why does god want us to hide Easter eggs???

Question

why do we color easter eggs and hide them. there are twelve eggs in a carton, and there were twelve apostils. does the twelve eggs represent the twelve apostils?? and where in the bible did it say that jesus colored the apostils and made them go hide???

Answer 1

Now, I have to admit this is creative. 12 eggs and 12 Apostles, but, what most people not realize there were 13 Apostles (Guess that the Bakers Dozen they talk of) and 14 if you count Judas, Figure that one out. Heee Heee ;-) We will have to change our Egg boxes now. I must agree with you, mainworry does get a little lengthy, but, I love him, he my brother, he would make a good Baptist Preacher. ;-p

Answer 2

Decorated eggs are much older than Easter, and both eggs and rabbits are age-old fertility symbols. The Passover Seder service uses a hard-cooked egg flavored with salt water as a symbol both of new life and the Temple service in Jerusalem. The Jewish tradition may have come from earlier Roman Spring feasts.



Easter egg origin stories abound — one has an emperor claiming that the Resurrection was as likely as eggs turning red (see Mary Magdalene); more prosaically the Easter egg tradition may have celebrated the end of the privations of Lent. In the West, eggs were seen as "meat", which would have been forbidden during Lent. Likewise, in Eastern Christianity, both meat and dairy were prohibited during the fast, and eggs were seen as "dairy" (a foodstuff that could be taken from an animal without shedding its blood). One would have been forced to hard boil the eggs that the chickens produced so as not to waste food, and for this reason the Spanish dish hornazo (traditionally eaten on and around Easter) contains hard-boiled eggs as a primary ingredient.



(its more so a tradition if anything)

Answer 3

no, Easter is a PAGAN HOLIDAY



Easter was never from God.



Twelve is the number for a dozen - its easier for people to use a dozen eggs because its a common number.



Twelve eggs has nothing to do with the twelve apostles



I think your looking into this much more than needs to be.



I think that Easter Sunday has become NOTHING to do with the resurrection of Jesus Christ 3 days after the Crucifixion.



If you celebrate Christ's Resurrection than at least that is a true celebration-There is nothing true about an Easter bunny running around dropping colored eggs for kids with candy inside them...



thank you,

Thank you,

Answer 4

There are worldly things and Godly/Holy things and when it comes to certain holidays. Easter eggs are a man made carnal tradition, I really don't think it has anything to do with Christ's resurrection.



Some one decided that all holidays to make money and have some carnality to them. In other words they came up with Easter bunnies, eggs and etc. for those who are not Christians and got a lot of people to spend loads of money on baskets and stuff.



I am a Christian and I really don't think that it hurts to buy the eggs only if you know the real reason for Easter/Resurrection Sunday.

Answer 5

Easter, Eostre, is a pagan holiday in regard to the coming of spring. Legend has it that the Goddess Eostre (I'm not sure of exact spelling) saved a bird that was dying by turning it into a rabbit, but the used to be bird, now rabbit, laid colored eggs. Finding a colored egg was a great blessing and became a fun game too. The Christians "merged" their holiday of Jesus coming back from the dead with the pagan's celebration of Eoster to help "convert" pagans and make Christian rituals feel more comfortable for them.

Answer 6

Coloring Easter eggs and hiding them has nothing to do with the resurrection of Jesus. It is a just a cute tradition, make up to help kids look forward to a day that they might otherwise not appreciate. And, like a lot of other holidays in America, it has spirled out of control, and now involves toys and candy.

Answer 7

Actually it has to do with Jesus. Easter was the day Jesus came back from the dead. And we hide eggs because in spring its like a season of life. And eggs have life....Then everyone changed the reason of Easter to make more money

Answer 8

The true meaning of Easter is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But just as Christmas is, Easter has became commercialized and trivialized. It has nothing to do with eggs.

Answer 9

WEll, it's another non-Christian alternative.

Christmas was the birth of Christ. NonChristians

decided to celebrate Santa Claus. Easter was

the resurrection of Christ from the Grave. Non-

christians thought up Easter bunnies and hiding

eggs. It's a shame to turn these wonderful two

Holidays into stupid celebrations.

