Firstfruits is the first sheaf, brought before the rest of the harvest is eaten.
Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
When Israel enters the land, they bring a sheaf of the first grain to the priest, and he waves it before the Lord on the day after the Sabbath. They do not eat bread or parched grain until that sheaf has been brought. The first of the harvest belongs to the Lord, and it pledges the rest. Paul says Christ has been raised, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. The sheaf is the promise that the field follows. His resurrection is the promise of theirs.
- The sheaf starts the count toward the Feast of Weeks.
- Firstfruits of dough and of the threshing floor are also named. The principle is the first given to God.
- The church is also called a kind of firstfruits. The title belongs first to the risen Christ.
The sheaf before the meal.
Christ, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
The field follows the sheaf.
- The first sheaf is waved before Israel eats the harvest.
- It is brought on the day after the Sabbath.
- The fifty-day count begins there.
- The first belongs to the Lord and pledges the rest.
- Christ is the firstfruits of the resurrection.
- Those who belong to Him follow at His coming.
- The Sheaf – First grain.
- The Wave – Before the Lord.
- The Ban – No bread until it is brought.
- The Count – Fifty days.
- The Christ – Firstfruits of the dead.
- The Rest – Those who belong to Him.
- Leviticus 23:10-11 – “You shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord.”
- Leviticus 23:14 – “You shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 – “Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep… each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.”
- Romans 8:23 – “We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.”
He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord.
Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
The sheaf is brought before the field is eaten. He is raised before His people are. The rest follows.
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