Leviticus
23:9-14 KJV And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land
which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring
a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the
priest: 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD,
to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave
it. 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the
sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto
the LORD. 13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine
flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the
drink offering thereof shall be of
wine, the fourth part of
an hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched
corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering
unto your God: it shall be a
statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
1
Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I
declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have
received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are
saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed
in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that
which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose
again the third day according to the scriptures:
1
Corinthians 15:12-23 KJV 12 Now if Christ be
preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no
resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of
the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be
not risen, then is our
preaching vain, and your faith is also
vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we
have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be
that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is
not Christ raised: 17 And if Christ be not raised, your
faith is vain; ye are
yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen
asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have
hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 20 But
now is Christ risen from the dead, and become
the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of
the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order:
Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Matthew 27:50-53
KJV Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the
ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent
in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks
rent; 52
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept
arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his
resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Three times a year the children of
Israel were to gather before the LORD in Jerusalem to celebrate the feasts of
Yahweh: Passover (Pesach), Pentecost (Shavuot), and Tabernacles (Sukkot) These
three times were all agricultural harvest festivals. Passover was the
barley harvest, Pentecost was the wheat harvest and Tabernacles was the fruit
harvest. Tabernacles was the final harvest. Passover and Pentecost are first
fruits harvests that come before the final harvest of Tabernacles.
Firstfruits were always the best,
the choicest and the preeminent of all that was to follow. They were regarded
as holy unto the Lord. The firstfruits feast contained the themes of
resurrection and salvation.
It has
been noted by one Bible teacher of Jesus the First Fruits of the Barley
Harvest, that:
He
is the firstborn of Mary
Matthew
1:23-25 KJV Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring
forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,
God with us. 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the
angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his
wife: 25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her
firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
He
is the first-begotten of God the Father
Hebrews
1:6 KJV And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he
saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
He
is the firstborn of every creature
Colossians
1:15 KJV Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of
every creature:
He
is the first-begotten from the dead
Revelation
1:5 KJV And from Jesus Christ, who
is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the
kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his
own blood,
He
is the firstborn of many brethren
Romans
8:29 KJV For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of
his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
He
is the first fruits of the resurrected ones
1
Corinthians 15:20 KJV 20 But now is Christ risen
from the dead, and become
the firstfruits of them that slept.
1
Corinthians 15:23 KJV 23 But every man in his own
order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
He
is the beginning of the creation of God
Revelation
3:14 KJV And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write;
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of
the creation of God;
He
is the preeminent One
Colossians
1:17-23 KJV And he is before all things, and by him all things
consist. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is
the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the
preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in him should
all fulness dwell; 20 And, having made peace through the blood
of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or
things in heaven. 21 And you, that were sometime
alienated and enemies in your mind
by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of
his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable
in his sight: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded
and settled, and be not
moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every
creature which is under heaven;
- The death of Christ purchased our atonement but His resurrection brought justification
Romans
4:23-25 KJV Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was
imputed to him; 24 But for us also, to whom it shall be
imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the
dead; 25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was
raised again for our justification.
- The Resurrection of Jesus declared Him to be the Son of God with Power
Romans 1:1-4 KJV
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to
be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (Which he had
promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son
Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the
flesh; 4 And declared to be the
Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection
from the dead:
- The resurrection saves us since we are raised with Him after being buried with Him
1 Peter 3:20-22
KJV Which sometime were disobedient,
when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark
was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us
(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the
right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto
him.
- By His resurrection we are begotten to a living hope
1 Peter 1:3-5 KJV
Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten
us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- The resurrection displays the power of God
Acts 2:22-24
KJV Ye men of Israel, hear these words;
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and
signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also
know: 23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of
God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it
was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- By the death and resurrection Jesus becomes the judge of the world
Acts 17:30-31 KJV
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every
where to repent: 31 Because he hath
appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto
all men, in that he hath raised
him from the dead.
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