How did this come to be?

Question

I know what Easter Day means but where does the Easter bunny fit in with all of this?

Answer 1

EASTER OR PASSOVER

Easter a brief history

The name Easter comes to America from Ostera or Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. The origin goes back to 2000 BC in Babylonia honoring the goddess of spring Ishtar. Ishtar the mother/wife of their god Tammuz brought him back from the underworld. In Phoenecia she became Astarte, in Greece Eostre, and in Germany Ostara. Consider also a Phrygian honoring Attis and Cybele or a heretic Israelite honoring the Canaanite Baal and Ashtoreth. All of these are fertility celebrations of death and resurrection.

Easter in the King James

Acts 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

Easter G3957 pascha (pas'-khah) Of Chaldee origin (compare [H6453]); the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it): - Easter, Passover.

H6453 pesach (peh'-sakh) From H6452; a pretermission, that is, exemption; used only technically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim): - passover (offering).

H6452 pasach (paw-sakh') A primitive root; to hop, that is, (figuratively) skip over (or spare); by implication to hesitate; also (literally) to limp, to dance: - halt, become lame, leap, pass over.

The word Easter occurs in the King James Bible one time and is mistranslated. It should be translated Passover.

The original Passover

Exo.12:23-27 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as He hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you,
What mean ye by this service?
27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S Passover.

Christ our Passover

I Cor.5:6-8 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

As with most Christian holidays, Easter has been secularized and commercialized. We have Easter bunnies, eggs, baskets, bonnets and parades.

Knowing now the origins of Easter and the sacrifice Christ made for us; I am truly ashamed of country, family, and myself. We should not be celebrating Easter. We should be celebrating Christ our Passover with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

What is your answer to a child who asks, “What mean ye by this service?”

What about God, does He like what He sees and hears during this special time of year?

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Answer 2

Contrary to Christmas, Easter actually does coincide pretty closely with the resurrection of Jesus. We know that because of the timing of the Jewish passover.
However that does not mean there have not also been pagan holidays around that time. With every change of season there have been different pagan holidays.
The Easter bunny is a symbol of fertility. (Ever raised rabbits? They multiply like crazy!). Eggs are also a symbol of fertility. So you have an Easter bunny delivering eggs! I'm sure glad they are chocolate eggs. You can often buy them at a good price the week after Easter! lol. Oh - the chocolate has nothing to do with fertility, as far as I know. The chocolate is strictly commercial - knowing people like me can't resist it.

Answer 3

Rabbits have long been a symbol of fertility and renewal (same with eggs) because they have many young in the springtime, and so they've naturally been associated with spring, rebirth and the story of Easter. The idea of an Easter bunny that lays eggs came about at least 200-300 years ago as a merging of the two symbols. It basically evolved as a representation of the notion of renewal and rebirth.

Answer 4

Ultimately it's still around because the idea of Christ threatens people, and bunnies are harmless! The replacement isn't logical, but feeling threatened by the idea Christ isn't either!

...Check out wikipedia for it's origins...but you'll see what I mean if you know what Easter is and how far it is from bunnies!

Answer 5

Well we needed some stupid thing to carry the eggs around and the bunny offered.thats it

Answer 6

Jesus loved the little rabbits. He would pet them and love them. He made one bigger in hopes to have sexual relations with it but it backfired when it started laying eggs and going around to little kids houses. Jesus got mad but was to embarresed to go to his father and have it stopped. Now millions of years later the big mutated bunny roams the earth leaving his hard boiled colored eggs in basket with candy to lure little kids out. if they see him, he eats them with mustard and apple butter.

Answer 7

Nothing really. the concept was bought to the colonies with German immigrants.....as the cultures merge, so did traditions and holidays....the rabbit is pre-christian symbol of fertility.

Answer 8

Easter...new life...bunnies...new life....eggs...new life...chocolate...renewed life.

Answer 9

it's all a diabolical plot created by the candy/chocolate companies of the world.

Answer 10

It is a symbol of spring and new life and fertility