What is the origin of Easter?

Daniel 7:1-8

DANIEL 7 BEASTS

• Lion
• Bear
• Leopard
• From sea

Daniel 2:36-45

DANIEL 2

• Statue head of pure gold
• Chest and arms of silver
• Belly and thighs of bronze
• Legs of iron
• Feet of iron and baked clay

KINGDOMS

• Gold - Babylon
• Silver - Persian
• Bronze - Greek
• Iron - Roman
• Iron/clay - ?

King Nebuchadnezzar's response: verses 46-47

Daniel 2:8-23

Daniel had confidence in God even when death was starring at him.

CHALDEAN EMPIRE

• 612 BC defeated Assyrian empire
• Ishtar gate lined with lions
• Came to end

MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE

• Raised on one side - Persia greater than Medes
• Three ribs represent conquered empires by Cyrus the great and his son
• Lasted 200 years
• Asia, Africa, Europe
• Came to end

GREEK EMPIRE

• Leopard with four wings symbolize Alexander the Great's sudden rise and conquest
• Four heads represent division of new kingdoms: Greece, Thrace and Asia Minor, Middle East Asia, Egypt Palestine

ROMAN EMPIRE

• Ten kings will rise after fall in 476 AD
• Divided

Is it wrong to celebrate Easter with a bunny?

ANTI-CHRIST

• John 2:18 - is coming
• 1 John 2:22 - denies father and son
• 1 John 4:3 - denies Jesus is from God
• 2 John 1:7 - denies Jesus' physical body