Easter’s Special Meaning

Unlike Easters of the recent past, this one will be a little different for most families. Most of the “Christmas and Easter” crowd will pile into churches this weekend across the nation looking for a little solace in light of the recent economic trouble. The militant atheists usually don’t get it right, but even they have an accurate assessment of what a fallacy it is in treating the God who created the heavens and perfectly guides history to a completion that serves His most righteous purposes like some sort of economic genie.

I wish each and every reader to The Politic this weekend a very Happy Easter for both you and your families — but let me add that when I send that greeting, I hope it’s consequences come true in the fullest sense. For some, that might mean finding a new job as the economic winter begins to thaw, for others it might translate into an easier time when the bills come in the mail. Such things are window dressing though and aren’t meant to last; the economy will be in another recession eventually and families are always finding new challenges to overcome. Visitors here are well versed, more than most, on how various societies, political movements and institutions have tried to bring heaven on Earth — Barack Obama’s campaign only being the most recent. They all have failed though and will continue to fail because the material they all have to work with, human beings, will inevitability snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The inquiring mind should find this perfect record insightful and come to ask “why?”

All religions, including progressivism and atheism, claim to answer this question lies in what John MacArthur rightly classifies “the religion of human achievement” — if we only pulled up our socks, we could get ourselves out of this mess and end the wars, hatred, poverty, destruction and, ultimately, death! As was observed above though, so many attempts have been made to do just this over history though and all have failed. This is where Easter and The Way of Christ stand out — no other system or faith ever had the other party, God Himself, take care of the insufficiency and none has since. That point was made clear on what we celebrate now as Good Friday, but Easter is what made it complete, by showing that life is once again available to humanity and that the (“straight and narrow”) road to recovery is there for the taking. So with that in mind, I once again wish everyone all the best. I have no reason to hope that you won’t find those jobs, and those bills don’t get lighter, but before anything else I truly hope that you and yours have a Happy Easter!