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Easter ensures and guarantees us that all who believe in Jesus Christ will be raised from the dead by the Father. The first Easter was a historical event of the God that Father raising His Son Jesus Christ from among the dead. Jesus was crucified and buried on Friday and He was called back to life on the third day ie Sunday. This event ensures and guarantees us that all who believe in Jesus Christ will be raised from the dead by the Father. According to St. Paul 'Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power' (1 Cor.6:14)
So the message that Easter conveys to us is that all the believers in Christ will be brought back to life by the Father, for the believers, should guard himself / herself in the virtue and righteousness before God during the sojourn on earth. So it is a call to live on earth meaningfully and worthly in the Sight and the Grace of God.
The first word that Risen Lord utters is 'Peace be unto you'. 'While they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst and said to them, Peace be to you.' (Luk 24:36) Hence the message that Easter conveys us is the message of peace.
Also He exhorts to love each other as the Father has loved Him. 'Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.' (John 15:9) 'This I command you, that you love one another.' (John 15:17) So the Easter community should love each other and live in peace, sharing love and peace among fellow beings.
In the present day world scenario, this is all the more important and relevant. The whole world and very particularly the land in which Jesus was born, lived, ministered, persecuted, crucified, buried and resurrected is boiling with hatred, rivalry, cruelty and murder. This is a contradiction in itself. So the sum total of the message of Easter is a total surrender to the will of God. Living in love and peace, sharing the same with the whole creation.
Philipos Mar Eusabius , Basil Aramana, Pathanamthitta.
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