Easter Is Approaching ☺️

As Easter quickly approaches, I feel obligated to do this article. I was a Christian for many years before I was told the truth or had any inclination that I could be going down the wrong path. Did you know that Easter is not biblical? There is only one time that Easter is mentioned in the Bible and that is in Acts 12:4, but this is considered a mistranslation of the Greek word for Passover. The Bible does not explicitly mention the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ as “Easter. The Bible certainly does not mention egg laying bunnies or hunting for colorful eggs.

Do you know where the idea of hunting the easter egg comes from? The word “Easter” was derived from Ishtar who was a powerful Mesopotamian goddess of love, fertility, and war. In ancient times this goddess was worshiped in celebration of spring and new life or beginnings. Eggs were a big symbolism during these festivals which often involved the rolling of eggs, orgies and sexualized acts from all participants.


Throughout the years, the true meaning of Passover has been replaced by the traditions of men. We would rather teach our kids fallacies and dress up fairy tales as if they are sacred scripture. Passover is meant to remember the time of Moses when God provided a passover for His followers. The book of Exodus explains that God directed the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb and use the blood to mark the doorway. All those who obeyed and believed were granted the Lord’s passover.  That night at midnight God sent a death angel throughout Egypt killing every first born. All the Israelites who obeyed were left unscathed. We must never forget that time in Egypt and what God did for the Israelites. We must teach our children our history.

Fast forward about a thousand years and Jesus himself became our passover by dying on the cross for our sins. He conquered death and caused it to pass over us, so that we may have everlasting life. This is the time of year in which we are supposed to remember not only the time in Egypt, but how Jesus died on the cross and became our passover.

This is one major reason I do not attend church locally. I have yet to find one that does not incorporate easter eggs, bunny rabbits or even mentions the time of Moses during easter celebrations. For many years my son participated in easter egg hunts. In fact, my parents would eagerly anticipate hosting their own easter egg hunt for the grandchildren. I was also raised to follow these traditions and recall receiving my very first Bible during an easter celebration. I still cherish that Bible today. It has been a few years now that I’ve learned the truth and every year I try to do better and better by teaching my children the right way. I think the first steps were the hardest as grandparents and other family members had a hard time understanding why I began to refuse to let my kids participate in easter egg hunts. They thought that I was crazy and couldn’t understand how Easter was not biblical because it is in fact celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Some have come to agree with my view on things, others have not.

More often than not, we put our own words into the celebration and forget what the true meaning of Passover really is. I want to teach my children correctly along with the whole truth. And if that means ruffling some feathers to do so, well, I’m willing to do that. I refuse to follow the masses just because it is the social norm. Are you teaching God’s word in the way that He would want you to, or are you teaching what has been passed down from generation to generation? These unbiblical teachings are driving a wedge between you and God’s truth. Do you follow man or God? Are you taking steps this year to bring back the focus on God or are you stressing about preparing easter baskets and stuffing easter eggs? Is your church working together to glorify God and what He has done for us or are you working together to continue an unbiblical tradition of men?

Maybe God has you here, right now, reading this article that He laid heavy on my heart to write. Maybe He wanted me to write this for you, so God could show you the truth and give you eyes to see and ears to hear. It is your choice what influences your children and generations to come.