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16 Nisan (the second day of unleavened bread)
Firstfruits: Offerings are Given for the Spring Barley Harvest
On Reishit (Re- SHEET) people offered the first ripe sheaf (firstfruits) of barley to the Lord as an act of dedicating the harvest to him.
On Passover, a marked sheaf of grain was bundled and left standing in the field.
On the next day, the first day of Unleavened Bread, the sheaf was cut and prepared for the offering on the third day.
On this third day, Reishit, the priest waved the sheaf before the Lord.
"Counting the days" (omer) then begins and continues until the day after the seventh Sabbath, the 50th day, which is called Shavuot or Pentecost (the next feast on the calendar).
Biblical events on the day of Reishit:
There are some significant Biblical events that happened on this day:
Manna:
The manna, which God provided from heaven as food for the Israelites while they wandered in the wilderness, stopped after they crossed the Jordan River into the Promised Land.
Joshua 5:10-12
Queen Esther risked her life to save the Jewish people:
Esther 3:12-5:7
Est.
3:12- 5:7
Even though significant events happened on this day, Jewish people rarely celebrate Reishit today.
However, it has great significance for followers of Jesus as the most important day of the year.
Because of all the Biblical events that that took place on this day, they all pale in comparison one.
Although most believers in Jesus have never heard of Reishit, they celebrate it as Resurrection Day, or Easter.
Reishit is the day of Jesus’ resurrection:
Luke 24:44-47
Jesus is the firstfruits:
Firstfruits is a picture of Jesus’ resurrection.
Jesus rose on the third day of Passover season, 16 Nisan, the day of Firstfruits.
That event gave new meaning to this agricultural holiday.
God of course, designed it that way from the very beginning.. Its yet another foreshadowing of Jesus.
The apostle Paul, a Jewish believer and rabbi, wrote, “But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
Jesus is the firstfruits, and because He lives, we can live.
1 Corinthians 15:20-23
Jesus’ resurrection is the promise of the future resurrection of believers.
John 5:28-29
The resurrection is critical to the Christian faith:
The importance of the Resurrection to the Christian faith cannot be understated.
1 Corinthians 15:13-20
The entirety of the Christian faith hinges on the resurrection.
God has been trying to tell us this since the old testament times.
He even created a feast that was centered on it.
Sadly, whether it was willfully ignored, or misunderstood, the jewish people didn’t follow what God was trying to tell them.
Let us never find ourselves turning a deaf ear to God.
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