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Original HIM material from the Passover and Pentecost studies. A separate original First Fruits article has not been recovered.
From the Passover study
Our Messiah was in the earth for three days and for three nights just as he prophesied that he would be (not two nights and two days from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning):
Mat 12:40For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Our Messiah was in the earth for three days and for three nights.. “Un-leavened” (without sin), and then arose on “First Fruits” to wave the sheave offering before his Father signaling the “New Harvest”. (Lev 23:9-12)
Our Messiah and King was raised from the dead on FIRST FRUITS as our HIGH PRIEST in the order of Melchizedek (Heb 7:17) to wave the sheaf before Yehovah God so that we may be accepted! Yeshua (Jesus in the Greek) is our High Priest!
1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the FIRSTFRUITS, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
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From the Pentecost study
In verse 15 God is talking about “First Fruits”.. this was the day that they brought the sheaf of the wave offering. This falls on the day after the 1st Sabbath.. which comes after Passover. We need to remember that Yeshua Jesus was not raised on Easter Sunday according to the scriptures. Yeshua was resurrected on “First Fruits”. This is one of the reasons why he’s called the “First Fruits of the new harvest” in 1st Corinthians 15:22-23:
1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
The term “First Fruits” is used to describe our Messiah not only because he was resurrected on “Firstfruits”… but also because he was the first true human Son of God. The first “Only Begotten” Son of God. And for those of us who have picked up our crosses and have decided to follow after him.. we too will be sons of the one true God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.. lets read Romans 8:13 through 17:
Rom 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Rom 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Rom 8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Rom 8:16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
Rom 8:17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
So Yeshua was the “First Fruit” of the New Harvest just as we’re told in 1st Corinthians 15:20:
1Co 15:20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
We have the “First Fruits” of the spirit within us that the Father has sent in the name of the Son, and it is because we have this Spirit.. that we wait eagerly for the adoption as sons and the redemption of our bodies.. lets read Romans 8:22-25:
Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
Rom 8:23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
Rom 8:24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
Rom 8:25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
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So getting back to how we calculate Pentecost also known as Shavuot.. or the Feast of Weeks.. whichever you prefer… In Leviticus 23:15 once again we’re told that “You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering.”.. so we know that we need to count seven full weeks from “First Fruits”. so in order to properly calculate Pentecost.. also known as “Shavuot”.. we need to know when “First Fruits” was… because that’s the day we need to start counting from.. but let’s make sure that we understand this commandment well before we move forward. Let’s turn to Leviticus 23:1-11:
Lev 23:1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev 23:2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the LORD that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts.
Lev 23:3 “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.
Lev 23:4 “These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.
Lev 23:5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the LORD’s Passover.
Lev 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
Lev 23:7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
Lev 23:8 But you shall present a food offering to the LORD for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”
Lev 23:9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Lev 23:10 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest,
Lev 23:11 and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath, the priest shall wave it.
This waving of the sheaf represented the first of the barley harvest, and was known as “First Fruits”. Once again.. after the Passover… “First Fruits” falls the day after the first Sabbath.
So it’s clear from the scriptures.. that the High Priest is to wave the sheaf of the first fruits of the harvest before the Father (and I quote).. “On the day after the Sabbath”. So we have Passover, then Unleavened Bread.. then First Fruits… and on “First Fruits” we begin to count 50 days.. until we finally land on the day of Pentecost (aka Shavuot).
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