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Christ Is Firstfruits Of The Resurrection

CherubRam

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Christ Is Firstfruits Of The Resurrection


The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a feast that is often mistaken for Passover. Passover is one 24 hour period, while the Feast of Unleavened Bread lasts for seven days. The Feast of Unleavened Bread is also a rest day where no work is to be done. That would also exclude attending a grave site to prepare a body on the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Passover was always on the Seventh Day of Rest, Preparation Day was always the day before, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread was always the day after the Sabbath Day of Rest and the Passover. A biblical definition of firstfruits would include the first of most anything that come from the ground or animals. The people would bring a ceremonial sheaf (bundle) of grain from the field, for the wave offering. The offering was a ceremonial bundle offering, and not a bringing of the harvest from the field, to the temple.

The biblical calendar is a 364 day a year calendar, which places the holidays on the same day of the week every year. When Christ was hung on the stake, both calendars were in use; the Biblical Calendar, and the Civil Hebrew Calendar. Which calendar do you think Christ and the disciples used; the Biblical Calendar, or the Civil Hebrew Calendar?


All three of these holidays involved firstfruit offerings at the Temple.

Passover was in the early spring, and it included firstfruits from the first harvest of barley.

Shavuot was in the late spring, and it included firstfruits from the wheat harvest. Among the many different offerings given, was a "wave offering" of two loaves of leavened bread. This was also a firstfruits offering.

Sukkot was in the fall, and it was the final harvest which included firstfruits of olives and grapes.

The feast day of Unleavened Bread was always on a Sunday when using the Biblical Calendar. That particular Sunday was also a REST DAY where no work was to be done. The women would not have attended his body that day because it was against the law.

Luke 23:56
Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.


The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread


Exodus 12:16
On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.

1 Corinthians 15:20
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:23
But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

The Firstfruits offering was on the day after Unleavened Bread.

Unleavened Bread Firstfruits Sheaf Wave


Leviticus 23:6 On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. 7 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. 8 For seven days present a food offering to the Lord. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”
Offering the Firstfruits
9 The Lord said to Moses, 10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. 11 He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.


Passover Sabbath

Mark 16:1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jacob, and Salome, they (had / AIT) bought spices so that they might go to anoint Yahshua's body.

Luke 23:56
Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandments.

Luke 24:1
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
The word "day" is not in the original text.

John 19:40
Taking Yahshua’s’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.

Christ resurrection was the first part of the week, not the first day.



Resurrection

The first day of the week to the Jews is Sunday. The first day of the week to the Romans was Monday. The first day of the week after the two holy days is Monday. The seventh day Sabbath was about to begin when Christ died on the stake.


Matthew 28:1
After the Sabbath, [plural] at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

"first day of the week" According to who or what? If Matthew 28 is addressing Romans, then it may mean Monday. And if it is speaking of being after the holy days of rest, then that also would be Monday. That Saturday and Sunday were both holy days. It was against biblical law for the women to attend Christ grave that Sunday.

In Satan worship Sunday is his day. The Sabbath of the lord was Sunday. Satan was also called lord, and Sunday was his day. Just a trivial note.
Scripture says "three days" and "three nights." There is no doubt from what is written that Christ died just before sundown on Friday the 13th. Three days and three nights from Friday before sundown would be:

Night 1 - Friday night
Day 1 - Saturday
Night 2 Saturday night
Day 2 - Sunday
Night 3 - Sunday night
Day 3 - Monday

Putting the resurrection at Monday before sundown.



First fruits was observed the third day after Passover and the second day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

The resurrection was the first part of the week, not the first day.
 
Hello CherubRam.
King Jesus is the firstfruits, but he is also the first resurrection. Not only the first to be resurrected, but the resurrection himself.

The best fruit. The first to be brought to life. Life himself. The Bible plainly says this, but it's a paradox, because to be life doesn't need to be made alive, unless it's perceived to have ended.

