Denny answers:
The Easter bunny is not real. He is a part of the Easter traditions that many people celebrate, but he is made up.
The story of the Easter bunny may have begun over 400 years ago. The rabbit, the story says, brings eggs, candy and toys to children in baskets or hides them for them to find. Some stories say that the rabbit is actually a “hare” that brings eggs only to good children. Some people think of Easter eggs as a sign of the new life that comes to plants and animals in the spring as things start to grow again.
Many Christians like to think of Easter eggs as a reminder that Jesus gives us eternal life (living forever with God) when we trust in Him as our Savior. In fact, this is what Easter is really all about—remembering when Jesus died on the cross and came back to life three days later. Jesus knew that everyone sins. We all sin when we do, say, and think wrong things that displease God. Because of our sin, we deserve to spend eternity without God. But because God loves us, He sent His only Son Jesus to give us a way to spend eternity in heaven with Him. He was not only a man but was also God in human form. He didn’t deserve to die because death is the punishment for sin, and He had never sinned. But Jesus died on the cross to take the punishment we deserve for our sins. Because God accepted His death for sin, God brought Jesus back to life. If we believe and trust in Jesus to forgive us from our sins, we will go to heaven to be with Him when we die.
For Christians, Easter is the time when we remember what Jesus did for us, and that He came back to life and is waiting for us in heaven!
Bible Truth
- “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
- “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
- “And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:11-12). Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life” (John 5:24).
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