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Wishing everyone  a happy, fun Easter

but don’t forget that

Easter is a celebration of renewal and rebirth –

a symbol of Jesus Christ’s victory over death.

Today, the meaning of Easter, for million of Christians, is that

of honoring and recognizing Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead,

and His glorious promises of

eternal life for all.

What Do Christians Celebrate on Good Friday?

Good Friday is the Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday.  On this day mainstream Christianity commemorate the passion, or suffering, and death on the cross of the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Many Christians spend this day in fasting, prayer, repentance, and meditation on the agony and suffering of Christ on the cross. Many Christian churches celebrate Good Friday with a subdued service, usually in the evening, when Christ’s death is remembered with solemn hymns, prayers of thanksgiving, a message centered on the Messiah’s suffering for our sakes, and communion.

Why is Good Friday referred to as “good”?

What the Jewish authorities and Romans did to Jesus was definitely not good (see Matthew chapters 26-27). However, the results of Christ’s death are very good! Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” First Peter 3:18 tells us, “For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.”

The biblical account of Jesus’ death on the cross, or crucifixion, his burial and his resurrection, or raising from the dead, can be found in the following passages of Scripture: Matthew 27:27-28:8; Mark 15:16-16:19; Luke 23:26-24:35; and John 19:16-20:30.