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First Fruits-Pentecost
Lev 23:9 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,
Lev 23:10 "Speak to the children of Yisra'el, and tell them, 'When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the Kohen:
Lev 23:11 and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Shabbat the Kohen shall wave it.
Lev 23:12 On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to the LORD.
Lev 23:13 The meal offering with it shall be two tenth parts of an efah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD for a sweet savor; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
Lev 23:14 You shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Lev 23:15 "'You shall count from the next day after the Shabbat, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Shabbatot shall be completed:
Lev 23:16 even to the next day after the seventh Shabbat you shall number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to the LORD.
Lev 23:17 You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenth parts of an efah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to the LORD.
Lev 23:18 You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to the LORD.
Lev 23:19 You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of shalom offerings.
Lev 23:20 The Kohen shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the Kohen.
Lev 23:21 You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy convocation to you; you shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Lev 23:22 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.'"
Brit Hadasha
1Co 15:20 But now Messiah has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
1Co 15:21 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah all will be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But each in his own order: Messiah the first fruits, then those who are Messiah's, at his coming.
Pentecost or Shavuot Overview
There are many names for the Feast of Weeks. It is identified in the Old Testament as the Feast of Weeks (Ex. 34:22) and the Feast of Harvest (Ex. 23:16). As explained in the previous chapter, this feast is referred to as Latter Firstfruits. The Hebrew name is Shavuot (pronounced sha-voo-ote). The Greek name Pentecost is only found in the New Testament (Acts
2:1 Now when
the day of Shavu`ot had come, they were all with one accord in one place.).
Pentecost is a major festival and has a dual significance: historical and agricultural, just as Passover and Tabernacles. Unlike Passover and Tabernacles, it is observed for only two days (only one in the Reform Movement). Pentecost marks the end of the barley harvest and beginning of the wheat harvest. Counting the days from the second day of Passover to Pentecost is called the “Counting of the Omer” (see previous chapter). The cutting of the omer of the new barley marked the beginning of the counting period; on the fiftieth day, Pentecost is observed. Pentecost is a Greek word meaning fiftieth.
First Pentecost | Pentecost After Messiah |
The Commandments Given | The Holy Spirit Given |
Fifty days from the crossing of the Red Sea | Fifty days from the resurrection of Messiah |
Law of Yahweh written in Stone | Law of Yahweh written on our hearts |
Three thousand slain | Three thousand receive salvation |
The letter of the Law | The Spirit of the Law |
Pentecost is considered the closing festival of the Passover season (Ex. 34:22; Lev. 23:15; Deut. 16:9-10). This day is further referred to as “latter firstfruits” of the spring harvest. The “early firstfruits” (barley) were waved before the Lord during the Feast of Firstfruits (see Passover chapter) and the “latter firstfruits” (wheat) were offered unto the Lord during the Feast of Weeks. It is also referred to as the Day of the Congregation (Deuteronomy 18:16). Another name is Atserret, meaning stop or cease or conclusion of seven weeks of counting.
Pentecost is the only festival for which no specific date is given in the Bible. Rather, the people were instructed to count seven weeks “...from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf [omer] of the wave offering (Lev. 23:15). This holiday occurs in the months of May or June on the American calendar. It is the successful conclusion of the first wheat-growing season and the anniversary celebration of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.
It is a celebration to reawaken and strengthen personal relationships with God by rededication to the observance and study of the Torah — the most precious heritage. When Yahweh revealed Himself on Mount Sinai, His people heard His voice proclaiming the Ten Commandments. Then the Israelites pledged their allegiance to Yahweh by saying, “…All that the Lord has hath said will we do and be obedient” (Exod. 24:7).
Passover freed God’s people physically from bondage, but the giving of the Torah on Shavuot redeemed us spiritually from our bondage to idolatry and immorality. The Torah contains the Five Book of Moses, the Prophets, and the Writings.
HB 2-5767 Bring you’re offering Yom Hobbikurim (Firstfruits)
Exo 12:47
The whole community of Isra’el is to keep it.
Exo 12:48
If a foreigner staying with you wants to observe Adonai’s Pesach, all
his males must be circumcised. Then he may take part and observe it; he will
be like a citizen of the land. But no uncircumcised person is to eat it.
Exo 12:49
The same teaching is to apply equally to the citizen and to the
foreigner living among you.”
The Lord was telling both the natural house of
This year the pagan calendar and the Lord’s calendar lined up.
Most of the time Ishtar (easter) is weeks or even a month before Pesach
(Passover). But this year Yom Hobikkurim (Firstfruits) the day the Lord
overcame death the perfect day following the great plan of Adonai was
completed. It was not just any old Sunday, it was the completion of His
appointed times.
The
Lord says in Exodus 20:5 He is a jealous God, so why would anyone who is
called by His name want to follow Ishtar, Goddess
of Love, and the First Resurrection?
Lev 23:11
He is to wave the sheaf before Adonai, so that you will be accepted;
the cohen is to wave it on the day after the Shabbat.
On the day after the Shabbat of Pesach we are to wave the
Firstfruit offering to the Lord. The time is now for the whole body of Messiah
to come and follow the way the truth and His way of LIFE. For those out there
who say we don’t need this and we are free from the Law I ask this question
you are free to do what? The feast of Firstfruits is an incredibly special day
for the Lord. He chose this one to rise from the dead it is our duty but even
more it is our Honor to celebrate this HOLY DAY!
#HB003 Yom Hobbikurim “First Fruits” 3 DAYS
Exodus |
Passover |
Resurrection |
Reed Sea |
Last Super? |
Mat 12:39 He replied, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign? No! None will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Yonah.
Mat 12:40 For just as Yonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea-monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the depths of the earth.
What does this Scripture have to do with the crossing of the Reed “red” sea, Jew and Gentile? The entering into the “Promised Land”, Jew and Gentile? Rut/Ruth and Naomi returning to Beth Lechem “Bethlehem” at the beginning of the Barley harvest? Jew and Gentile? Remember Rut is King David’s great Grandmother. What does this have to do with the death and resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah? Why was the head covering folded John 20:7? What does this have to do with 3 DAYS? What does it have to do with the frogs of the plagues of Pesach/Passover and the frogs in the Book of Revelation? You will get the answers and so much more when you listen to this message. En inglés y español
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Beth
Goyim Messianic Congregation is like the first congregation/church at
Antioch. Jew and Gentile one in Messiah. So it was in the beginning so
shall it be in the end. Knowing Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah is not about
religion it is about faith.
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