As we celebrate the Easter period take a moment to remember the profoundly historical significance that forms the basis of this religious holiday. The crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus The Christ has had a momentous influence on our spiritual understanding and our potential to awaken to our true identity. These events allow us to witness Jesus’s transitioning from his physical life in our created world into his immortal spiritual nature. Through the experience of His transformation from His physical life to His spiritual nature, Jesus showed us that this transformation will be our experience as well. Jesus in a very public way, through His crucifixion and His resurrection, showed us the truth concerning His real spiritual identity and His relationship to God. The story of the crucifixion and resurrection is your story as well. Your own life events may bring you to your own symbolic crucifixion of your worldly self and your resurrection into your “born again” experience. The resurrection of Jesus Christ verifies without question the validity and authenticity of the identity of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the significance to us of His teachings.
Ponder the actions of Jesus’s disciples and His early followers. All of His disciples, but one, faced severe persecution and torturous deaths as a result of their testimony supporting Jesus’s divine identity and His teachings. It would have been easier for them to avoid the horrific deaths that faced them by denying who Jesus was. The big question is, why wouldn’t these simple folks simply turn their backs on Jesus to avoid their own torture and deaths? The only possible explanation is that Jesus was who he said he was and they knew that He had in fact risen from the dead as He appeared to them and spoke with them after his worldly demise. This explains why they would not save themselves by denying Jesus as they knew the truth about His Divine nature and His relationship to God. They willingly sacrificed their physical lives to affirm what they knew to be true. The Easter message rings out boldly to you that Jesus did not die and is alive today. His spiritual Presence in this holy moment embraces you with His Love. Jesus is available to you to show you the way as you awaken to a new understanding concerning your spiritual identity, your life in your created world, and your relationship to God. This truth is demonstrated to you through the Easter message.