Resurrection Rolls

For the first time we tried Resurrection Rolls.  A neat, hands-on model of Jesus burial and resurrection.

 First we discussed that like a marshmallow, Jesus was pure and white.  He had no sin, unlike us, but he died and took the consequence of sin, death, for us so that we could live with him forever.

 After he died, they poured oil on him (we rolled the marshmallow in melted butter)

 Then they embalmed him with spices (sugar and cinnamon in our case)

 Then they wrapped him in a burial cloth (we wrapped ours in crescent rolls)

 Afterward they put him in a tomb.  We placed our rolls in the oven (according to the crescent roll baking instructions if you happen to be interested in trying it).  This is where our theology started going south.  Eve asked, "Why did they put Jesus in the oven?"  My children take things so literally!

 When the rolls came out of the oven, we cut them open, and "Jesus" was gone!  He had risen!  "No," John said, "the marshmallows melted.  They didn't disappear.  They're made out of stuff that melts and that's what happened."  No matter how much I tried to argue or convince them that this was just a picture of what happened to Jesus, we couldn't get past the childhood theology.  Jesus was put in the oven by some bad people and melted.  Upon this truth we base our faith.  One day maybe we'll make the jump that Jesus was killed in our place, defeated death, and is alive...the sweetest treat of Easter (although, as you can see, the resurrection rolls were rather sweet themselves).