Answer 10

God has nothinto do with easter eggs. This practice of makin easter eggs were from the pagans and later adapted by the christians.

Answer 11

God wants us to hide Easter eggs so his little children can have fun.



The eggs are colored because a group of Christians did it by putting Christian images and symbols on them for their Easter basket. As well they put in bright designs just for the joy of the day. The were originally called pysanki.



Jesus was too busy to color them. He left that to moms who like to make crafts for kids.

Answer 12

The Easter Bunny wants you to hide the eggs that it lays.

Answer 13

Easter bunnies, easter ehhs is a tradition started by man. It has not basis on the Easter story (Ressurection)

Answer 14

incorrect question. it is going to likely be: "what variety of god might hide pretend (or non-pretend) dinosaur bones like easter eggs just to punk us?" Bonus answer: that is puzzling telling one from the different.

Answer 15

EASTER A BRIEF HISTORY



The name “Easter” comes to America from Ostera or Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. The origin goes back to 2000 BC in Babylonia honoring the goddess of spring Ishtar. Ishtar the mother/wife of their god Tammuz brought him back from the underworld. In Phoenecia she became Astarte, in Greece Eostre, and in Germany Ostara. Consider also a Phrygian honoring Attis and Cybele or a heretic Israelite honoring the Canaanite Baal and Ashtoreth. All of these are fertility celebrations of death and resurrection.



EASTER IN THE KING JAMES



The word “Easter” occurs in the King James Bible ONE TIME and is mistranslated. It should be translated PASSOVER.



Acts 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.



Easter G3957 pascha (pas'-khah) Of Chaldee origin (compare [H6453]); the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it): - Easter, Passover.



H6453 pesach (peh'-sakh) From H6452; a pretermission, that is, exemption; used only technically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim): - passover (offering).



H6452 pasach (paw-sakh') A primitive root; to hop, that is, (figuratively) skip over (or spare); by implication to hesitate; also (literally) to limp, to dance: - halt, become lame, leap, pass over.



THE ORIGINAL PASSOVER A SHADOW



Exo.12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. Exo.12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. Exo.12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as He hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. Exo.12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? Exo.12:27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.



What did it say in Exo.12:26? What mean ye by this service?



What did it say in Exo.12:27? It is the SACRIFICE of the LORD'S Passover.



This was a shadow, that is a silhouette or likeness, of Christ’s crucifixion. Israel was in bondage to the Egyptians. We were in bondage to sin.



CHRIST OUR PASSOVER



I Cor.5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? I Cor.5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: I Cor.5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.



Christ our Passover is SACRIFICED for us.



IT IS PROBABLY TRULY DISGUSTING TO FATHER



As with most Christian holidays, Easter has been secularized and commercialized. We have Easter bunnies, eggs, baskets, bonnets, parades and etc.



Knowing now the origins of Easter, the fallacy of Easter and the sacrifice Christ made for us; I am truly ashamed of myself. We should not be celebrating Easter. We should be celebrating Christ our Passover with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.



What is your answer to a child who asks, “What mean ye by this service?” I pray your answer is not Easter.



What does God think, about what He sees and hears during this special time of year?

Answer 16

When I have questions about holidays, holiday traditions, and biblical issues, I do a search by typing in "origins of ___". You will find a lot of interesting information on our traditions.

Answer 17

Because he likes playing with the gullible and zombies of the world. And please don't eat pork either, because your diet will come into question at the Pearly Gates..!!!

but its ok to believe in the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus because they are good and not evil.

Answer 18

Here's the real question...what do bunnies have to do with eggs?

Answer 19

It's not that formal. It's just a fun thing to make kids happy, which is what God likes.

Answer 20

God couldn't care less what you do with them.Go ahead and eat them.

Answer 21

Just to test how smart is people

Answer 22

i dont really think it has anything to do with god, i think its just a fun thing for kids to do to celebrate

Answer 23

I think you better rethink.

Answer 24

HUH???

This can´t be a serious question