{"id":689,"date":"2025-04-22T05:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechurchofbuvu.org\/PortTownsend\/?p=689"},"modified":"2025-04-22T06:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:27:18","slug":"happy-no-death-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechurchofbuvu.org\/PortTownsend\/2025\/04\/22\/happy-no-death-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy No Death Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nEaster! The day we celebrate Jesus demonstrating that there is no actual death! <\/p>\n

The Romans crucified him for \u201cclaiming he was King of the Jews,\u201d a claim he never made.<\/p>\n

Some religious leaders wanted him punished for \u201cblasphemy.\u201d 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 \u2026 WE ARE ONE with our Creator.<\/p>\n

The absurd notion that our Creator, because we were born \u201csinners,\u201d 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 \u2026 that notion came MUCH later. It certainly was NEVER anything Jesus claimed about his death and resurrection.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cO death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?\u201d (1 Corinthians 15:55)<\/p>\n

Steve Gillard<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Painting of Jesus, “The Prince of Peace,” by Akiane Kramarik<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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