Sorry for being so slow at getting this series completed....we are promised an abundant life - - and sometimes that means 'lots of it!'
The first three feasts were all fulfilled in the events of Holy Week, and today's entry brings us to Feast #3, The Feast of First Fruits/ Yom HaBikkurim, The Grain Harvest. It came to be celebrated on Nisan 16, and it honored bringing the firstfruits of the Winter grain harvest to the Temple.
In Jesus' resurrection, as explained in 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, He became the firstfruits of those who have 'fallen asleep'. He arose from the dead, and so shall we! He was the perfect fulfillment of these first 3 feasts, and it was no coincidence that He arose on Nisan 16 - - on the third day - - in perfect harmony with the feast being celebrated, with Him as its fulfillment.
Further, it is significant that in John 12:24-25 he said "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." (ESV)
It is no accident that the dates for the celebrations came when they did - - or that Jesus' fulfillment of (1) being the perfect Lamb of God, whose blood was shed for the remission of sins; (2) being the bread of life - broken for us; (3) being the grain of wheat that was the firstfruits of all who would be raised together with Him in eternal life - - all occurred on the precise dates of the celebrations! Jesus is the absolute fulfillment of what was previewed in the Old Testament.
Leviticus 23:9
1 Corinthians 15:20-23
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