Symbolic Representations - What Do They Really Mean?
Easter is full of Easter symbols that remind us what the holiday, and the whole season, are all about. Passover, spring, Lent, and Palm Sunday are some of the other holidays and times of the year that contribute to or have common symbols with Easter.
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Here is how those other seasons and holidays contribute or are connected to Easter and Easter symbols. Easter for a long time was placed on the calendar according to when Jewish scholars placed Passover based on lunar and solar cycles. The Last Supper was either just before or on Passover. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus entry into Jerusalem and the way the people received him like a celebrity. Lent is a time that proceeds Easter and gets people ready for that season.
Now let’s examine some Easter symbols.
Some of the most common Easter symbols are eggs and baby chicks. Eggs have been strongly connected to spring for thousands of years. Eggs are also strong symbols or representations of the tomb of Christ from which he rose. Eggs are like tombs from which the chicks emerge into life.
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The ancient world saw the rabbit as a symbol of new life, so it’s natural it would be one of the Easter symbols that represent life.
Jesus was pure just as Lilies are pure white, so they became Easter symbols. Lilies are reborn each spring, just as Jesus was reborn after his death.
As Easter symbols lambs relate to Jesus being the Lamb of God.
Jesus was killed on the cross but triumphed over death, so crosses are important Easter symbols.
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Other Easter symbols include palms which people waved when Jesus entered Jerusalem just before the crucifixion.
Even clothes and hats are Easter symbols, worn to denote the new life represented by the holiday
The cross is one of the Easter symbols, and it appears on hot cross buns, again to denote the crucifixion and Jesus’ defeating death.
Candles are Easter symbols for light of the world, one of the names given to Jesus.
Monks created pretzels to be eaten during lent, and they are Easter symbols denoting arms folded for prayer.
Butterflies as Easter symbols remind people of every stage of Jesus’ life. (They begin as caterpillars, symbolizing Jesus’ time on Earth|As caterpillars they stand for Christ’s earthly life|They crawl around as caterpillars just as Jesus walked the Earth[/spin]. Then they enter cocoons, the tomb, and emerge as butterflies just as Jesus emerged to new life.
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Posted on: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 2:35 pm 
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