Easter is on April 5 this year. It was celebrated on a different date last year, though. The method chosen to recognize the Resurrection is based on the Spring Equinox, a full moon, and a Sunday. We celebrate it on the Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. According to that logic and method of calculation I would have celebrated my birthday on January 2nd this year. Why? Because I was born the day before the first full moon of 1952. That was on the 11th of that year. It was on the 2nd this year. Perhaps I’ll start celebrating my birth on both days every year. Twice the presents!
But our calendars and historical events are pretty easy to keep up with in these “modern times”. Not so much 2026 years ago. There have been some serious calculations done to cement the actual day of the Resurrection, and yet, there is some disagreement. I look at it in two ways. First, it isn’t as important when we celebrate that life-changing event as it is that we celebrate it. So, I’m not going to get into any deep discussion about the exact date.
Secondly, though, we celebrate the Resurrection every week, in that we call Sundays our Sabbath, because of the resurrection. We meet, worship, and rest on the day of the week that our Lord rose up from the grave. For Christians that adds a deeper New Testament layer on top of the Old Testament command for a Sabbath.
By the way, did you know there is a list of 39 categories of “work” that the Jewish folks cannot do on the Sabbath? And each category has several activities that define the category. That’s a lot of doing nothing!
Say good things about your Savior and His church