How I love Easter!

I love Easter.

Is it the bunny? NO!
The candy? No.
The Chocolate? No.
The Cadbury Cream Egg? Really good, but no.

I love Easter for one reason: it is the day Jesus rose from the grave.

³ For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. ⁶ After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. ⁷ After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. ⁸ Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
(1 Corinthians 15:3-8, New King James Version)

Why am I so jazzed about the Resurrection?  There are many reasons, but are best expressed here:

  
²⁰ But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²¹ For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. ²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. ²³ But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. ²⁴ Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. ²⁵ For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. ²⁶ The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. ²⁷ For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. ²⁸ Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. (1 Corinthians 15:20-28, New King James Version)

The Resurrection is a proof that Jesus was more than another man, more than another teacher.  Jesus' death did something special and His Resurrection shows that it was real.  Also, Jesus' Resurrection is a down-payment on the promise that I will too.  That should be enough to get anyone excited.

So think about that while you chomp your chocolate egg, especially if it has a cream filled center, yum.