Easter: The Gospel in Charlotte’s Web

The Lord Jesus Christ . . . will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself ” (Phil. 3:20–21). 

Charlotte dies alone after she finished her magnum opus. Jesus dies as the Father turns away from Him on Calvary. 

Charlotte saves others but couldn’t save herself (had no choice). Jesus came to save others but chose not to save Himself. 

Charlotte eats blood for life.
Jesus gives His blood to bring new life and the new covenant. 

Templeton is greedy and selfish.
Roman soldiers greedily gamble for Jesus’s clothes. They represent all sinners. 

Charlotte’s egg sac is waterproof and sealed. Jesus is laid in a tomb, and a stone seals it. 

Charlotte goes the way of all earthly creatures.
Jesus rises again and is alive forever, making eternal life available to all who believe. 

Charlotte’s old web is torn and empty. Jesus’s tomb is empty. He is not there. 

Lurvy, the humble farmhand, is the first to see the wonder of the web. Mary Magdalene, a humble woman, is the first to encounter the risen Lord. 

Wilbur’s medal hangs on a nail. He is no longer under a death sentence.
The piercing of Jesus’s hands and feet with nails undoes the death sentence of the sinner. 

The geese had one bad egg out of seven but has nine the next year, making up for the lost one—plus one.
God promises to restore all the years the “locusts” have eaten. 

Prayer: We rejoice in Your victory, O Lord!