Question:  Are there any biblical scriptural explanations about why we use eggs for Easter?

            David

Answer:  Dear David,

            The egg is often used in anti-Easter material as a “proof” that Easter is wrong, unbiblical, etc.  It is true that pagans have regarded the egg in a variety of ways, but logic tells us that pagans ate food, drank water, etc., etc.  That doesn’t ipso facto, prove that we should not eat food or drink water.

            Much symbolism about the egg in the ancient world centered around new life.  New life, of course, is very much a Christian theme – as we read in Romans 6, among other places.  It speaks to the relationship we can have with God because of the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

            Because eggs were associated with new life, it is only natural that Christians would begin to use them as symbols of all that is biblical and true about the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ – in the spring of the year when the cycle of nature bursts forth with new life.

            Having said that, we should also realize that things like chocolate eggs and bunny rabbits can at best obscure, and at worst completely hide, the true meaning of Easter.  If such things get in the way, then they should be discarded, for the real meaning of Easter is not in the symbols that humans have adopted as a part of traditional celebration (the same with Christmas and its Yule logs, trees, decorations, candles, etc.).

            This topic is addressed in some detail in a book we offer as a resource titled, “Easter – is it Pagan?”

            In Christ,

            Greg Albrecht