Easter Symbols
Easter is full of Easter symbols that remind us what the holiday, and the whole season, are all about Other holidays and seasons are connected with Easter and thus have common symbols or lend their symbols to Easter ? these include Passover and spring.
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. According to the Gospels Jesus and the Disciples gathered for the Last Supper as a Passover Feast. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus entry into Jerusalem and the way the people received him like a celebrity. Lent is 40 days prior to Easter, during which Christians fast in preparation for Easter.
On to the Easter symbols.
Some symbols of new life associated with Easter symbols are chicks and eggs. Eggs are a strong symbol of spring, and have been for generations. Jesus’ tomb is also associated with eggs, something from which he had to escape into new life. It comes from the fact that chicks emerge to life from eggs.
Rabbits and hares were representative of new life to ancient people long before the time of Christ, as one of dozens of Easter symbols it means the same thing – 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.
Jesus was known as the lamb of God, so lambs are obvious Easter symbols.
Jesus was killed on the cross but triumphed over death, so crosses are important Easter symbols.
Other Easter symbols include palms which people waved when Jesus entered Jerusalem just before the crucifixion.
People wear new hats and new clothes at Easter, as Easter symbols, as reminders of the new life and resurrection
The cross is one of the Easter symbols, and it appears on hot cross buns, again to denote the crucifixion and Jesus’ defeating death.
Jesus was known as the light of the world, so candles are strong Easter symbols.
Monks created pretzels to be eaten during lent, and they are Easter symbols denoting arms folded for prayer.
Butterflies and their entire life cycle are Easter symbols reminding us of Jesus entire 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}. Then they enter cocoons, the tomb, and emerge as butterflies just as Jesus emerged to new life.
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