What Is Easter All About? (Pack Of 25)

People often get confused over the real meaning of Easter. Store shelves are crammed with row after row of Easter baskets, egg coloring kits, jelly beans and chocolate bunnies. But the real meaning of Easter goes way beyond such colorful, tasty fun. It?s about someone who died, and then found new life. Jesus Christ is the most central figure in all of human history, and Easter is all about his death and resurrection. Here is what the Bible says about who He is?what He went through on our behalf?and why. THE PAINThe soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). Here they crucified Him, and with Him two others?one on each side and Jesus in the middle. Jesus said, ?Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.? And they divided up His clothes by casting lots. Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. THE PAYMENTThe people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at Him. They said, ?He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.? One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at Him: ?Aren?t You the Christ? Save Yourself and us!? But the other criminal rebuked him. &ld