what does easter have to do with jesus?

Question

is it expect the unexpected? because i mean bunnys do not lay eggs.

Answer 1

Absolutely Nothing.

ORIGIN OF EASTER: WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
Easter was never observed by the Apostles of Christ or Christ's Religion. "The name 'Easter' comes to us from the mythlogical writings of the Ancient Teucrians (who lived 1200BC along the southern coast of Palestine) where it's known as 'Ostern'" BY GROVER STEVENS. "The name 'Easter' is merely the slightly changed English spelling of the name of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian idol goddess, Ishtar (pronounced eesh-tar)." WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY says "Easter is from the pre-historic name of a pagan spring festival." THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY says, "Easter is derived from the name of goddess whose feast was celebrated at the vernal equinox." THE SCHOLARY NEW SCHAFF-HERZOG RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA says, "This goddess is also widely known as Astarte...The cult originated in Babylonia and spread to Assyria, Mesopotamia, Syria & Palestine, then through the Phoenicians to all of the Meditteranean peoples...Ishtar was in fact primarily and chiefly identified as Venus, the most beautiful of celestial objects & from the terrestrial side, the primarily motive of the worship of Ishtar was the impulse to deify sensuous and sensuality." ALEXANDER HISLOP SAYS IN THE TWO BABYLONS (P.103), "Easter bears its Chaldean origin on its forehead. Easter is nothing else than Asarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven..."
http://family.webshots.com/photo/1370351068049373547hLMhYB
http://www.matrifocus.com/IMB04/spotlight.htm
http://www.albatrus.org/english/festivals/easter/is_easter_pagan.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar
http://www.lcg.org/search/search.php?query=easter&type=and&results=10&search=1
http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/telecast/tw-telecast.cgi?category=Media1&item=1104435600

EASTER NOT FOUND IN THE BIBLE
"The English word 'Easter' came from the Anglo-Saxon Eastre or Estera, a Teutonic goddess to whom sacrifice was offered in April, so the name was transferred to the Pashal Feast. The word does not properly occur in Scripture although the AV (King James Translation) has it in ACTS 12:4 where it stands for 'Passover' as it is rightly rendered in RV (Revised Version). There is no trace of Easter celebration in the New Testament..." (INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL.2, P.889). The word 'Easter' has confused some but the word in the original form is "Pascha" meaning "Passover". It occurs 29 times in the New Testament & everytime it's translated Passover except in Acts 12:4. If you read carefully (ACTS 12:1-4); it says that Herod killed James and was trying to kill Peter in an effort to "vex the church"(Please the Jews). Then in VERSE 3 "were the days of unleavened bread"; see LEV.23. He put him in prison intending to try him "after Easter" (KJV). Now if Herod was trying to "please the Jews" & "vex the church" Why would he have delayed the trial until after 'Easter?'" If this was a "christian holy day", especially one in honoring Christ's resurrection, he would surely not be pleasing the Jews, Wouldn't it be more pleasing to the Jews to vex the church by killing one of it's Apostles on it's own "holy-day," would it not?

The Easter Bunny and eggs deal with fertility of the goddess Ishtar. "Eggs, the obvious symbols of fertility and reproduction, were used in ancient fertility rites. They were painted with various magickal symbols and then cast into fires or buried in the earth as offerings to the Goddess. In certain parts of the world, Spring Equinox eggs were painted yellow or gold (sacred solar colors) and used in rituals to honor the Sun God. Easter, like every other Christian religious holiday is rich with an abundance of Pagan overtones, customs and traditions such as Easter eggs and Easter bunny. Eggs, as previously discussed were ancient fertility symbols and offerings to the Goddess of the Pagans and Witches in both western and eastern cultures, including the Goddess Ostara, whose escort was a rabbit. "
http://www.nobleknights.com/~eagle1/eostre1.htm

Easter Bunny Origination
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-&p=easter%20bunny%20come%20from--Ishtar--pagan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Bunny

EASTER EGGS
Note: these sites tell where Easter Eggs came from.
http://www.nobleknights.com/~eagle1/eostre1.htm
http://www.rightdivision.com/html/easter_pagan_influences.html

EXODUS 20:3 = "Thou shalt not have other gods before me." It tells us in verse 5 = "not to bow to them nor serve them".
(Pagan means no religious beliefs; in the 1984 New Concise Webster's Dictionary--Pagan defined : "A heathen; one having no religious beliefs")

VERSES-- DEUT.4:19,28-31; 11:26-28; 17:3 & GAL.4:8-10.

