Monday, April 21, 2025

Easter & Death

Sunday was Easter, the day Jesus rose from the dead.

My question is: If Jesus came back to life after being crucified, when did he really die? Even though I was raised in a Christian tradition, this never occurred to me. Like, he's not walking around today, two thousand years old. If he really did die (and isn't walking around as a two thousand year old), come we don't honor that day? We celebrate his birth and his first death, why not his second death?

This was puzzling me, so I googled it. 

It turns out, he ascended into Heaven forty days after he was resurrected. 

I can't believe I didn't remember this part, but in fairness, it was never marked out as a holiday. It they talked about it at church, it must have been just a regular Sunday and I tuned out. It's not like people get together and celebrate the Ascension.

I don't really think that is fair that he was sent to heaven forty days after he died. I mean, if he bothered to be resurrected, you would think he would spend more time hanging out with the his friends and family instead of taking off so soon. 

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