I have been impacted by my dad to get just as excited about Easter as I do Christmas time. Christmas is a significant time of year as it is the time of the birth of our Savior, and the worldly decorations make the holiday such a warm and joyful time of year. However, Easter is just as, if not more, important than Christmas.
There are countless scriptures in the Old Testament that refer to the coming of Jesus and what He will do for us. It was not until the New Testament that what the Old Testament prophets came true. Even Jesus himself tells his disciples of what is to happen, and that there is nothing they can do to prevent it. His first predictions of his own death (and the meaning behind it) are found in Matthew 16: 21-28; Mark 8:31-38; and Luke 9: 21-27. Take a look at those verses as sometimes we lose sight of why it was necessary for Jesus to go through with the crucifixtion.
After seeing the movie "The Passion", my viewpoint of how much pain Jesus truly did endure changed. When you are given a visual of what he went through (which the movie did a pretty good job), it changes your perspective a bit more. Seeing what how the movie depicted Jesus crucifixtion, and everything leading up to him on the cross, was definitely eye-opening, and made me truly thankful for what he endured for all of us. It also makes you realize how much God really LOVES us. I don't know any human father that would be so willing to let their son go through what Jesus did for the sake of others. It goes to show how great our God is and how His love is so deep for us. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to go through what Jesus went through.
Take this time to thank God for all that He has done, and use this time to really celebrate the life we can have in Heaven because of what Jesus did for us on the cross!!
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