The first resurrection is Christ,

I am the resurrection... Jn.11:25

Since he is life, it's his life that is the first resurrection. This is why the Bible says believers partake in the first resurrection. It's his Spirit in believers.
 
Hi CherubRam
The biblical calendar is a 364 day a year calendar,
I don't think that's correct. I've always understood that the biblical calendar, as in the one He established when He brought Israel out of Egypt, was a 360 day year. 12 months of 30 days. It's one of the reasons for our difficulty in understanding many of the prophecies concerning distant future events.

God bless,
Ted
 
Hi CherubRam

I don't think that's correct. I've always understood that the biblical calendar, as in the one He established when He brought Israel out of Egypt, was a 360 day year. 12 months of 30 days. It's one of the reasons for our difficulty in understanding many of the prophecies concerning distant future events.

God bless,
Ted
The biblical calendar is a solar lunar calendar with 364 days a year. In that way the Festival days were always on the same day of the week. In order of keeping that calendar from falling far behind, they had leap years and added the lost days back.
 
Hello CherubRam.
King Jesus is the firstfruits, but he is also the first resurrection. Not only the first to be resurrected, but the resurrection himself.

The best fruit. The first to be brought to life. Life himself. The Bible plainly says this, but it's a paradox, because to be life doesn't need to be made alive, unless it's perceived to have ended.

The first resurrection is Christ,

I am the resurrection... Jn.11:25

Since he is life, it's his life that is the first resurrection. This is why the Bible says believers partake in the first resurrection. It's his Spirit in believers.
Not sure, but I think the translation may be a little bit off.
 
Yabel (Book of Jubilees) 6:32-38, "And command thou the children of Israel that they observe the years according to this reckoning- three hundred and sixty-four days, and (these) will constitute a complete year, and they will not disturb its time from its days and from its feasts; for everything will fall out in them according to 33 their testimony, and they will not leave out any day nor disturb any feasts. But if they do neglect and do not observe them according to His commandment, then they will disturb all their seasons and the years will be dislodged from this (order), [and they will disturb the seasons and the years 34 will be dislodged] and they will neglect their ordinances. And all the children of Israel will forget and will not find the path of the years, and will forget the new moons, and seasons, and sabbaths 35 and they will go wrong as to all the order of the years. For I know and from henceforth will I declare it unto thee, and it is not of my own devising; for the book (lies) written before me, and on the heavenly tablets the division of days is ordained, lest they forget the feasts of the covenant 36 and walk according to the feasts of the Gentiles after their error and after their ignorance. For there will be those who will assuredly make observations of the moon -how (it) disturbs the 37 seasons and comes in from year to year ten days too soon. For this reason the years will come upon them when they will disturb (the order), and make an abominable (day) the day of testimony, and an unclean day a feast day, and they will confound all the days, the holy with the unclean, and the unclean day with the holy; for they will go wrong as to the months and sabbaths and feasts and 38 jubilees. For this reason I command and testify to thee that thou mayst testify to them; for after thy death thy children will disturb (them), so that they will not make the year three hundred and sixty-four days only, and for this reason they will go wrong as to the new moons and seasons and sabbaths and festivals, and they will eat all kinds of blood with all kinds of flesh......"
 
Not sure, but I think the translation may be a little bit off.
He just mentioned the 2nd (bodily) resurrection 1st,

I am the resurrection, and the life:he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

But we have eternal life now, This is the 1st rresurrection,

And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? Jn.11:26
 
He just mentioned the 2nd (bodily) resurrection 1st,

I am the resurrection, and the life:he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

But we have eternal life now, This is the 1st rresurrection,

And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? Jn.11:26
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from zaó
Definition
life
NASB Translation
alive (1), life (133), living (1).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from anistémi
Definition
a standing up, i.e. a resurrection, a raising up, rising
NASB Translation
resurrection (41), rise (1).


The Father resurrected Yahshua.
Psalm 16:10
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your holy one see decay.

Acts 2:27
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.

