Symbols of Easter

Day 1: Palm Branches

The day before Jesus entered Jerusalem for the last time, he had performed one of his better-known miracles. And more than likely, Jesus performed this particular miracle to foreshadow what was going to happen to him in the coming days.

Day 2: Coins

Pretend you made a chart of all the people you’ve heard of in the Bible. On one side, you put the people who could be characterized as good (not perfect, but good). The other side would be the bad people—the corrupt, the antagonists.

Day 3: Water Basin

More than 500 years before Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the prophet Zechariah painted a picture of what the future king of Israel would look like. See if this sounds familiar to how Jesus entered the city:

Day 4: The Lamb

If you do a quick search, you’ll find a lamb is mentioned in the Old Testament 96 times. Of those 96, the “lamb” is referred to as a sacrifice a vast majority of the time...

Day 5: The Cross

We have a word in our English language that is derived from the word “crucifixion.” It’s the word “excruciating,” which means, fittingly, “causing great pain.”