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Feasts of Jehovah Adult Bible Class 21 st July 2013. Feast of firstfruits Leviticus 23:9-14. Followed Passover and Unleavened bread Kept on the next day after Sabbath Not observed in Egypt or Wilderness Only to be observed in the promised land
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Feast of firstfruits Leviticus 23:9-14 • Followed Passover and Unleavened bread • Kept on the next day after Sabbath • Not observed in Egypt or Wilderness • Only to be observed in the promised land • Deut 8:7-9 They lacked nothing • Bring to be accepted • Carried to the priest • Waved before the Lord
Feast of firstfruits • Followed by Burnt offering, Meat offering, Drink offering – No sin offering. • First sheaf – sample of the great harvest to follow • Meaning of the feast : 1 Cor 15:20,23 20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.
Fulfillment of the Feast of Firstfruits. • Exactly on the day of feast of Passover Jesus Christ died • Exactly on the day of feast of Firstfruits Jesus Christ rose again. • Passover – picture of Christ’s death • Firstfruits – picture of Christ’s resurrection Lev 23: 11 He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Resurrection of Christ is the proof ‘My debt of sin is paid and now I am free’. • That sheaf was a prototype of all the harvest that would follow. • When that one sheaf was accepted, rest of the harvest was also accepted. • Christ was firstborn among many brethren – Rom 8:29 • Christ was firstborn from the dead Col 1:18
What about the rest of the dead? • Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the 1000 years were finished. • Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection.
Lesson for Life • Will you dedicate the first 20 minutes of each day to offer to the Lord as your symbolic first fruit offering? • Will you spend next 5 minutes in prayer with your neighbor to make a commitment to the Lord? Have an accountability partner to fulfill your offering of first fruit?