Christmas and Easter are two of my favorite times of year. We couldn't have one without the other.
I love Christmas so much because we celebrate the birth of Christ. It's where His human life started. If Christ had not been born, He would not have died on the cross. Christ becoming man is so important - it allowed Him to be the Redeemer (Heb. 2:11-17), it allowed Him to be the High Priest (Heb. 2:17), His humanity makes Him the last Adam (I Cor. 15:45-47; read these verses - they are great!), His humanity links Him to the line of David and the throne of Israel (love this!), and because He was born human - He truly understood temptation, pain, happiness and all human emotions. Yet, He remained sinless through it all. It made Him the perfect sacrifice.
Which is why we celebrate Easter.
Christ's death, burial and, hallelujah! His resurrection!
I can't imagine what those days leading up to Christ's death must have felt like - the betrayal, and the beatings and the knowledge of what was to come. He did all that for me, and for you and for the world. That's a lot of love. Too much for me to try to comprehend with my human mind.
But thank goodness, our story doesn't stop with His death! Our story continues, doesn't it? Sunday morning happened. Christ claimed the victory over death, He showed that you can be redeemed from your sins (1 Cor. 15:17), and He showed we are ruled by a LIVING King! If Christ had stayed dead, we would be no different than many other religions in the world today, but Christ is alive and seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
I am so thankful for the meaning of Christmas and Easter. More importantly, I am so thankful Christ came to earth to save it. I'm so glad I know that my home is in Heaven!
The youtube video below was posted by some friends on Facebook. It's so good. It goes through what Jesus went through on the cross and hope of what is to come - it's a little over 3 minutes long. I hope you like it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YByT6wfdhJs
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