it's coming to the end of the easter holiday. I have been asking myself this question every single year. what is the true meaning of easter? a lot of ppl will say the meaning of easter is jesus christ's victory over death. his resurrection symbolises the eternal life that is granted to all who believe in him. the meaning of easter also symbolises the complete verification of all that Jesus preached & taught during his 3 yrs ministry. If he hadn't risen from the dead, if he had merely died & not been resurrected, He would have been considered just another teacher. However, his resurrection changed all that and gave final and irrefutable proof that he's really the son of go and that he had conquered death once and for all.

However, Easter did not always symbolize jesus christ's resurrection from the dead and the meaning of easter was quite different than what Christians celebrate today. The feast day of Easter was originally a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. Celebrated in the early spring, it honoured the pagan Saxon goddess Eastre. When the early missionaries converted the Saxons to Christianity, the holiday, since it fell around the same time as the traditional memorial of Christ's resurrection from the dead, was merged with the pagan celebration, and became know as easter. The meaning of easter was also changed to reflect its new Christian orientation.

Today, the meaning of easter, for million of Christians, is that of honouring and recognising jesus christ's resurrection from the dead, and his glorious promises of eternal life for all who believe in him.

update:
didnt go bk to hong kong for easter as my medicine exam is on easter monday... so my easter holiday has been bombarded with tonnes of textbooks, notes and BONES!!! battling against stuff like ciprofloxacin, gentamycin, gemfibrozil, suxemethonism, hemicholinium and co...

so to conclude, medicine exams took my life away!

copied from JON:

腓﹝四：6 - 7﹞

"應當一無掛慮，只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求和感謝，將你們所要的告訴神。神所賜出人意外的平安，必在基督耶穌裡，保守你們的心懷意念。"

Philippians 4:6