Easter! The day we celebrate Jesus demonstrating that there is no actual death!
The Romans crucified him for “claiming he was King of the Jews,” a claim he never made.
Some religious leaders wanted him punished for “blasphemy.” For claiming he was One with our Creator, a claim he DID make and a claim he also made about EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US! No exceptions, conditions, judgments. Just … WE ARE ONE with our Creator.
The absurd notion that our Creator, because we were born “sinners,” was prepared to send the lot of us to Hell unless (Old Testament) innocent animals were slaughtered or (New Testament) an innocent man – the Son of the Creator – was killed instead of us … that notion came MUCH later. It certainly was NEVER anything Jesus claimed about his death and resurrection.
So, at least for me, Easter is about Jesus demonstrating that THERE IS NO DEATH of who we really are: Eternal beings, as is He, who are ONE with our Creator.
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55)
Painting of Jesus, “The Prince of Peace,” by Akiane Kramarik