason that Easter is the beginning of summer is that Jesus was crucified in spring.
We don’t have to believe that Jesus was born on Easter to believe that the crucifixion happened in spring. We just have to believe it happened in spring because Jesus was born on Easter.
Easter is also the birthday of Mary Magdalene and a day of great celebration filled with traditions of spring and resurrection. On this day, Jesus’ mother Mary, along with his disciples, are believed to have been martyred for their faith. He is also believed to have had a miraculous healing of his mother’s cancer.
Easter 1981 was the first Easter in which Jesus didn’t appear to a single person (all of the others being the empty tomb, Peter, James, and John) until the disciples who were crucified for his ministry were raised from the dead. The disciples’ faith in Jesus’ resurrection is believed to be one of the earliest examples of miracles in the New Testament.
Christ’s resurrection is believed to be the first resurrection, which the disciples believe took place after the crucifixion. In Matthew 28, we see Jesus resurrected, resurrected more than two thousand years after the fact. This would have been the event that the disciples believe took place after Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Jesus’ resurrection doesn’t just affect this specific event. Jesus’ resurrection will affect the entire world. Jesus’ resurrection will change everything. Jesus’ resurrection will change what we believe about the world. We have no real idea what will happen after Jesus’ resurrection, but in the most recent footage from the game, we watch Jesus being resurrected in a way that makes Jesus’ resurrection seem as real as it does on the screen.
For those of us who are Christians, Jesus resurrection seems like it’s a pretty big deal. But then again, for the non-Christian gamers out there, Jesus resurrection is pretty much like every other day on a Sunday. It’s no big deal.
But seriously, I think its a pretty neat idea. Especially if you ever play GTA V or Red Dead Revolvers. Its like it’s a new form of reality TV. It makes you think about what Jesus is really capable of. This is especially true for the non-Christian gamers like me. I’ve been going to church like crazy for years and I’m not sure I like the way Jesus has been portrayed in the media.