FIRST FRUITS (3 OF 7)
Scripture: Leviticus 23:9-14, 1 Corinthians 15:20-23
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First Fruits (3 of 7)
Series: Living Out the Feasts of Israel
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Leviticus 23.9-14; 1 Corinthians 15.20-23
As you're turning to Leviticus 23, let me remind you that we are learning these days about living out the seven feasts of Israel. It's one thing to learn about these feasts; it's something else to live out these feasts. These feasts were given for our living, not merely for our learning!
What makes living out these feasts possible starts by knowing that they are in sequential order, which means their order is significant. When God established them, he didn't just throw them in a cage, like a bingo cage full of bingo balls, mix them up and then randomly pull one out until somebody yelled, ''B I N G O.'' Oh no! These feasts were not established randomly, but rather sequentially.
You say, ''Ernest, what do you mean sequentially?'' Well, take those first three feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits. Why not, Unleavened Bread, Passover and Firstfruits? Or, ''Firstfruits, Passover and Unleavened Bread? Why Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits? Why in that order?
Here's why: because those three feasts were fulfilled by the first coming of Jesus and correlate with His death, burial and resurrection. They are a done deal.
We have seen that Jesus died on Passover on the fourteenth day of the month Nisan (NIGH sun), ''for Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed'' (1 Cor 5.7), buried on Unleavened Bread on the fifteenth day of the month Nisan (Leaven is a picture of sin and unleavened is a picture of no sin and Hebrews 4.15 declares Jesus was ''without sin'').
Jesus died on Passover (Friday), buried on Unleavened Bread (Saturday) and now we're going to discover that Jesus arose on Firstfruits on the ''day after the Sabbath'' (Leviticus 23.12) which is a Sunday for we read in 1 Corinthians 15.20, ''.... Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.''
Living Out th ...
Series: Living Out the Feasts of Israel
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Leviticus 23.9-14; 1 Corinthians 15.20-23
As you're turning to Leviticus 23, let me remind you that we are learning these days about living out the seven feasts of Israel. It's one thing to learn about these feasts; it's something else to live out these feasts. These feasts were given for our living, not merely for our learning!
What makes living out these feasts possible starts by knowing that they are in sequential order, which means their order is significant. When God established them, he didn't just throw them in a cage, like a bingo cage full of bingo balls, mix them up and then randomly pull one out until somebody yelled, ''B I N G O.'' Oh no! These feasts were not established randomly, but rather sequentially.
You say, ''Ernest, what do you mean sequentially?'' Well, take those first three feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits. Why not, Unleavened Bread, Passover and Firstfruits? Or, ''Firstfruits, Passover and Unleavened Bread? Why Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits? Why in that order?
Here's why: because those three feasts were fulfilled by the first coming of Jesus and correlate with His death, burial and resurrection. They are a done deal.
We have seen that Jesus died on Passover on the fourteenth day of the month Nisan (NIGH sun), ''for Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed'' (1 Cor 5.7), buried on Unleavened Bread on the fifteenth day of the month Nisan (Leaven is a picture of sin and unleavened is a picture of no sin and Hebrews 4.15 declares Jesus was ''without sin'').
Jesus died on Passover (Friday), buried on Unleavened Bread (Saturday) and now we're going to discover that Jesus arose on Firstfruits on the ''day after the Sabbath'' (Leviticus 23.12) which is a Sunday for we read in 1 Corinthians 15.20, ''.... Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.''
Living Out th ...
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