Why does springtime and planting crops remind us of the resurrection?
Springtime and planting crops picture resurrection because a seed must be buried and die before new life emerges. Jesus used the kernel of wheat analogy: unless it falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit. Nature's cycle mirrors death and resurrection.
Les explains that this principle is woven throughout God's creation. He tells his classes in Oklahoma that if you're aware of it, everything you see in nature is constantly screaming the fact of resurrection. Jesus said that unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit, or much grain. Until seed is put into the ground, nothing happens; it stays in its container. But once it has moisture and sunlight, the seed first dies and becomes corrupt, and out of that death comes the new stem, which for wheat produces hundreds of kernels. So every springtime when things shoot out of the ground, and every time crops are planted in gardens, it is a reminder of the resurrection, because Jesus Himself used that analogy.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.