The Easter Season

Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the forty day period with his disciples after his crucifixion, death and three days in the tomb. Many Christian believers who seek to follow Jesus in regeneration, therefore see resurrection also as the raising up of the whole man soul, mind, and body into the awareness of the indwelling Christ of God in our spiritual nature, after being entombed in the mind of the flesh.  

Mystics in all the world religions recognize that every time we rise in conscious realization of this eternal indwelling Christ as God, the Father, individualized in our spiritual nature, we make union with the same Father-Mind, Jesus knew during his thirty-three year physical life and visible ministry.

After Jesus’ resurrection, ascension and the Day of Pentecost, the apostles became remarkably different in personality and character.  They demonstrated the same inner spiritual power and authority over sin, sickness and death Jesus had. This post-resurrection transformation attracted others to seek the newly discovered kingdom of God in our midst and within us (Luke 17:20-21). They enthusiastically continued the Christ-centered, non-violent spiritual awakening which John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth initiated. This resurrection experience of Easter people has rippled throughout the centuries.

For the first 200 years many in the early church celebrated the Easter season with hospitality, singing and feasting. Their lives were filled with new freedom, new meaning, new purpose and spiritual discernment. They developed a deep love and personal covenant relationship with the Christ of God as the enduring indwelling Divine Presence in their spiritual nature. They sought to anchor the kingdom of heaven within themselves, in their midst and throughout our planet. 

Today many believers seek a deep abiding union with risen Christ of God as the omnipresent Spirit of God individualized within the spiritual nature of each and every person. This risen indwelling Christ of God is anointed by the Holy Spirit to bring spiritual vision, spiritual liberty, and spiritual healing. The indwelling Christ of God continues to proclaim and further establish the kingdom of God in our midst and within us (Luke 4:18-19, Luke 17:20-21).

Throughout this 2004 Easter Season let us join the early spiritually awake, Christ-centered believers in finding creative ways to more fully understand and share the inner spiritual meanings of the Easter Season, the resurrection of Jesus Christ and personal resurrection in our daily lives.  Let us celebrate not only the resurrection of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago, but also our awareness of the presence and activity of the risen Christ of God in our midst and within each person, as Savior, Lord, Master and sovereign King.