I rejoice for today, I celebrate the victory of my Lord - His victory over sin, over death, over the little old me. It's quite humbling actually, how Jesus chose to suffer, bleed and die for my sins. However, contrary to where most people dwell on, the Lord has conquered all these.
Pastor Bel's words during the message a while ago at the Sunrise Service of DCBC, struck me - Christ's suffering and death was what we did to Him; while His resurrection was what God did to Him. It also serves as a great reminder for me, of God's promise, that as His children we will be able to conquer sin and death because He already did so. It encourages me, that the Creator of heaven and earth promises victory over death ... how much more all the specks of hardships that come along our way?
So why an easter egg?
Apart from the which-comes-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg discussions, an egg is something I consider to be basic, as in the origin, the alpha of something. Come to think of it, it could be the end of something, too, considering the which-comes-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg argument. From an egg, you can have a multitude of possibilities to which it would grow to - a feathery, bipedal, warm-blooded vertebrate, or a scaly one, or an arthropod with chitinous exoskeleton, or even a human being. In short, an egg can actually mean life ... a start of it, to be more specific.
So again, why an easter egg?
Christ's resurrection was the proof that Jesus was God. It is the source of our confidence in His power to save us from our sins, as Christians. As what Pastor Bel pointed out earlier during the service, Jesus' death and resurrection are both equally important to the Christian faith. A question that can lead to choosing between the two would make it a wrong one. Either the person asking is just plain curious, ignorant, or he is setting you up to check your doctrine, as what Pastor Bel did to us. (Good thing I was confident with my answer. ^_^)
It is during easter that we greatly rejoice as Christians, more than Christmas, I suppose. We are reminded today that the faith we have in our Lord Jesus is true and not in vain, and that we look forward to His promise of an eternal life with Him.
So why an easter egg?
Easter symbolizes the start of a new beginning for the Christian - a beginning where all of the old self has been crucified with Christ on the cross, and a new self rises with Christ from the tomb. Jesus is alive. And we will be, too, when everything in this fleeting world of ours is dead and gone.
Oh how I delight in today's celebration, for I am reminded of how I have grown from an egg, to a Christian, assured of eternity with God and with His family, all because of His great love for me, and His great power over all things.
I praise God I am an easter egg, after all. Amen.
