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Leviticus 23:15-20. The Harvest Still to Come. Shavuot. Feast of Weeks-v.16 First Fruits the second day of Passover ( the day after the Sabbath) The barley harvest Count fifty days until the wheat harvest. . First Fruits.
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Leviticus 23:15-20 The Harvest Still to Come
Shavuot • Feast of Weeks-v.16 • First Fruits the second day of Passover ( the day after the Sabbath) The barley harvest • Count fifty days until the wheat harvest.
First Fruits • Cain and Able- true worship- Genesis 4:3-4 Proverbs 3:9,10 Romans 12:1,2 • Israel commanded to offer the first fruits of the Land Exodus 24:16 Deuteronomy 26:2-4 • Redemption and Dedication of the First Born- Exodus 22:29 Numbers 3:49 Luke 2:23 • Christ the First Fruit of the resurrection I Corinthians 15:23 Colossians 1:17 Revelation 14:4
The Counting of the Omer • A fifty day spiritual journey-v.16 • The miracle of redemption- Passover I Corinthians 5:7 Isaiah 53:5,6 • From bondage to meeting with God barley to wheat, Egypt to Sinai. John 8:36 Ephesians 2:3-5 Galatians 5:1 • A greater harvest still to come Ephesians 4:8-10 Jeremiah 31:33
Everyone Invited to the Celebration! • Two loaves of bread presented v.17-18 Galatians 3:38 leavened bread both offered unique yet one in Messiah- Revelation 5:9 • Including the poor, the widow, the stranger- v. 21,22 • Reading of the Book of Ruth Matthew 1:5,6,17
How Does This Apply to Us? • Shavuot/Weeks- one of three great pilgrim festivals- Exodus 23:14-17 • Jesus celebrated the Feasts Luke 2:48 John 7:10 Matthew 26:17-19 • Jesus promised He would not leave us as orphans-John 14:16-17 • The risen Lord Jesus told the disciples to wait for “the promise” Acts 1:4 Moments before He ascended to glory -Zechariah 14:4 • Ten days later- Shavuot- Acts 2:1 Pentecost! Jeremiah 31:33 • One in Messiah- The greater coming harvest Ephesians 2:14-15
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