Way More Than Rabbit's Hiding Eggs

Many churches try to discourage the commercialism of Easter but, why not use it as a tool to help teach the message? You’ve probably asked yourself “What do rabbits, hidden eggs, and baby chicks have to do with Easter?”

As we all know, Good Friday symbolizes the day that Jesus was crucified on the cross and buried in a cave. Easter Sunday was the day that the cave was opened and found empty.

Luke 24:1-7: On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'"

It is the Christian belief that Jesus was raised by God and that his death could be cause for all Christians to enter Heaven’s gate.

John 5:24: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

If you ask me, that is enough for a celebration!

We know why we celebrate Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but where did all the eggs and rabbits come from? Commercialized Easter celebrations began as a Pagan celebration of the goddess “Eastre”. She is the Pagan goddess of spring and fertility thus the egg and bunnies symbolize fertility and new life.

Now we have all these great explanations, but how in the world did we tie them together? No one really knows.

Welcome to my imagination –

Baby Chicks - When they are young they look to their mother for guidance and protection. The same way we as Christians look to our Lord Jesus.

Rabbit - In 90% of my encounters with the Easter bunny, it has always been white. The color white represents purity. As we all know there was only one pure man in this world and that was Jesus.

Eggs - The Easter bunny hides eggs, usually very easy for us to find. Jesus’ teachings are similar. They are hidden directly under our noses; all you have to do is look.

When I was young, the Easter bunny always hid a golden egg or prize egg. Jesus may have made his lessons very easy to find; but there is a goal to all that searching. Heaven, sort of like the prize egg, it's a little more difficult to get there but I assure you the journey is well worth it.

Happy Easter everyone, God Bless.