Easter in Prophecy:
Palm Sunday:
Zechariah foretold of Christ's riding into Jerusalem on a donkey
Zechariah 9:9 KJV (520 B.C)
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Betrayal of one of the twelve – Judas Iscariot
Zechariah 11:12-13 KJV
[12] And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
[13] And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Prophecy of the Cross
Zechariah 12:10-11 KJV
[10] And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me (Jesus Christ) whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
[11] In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Easter Celebrated
Acts 12:1-3 KJV
1 About that time King Herod Agrippa began to persecute some believers in the church.
2 He had the apostle James (John's brother) killed with a sword.
3 When Herod saw how much this pleased the Jewish people, he also arrested Peter. (This took place during the Passover celebration.)
Easter in the heart
Ephesians 1:15- 23 KJV
[15] Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
[16] Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
[17] That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:
[18] The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
[19] And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,
[20] Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places,
[21] Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
[22] And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church,
[23] Which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.
