“The Feast Of FirstFruits”
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say
unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap
the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your
harvest unto the priest
Lev 23:10 KJV
The priest is to receive the sheaf (or
omer) of firstfruits, and wave it before The LORD so it will be accepted on
behalf of the one who brings it. This was to be a lasting ordinance for the
generations to come.
The offering described in this passage
was made on the sixteenth of the first month (Abib or Nisan), the day following
the first Passover Sabbath, which was on the fifteenth (corresponding today, to
the beginning of April).
Christ is risen from the dead— and He
is “The FirstFruits” of those who have fallen asleep in Him.
But Christ has indeed been raised from the
dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Cor 15:20 NIV
The fulfillment of divine Purpose of “The Feast Of
FirstFruits” is “The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ.”
It was through a man that death came
into the world; it is also ‘through a man’—“The Son of Man” that the
resurrection of the dead has come. Because of the union of nature in Adam all
people die, so also by virtue of our union of nature with Christ, shall we be raised
on “the resurrection morning.”
At “the Resurrection” each one of us
will be raised in his own rank and turn—Christ Jesus is “The FirstFruits” raised
from the dead, then all those who belong to Him will be resurrected at His
appearing.