Acts 2:31
Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.

Acts 13:35
So it is also stated elsewhere: “‘You will not let your holy one see decay.’

Acts 13:37
But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

It could also say:
John 11
25 Yahshua said to her, “I am resurrected and alive. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;...


Psalm 103​

1 Praise Yahwah, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise Yahwah, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
 
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from zaó
Definition
life
NASB Translation
alive (1), life (133), living (1).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from anistémi
Definition
a standing up, i.e. a resurrection, a raising up, rising
NASB Translation
resurrection (41), rise (1).

The Father resurrected Yahshua.
Psalm 16:10
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your holy one see decay.

Acts 2:27
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.

Acts 2:31
Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.

Acts 13:35
So it is also stated elsewhere: “‘You will not let your holy one see decay.’

Acts 13:37
But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

It could also say:
John 11
25 Yahshua said to her, “I am resurrected and alive. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;...

Psalm 103​

1 Praise Yahwah, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise Yahwah, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
The resurrection of the body is the 2nd resurrection. Being born again by faith in God is the 1st resurrection,

At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death. Jn.8:52

Abrahams' body decayed, but he was still living,

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Mt.12:31-32
 
The resurrection of the body is the 2nd resurrection. Being born again by faith in God is the 1st resurrection,

At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death. Jn.8:52

Abrahams' body decayed, but he was still living,

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Mt.12:31-32
Quote: "Being born again by faith in God is the 1st resurrection"
That is not biblical.
 
Quote: "Being born again by faith in God is the 1st resurrection"
That is not biblical.
Yes it is,

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God......He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 1Jn.5:1,12

Believers are now alive.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1Pe.1:23

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Eph.5:14

This is the 1st resurrection,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God...
Jn.5:25

Here's the 2nd resurrection,

for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. Jn.5:28-29

The saved and unsaved are bodily resurrected at the same time,, but the lost had no part in the 1st resurrection.
 
Yes it is,

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God......He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 1Jn.5:1,12

Believers are now alive.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1Pe.1:23

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Eph.5:14

This is the 1st resurrection,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God...
Jn.5:25

Here's the 2nd resurrection,

for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. Jn.5:28-29

The saved and unsaved are bodily resurrected at the same time,, but the lost had no part in the 1st resurrection.
The resurrection comes after "two days."
Hosea 6:2
After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
 
The resurrection comes after "two days."
Hosea 6:2
After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
Hosea is speaking of confidence in God despite suffering, because Christ was raised the 3rd day after being torn and stricken (vs.1).
Hosea doesn't mean God raises believers 3 days after they die. He means God delivers the faithful because they are persecuted the same way Jesus was,

the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death Phl.3:9-10

Hosea and Paul are saying they want to know the kind of love God showed toward people who hated him.

Jesus loved the people who tortured him to death. Nobody can top that!

I say to you, love your enemies...you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect Mt.5:44

the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person Heb.1:3
 
Hosea is speaking of confidence in God despite suffering, because Christ was raised the 3rd day after being torn and stricken (vs.1).
Hosea doesn't mean God raises believers 3 days after they die. He means God delivers the faithful because they are persecuted the same way Jesus was,

the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death Phl.3:9-10

Hosea and Paul are saying they want to know the kind of love God showed toward people who hated him.

Jesus loved the people who tortured him to death. Nobody can top that!

I say to you, love your enemies...you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect Mt.5:44

the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person Heb.1:3
2 days is After 2000 years.
Rev 20.

They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.

The second resurrection comes after the thousand year reign.
 
2 days is After 2000 years.
Rev 20.

They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.

The second resurrection comes after the thousand year reign.
Jesus showed us how God reigns in mercy over all creation. He always has reugned over mankind, patiently giving sinners time to seek him.
This is exactly how the King demonstrated his rulership over all mankind and all wicked spirits when he walked on earth.

he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. Psa.78:38

Their is no higher rank on earth than Ambassador of Christ.
 
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