Easter isn't about pastel bunnies, ducks, and eggs...

“He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.” -Isaiah 53:3-4

Christians have suffered from Holiday Hijackers. Don't get me wrong, we do the egg hunts and the easter bunny things. I wouldn't want to mess with traditions and all. But we still emphasize Jesus as the reason we are celebrating. Like Christmas and Santa Claus, is to the birth of Christ so is the hopping rodent...uh...er...I mean the Easter bunny is to the Resurrection of Christ. The jolly fat man and the bunny seem to offer a distraction, or a way to "hide their faces"(see verse above). People to this day really don't want to talk about the man of sorrows, the real Jesus Christ.

Christ is still being despised and rejected by mankind to this day. When non-Christians do give lip service to him it usually not the Jesus of the Bible. It's a Christmas/Easter type Jesus lite that's easier to take in and look upon.

Let's look on the real Jesus this Easter. The Jesus who bore our pain and suffering and was stricken by God because of our sin. Because if you look at the real Jesus now and believe in that Jesus now, you will be able to look at him throughout eternity. Don't settle for anything less than the real Jesus.