Which came first: the chicken or the egg?
This age-old question has been around for a long time. It’s as if people don’t wanna answer it anymore, so I’ll do the honours 🙏🏾.
In Western countries, Easter is often celebrated with activities like egg hunts. It is a tradition that dates back to the 16th century. They heavily involve bunnies and eggs. So you would find a lot of Easter egg hunt activities on Easter weekend with many creative ideas (in 2026; largely gotten from ChatGPT or Claude). I mean these activities are primarily for children, but that’s what they’re organising in the West. It’s usually a lot of fun. The eggs thing has even been adopted by churches. Cute right?
On the contrary, in countries like Nigeria, where there’s a large religious presence, you would see a lot of rice + chicken eating during Easter. In fact, now that eggs are pricey, nobody is giving little children the opportunity to look for any conceptual egg, let them not get the idea that (EXPENSIVE) eggs are to be played with. Hence, Easter celebrations in the Christian parts of Nigeria and similar places often come with the tradition of eating rice and chicken.
These traditions are strikingly different, therefore we should try to determine which one originated first, right?
You see, these are the extras. Whether you choose to eat chicken or hunt for eggs, those are the effects. For every effect, there must be a corresponding cause.
It’s like being so happy about a wedding after-party and forgetting that the reason why there’s an after-party is because there was a wedding.
Jesus died, and three days later He resurrected so that we could live eternally with Him! That’s the basis for any meaningful Easter celebration.
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So, which came first: The chicken (celebration) or the egg (celebration)?
Neither. The cross came first.
Without Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, Easter rice and chicken or Easter egg hunts would not even exist. There’s no Easter without the risen King. And He died so that you and I can have much more than food (no matter how soft the chicken is) and much more than children’s fun fairs (no matter how many painting styles you make).
Without Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, Easter rice and chicken or Easter egg hunts would not even exist.
He died so that we can place our faith in Him for eternal life. He did the most amazing and most difficult thing ever. For seldom would a man die even for a good person, but while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
What a love. What a joy. What a great victory to rise from the dead forever!
He is the Risen for the season! (pun intended like mad).
Enjoy your Easter and celebrate Jesus’ victory over death!❤️
