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Happy Resurrection Sunday

Posted by Tim :: Tim's thoughts

the_empty_tomb__Medium_.jpgI will call this day Easter out of ease and necessity to communicate to people, but I prefer to call it Resurrection

Sunday. This is what WikiAnswers says about Easter:
The English name, "Easter", and the German, "Ostern", derive from the name of Germanic Goddess of the Dawn (thus, of spring, as the dawn of the year) - called �aster, �astre, and �ostre, in various dialects of Old English. In England, the annual festive time in her honor was in the "Month of Easter", equivalent to April. The Venerable Bede, an 8th Century English Christian monk wrote in Latin:

"Eosturmonath, qui nunc paschalis mensis interpretatur, quondam a dea illorum quae Eostre vocabatur et cui in illo festa celebrabant nomen habuit."

Which means: "Eastermonth, which is now interpreted as the paschal month, was formerly named after the goddess Eostre, and has given its name to the festival."

Whereas Resurrection Sunday is a day of rejoicing. A day when people around the world remember that Christ came to fulfill all the prophesies of His life, His death, His burial and His resurrection in order to make us free! It's the day He defeated death and came back to life in a glorified body.

Pastor Brad shared a tremendous message on this historic event at Stonebrook. Give it a listen!

Comments

Agree about eschewing the pagan roots of the holiday name. What other pagan traditions have we assumed into our Christian practice that we should eject? :P

Don't you think it's a glorious thing though, that when someone says Easter, they aren't thinking of a dead pagan goddess, but of Christ rising from the dead? (or, at least, rabbits and eggs and candy...)

Posted by: Matt at March 24, 2008 10:23 AM

Wow... a comment. thanks Matt.

I do love it whenever Satan's attempts to ruin God's plan blow up in his face. That's why I have no conscientious objection to saying Easter, but prefer the more direct, celebratory Resurrection Sunday.

Posted by: Tim at March 24, 2008 10:51 AM

Oddly enough, when my mom came for a visit she brought me a bag of m&ms as we usually have a hide the "easter basket" (or bowl of candy) around the house for eachother to find. Its not a necessary tradition, but it certainly isn't a bad one.

Posted by: Steve O at March 28, 2008 01:28 PM
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