Here are the texts of gods that should not be worshipped:
EXOD.20:23; 32:3,4,8-10,19-23,30
DEUT.4:19,28-31; 11:26-28; 17:3
JER.10
EZEK.8:13-18
DAN. 3:1-18 (tried to make Daniel's friends to bow to the image, but they didn't)

New Testament Texts:
GAL.4:8-10 (pagan feasts are: New Year's, Valentine's-Cupid, Patrick's Day, Easter-Ishtar, Halloween, Christmas, Sunday-sun{from sunset Sat. to sunset Sunday = GEN.1:5), Monday-moon-{worship after sunset Sunday which would be Sunday evening(Sun.even to Mon.even)= considered to be Monday according to GEN.1:8}. Birthdays come from pagan origin too. = (only 2 birthdays are mentioned in Bible; they are: Pharoah and King Herod)
You can find most of things in sources like encyclopedias, history, etc. that tell you it's pagan or that it comes from pagan origin.
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Answer 2

Bunnies and eggs are secular tradition and have nothing to do with what Christians celebrate when we commemorate Easter. Easter, for us, is remembering Christ's atoning work on calvary and a celebration of his resurrection. Without his resurrection, his mission would have been incomplete and he would not have proven that He was who he claimed to be. Many Christians refer to Easter as "Resurrection Sunday" instead, because it separates what we are celebrating from the secular customs you mention that actually are pagan in origin.

Answer 3

easter is when jesus rose for the dead. bunnies and eggs have nothing to do with jesus. i think catholics got the egg stuff going to symbolize fertility. im christian and i just go to church instead of lying to my kid and making him think that easter is about the easter bunny. egg hunts are fun, but i doesn't interfere with my beliefs.

Answer 4

The bunny and the eggs which can be often related to Easter within the latest age got here into being given that in the beginning, Easter was once a pagan FERTILITY competition which was once celebrated every spring. The bunny and eggs are each symbols of fertility, and feature been so for hundreds of years- they usually additionally constitute the pagan goddess of fertility, Ouesta. When Christianity was once announced to the pagans of Great Britain and elements of Europe through clergymen and missionairies, the humans to begin with rejected it- and to make it extra approved and less difficult for humans to realise, the clergymen allowed the humans to hold a few of their historical pagan symbols. The early missionairies additionally allowed pagan converts to hold the identify in their goddess- they simply transformed it quite to fit their possess functions. As the centuries handed, "Ouesta" grew to become "Easter". Easter got here to symbolize rebirth, no longer handiest of the Lord, but additionally of the season, given that it comes within the spring within the northern hemisphere. Today, the Easter bunny and the Easter eggs stay as symbols of fertility and of desire for a bountiful developing season and a well harvest within the fall. It's additionally valued at bringing up that no longer all nations and societies name Easter through that identify- in Spanish, for instance, the vacation is known as " La Resurrecion" or " The Resurrection" that's the real which means of the vacation. The French have a an identical time period, as do humans in some of the Scandanavian nations. ( Latin Americans and the Spanish additionally name Christmas through an additional identify than English speakme nations do- to them, Christmas is " La Navidad" or " The Nativity"- once more, so much in the direction of the real, normal which means. "Christmas" truthfully comes from 2 phrases, "Christ's Mass" or, a Mass which is meant to rejoice the nativity of the Lord. We even get our global "vacation" this manner- it is a transformed variant of the phrases "Holy Day" as in " Holy Day of Obligation". I desire that is helping.

Answer 5

easter is the observance of the death of jesus and his rising from the dead.
bunny and eggs really have nothing to do with the spirtual side of easter , just like santa claus has nothing to do with the birth of jesus christ

Answer 6

actually it doesn't the others are right it is just a pagan custom that promotes sex and false idols actually i can't say the resurrection is also true it's actually his death that should be celebrated because he died for our sins so that we could repent he was the ultimate sacrifice instead of in the mosaic law which you had to get animals and sacrifice them for your sins it was a 1 for all yea it's complicated.

Answer 7

Nothing,this is pagan!
Christians need to be checking up on what they are worshiping!Remember,God is a jealous God.Ex.20:5

Answer 8

Easter was when Jesus was resurrected wasn't it??? I think that's what I was taught in Catholic school

Answer 9

Didn't you see the south park episode???

That aside, i always thought that the christians used Easter to promote sex...think about it...eggs (sex), bunnies (always having sex). Christians like to spawn, so this give them more reason, maybe something about the rebirth of jesus too...i'm sure it is not as complicated as i think it is.

Good question.

Answer 10

you have got to be joking.