Beauty of God's Feast of First Fruits fullfilled in Jesus, BUT when do we celebrate it now?

[EileenMomGranny]

Shabbat Shalom Beloved!!

 

Today is the 24th of Nisan/Aviv, (24th day in the FIRST month of God's year)

5770 years since God created the world, and us in His image [Genesis 1:26-27]

Praise the LORD!!!

 

Shabbat, the gift of the day of rest, every week!! God is so wise and mercifull!!  (Genesis 2:2-3, Exodous 20:8-11)

Shalom, at peace with God, no longer at war against God.

 

17 b’Nisan, 5770. Yom Shabbat  שבת  שלום  י״ז בניסן  תש״ע
was the anniversary of the fullfilment of prophecy for the Feast of First Fruits, 

When Yeshua  [Jesus] was raised from the dead
On God's calendar (Exodus 12).
 
We know, as our Passover lamb, Yehsua died on the 14th of Nisan / Aviv: Pesach, and said He would be in the ground 3 days AND 3 nights (as Jonah in the fish)
so, Can we as Messianic believers, celebrate The Feast of First Fruits EVERY year on 17th Nisan / Aviv? since there are no more Temple sacrifices and Yeshua was our blood sacrifice once and for all. That becomes the marker date for our counting of the Omer, until Shavu'ot / Pentecost?

 

Our "sacrifice" has become 
1) a sacrifice of praise [Hebrews 13:15] ; 
2) our stupidity in pride. [Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 37:4] 
3) our hurts, and so the debts others owe us, in exchange for God's redemptive blessings :Romans 8:38 and Jeremiah 29:11-14

And our bodies, as believers, are now "the temple" [1 Corinthians 6:19].

Last week, on Wednesday evening, at Twilight was the Pesach celebration (Exodus 12, Lev 23, Numbers 33)... 3 days later is our Feast of First Fruits? which this year was also on Shabbat?  {I'd love to hear interpretion of this one, please!! Do we celebrate the DATE every year as the 17th of Nisan, or God's timing... "following the Shabbat" and so on the Sunday AFTER Passover every year?)

 

But the fact is that the Messiah has been raised from the dead,
the firstfruits of those who have died. 
For since death came through a man,
also the resurrection of the dead has come through a man. 
For just as in connection with Adam all die,
so in connection with the Messiah all will be made alive. 
But each in his own order:
the Messiah is the firstfruits;
then those who belong to the Messiah, at the time of His coming; 
then the culmination, when He hands over the Kingdom to God the Father, after having put an end to every rulership, yes, to every authority and power.
 ~ 1 Cor 15:20-24 CJB

After Shabbat, as the next day was dawning, Miryam of Magdala and the other Miryam went to see the grave. 
Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, for an angel of ADONAI came down from heaven, rolled away the stone and sat on it. 
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were as white as snow. 
The guards were so terrified at him that they trembled and became like dead men. 
But the angel said to the women, "Don't be afraid. I know you are looking for Yeshua, who was executed on the stake. 
He is not here, because He has been raised -- just as He said! Come and look at the place where He lay. 
Then go quickly and tell the talmidim,`He has been raised from the dead, and now He is going to the Galil ahead of you. You will see Him there.' Now I have told you." 
Yeshua came and talked with them. He said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 
Therefore, go and make people from all nations into talmidim, immersing them into the reality of the Father, the Son and the Ruach HaKodesh, 
and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end of the age." 
 ~ Matthew 28:1-7,18-20 CJB

 

So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him,
If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them],
you are truly My disciples.
And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.
John 8:31-32 AMP

 

Jesus IS the Torah, and wrote the Torah. He created the Feasts, The Appointed Times. He did not come to abolish it, but to bring it to a GREATER Understanding [Matt 5:17]

 

In modern, non-agricultural, Jewish tradition, the Feast of First Fruits has become "lost" in the tradition of Pesach. As has the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It's NOW accepted to ALL be called "Passover". 3 Feasts have become One in Jewish tradition. When someone talks about "Kosher for Passover" they are actually ONLY referring to the first feast, but are most likely aluding to the Feast of Unleavened Bread too. Or when someone refers to"The second day of Passover" they have been deceived.  According to God's Word, Passover [Pesach] is JUST the time between sunset and complete darkness on the 14th. NOT a 24 hour "Feast". Certainly NOT an 8 day "Feast". (Exodus 12, Lev 23, Numbers 33:1-3).

 

Pesach was the time Jesus died and was buried. When OUR Passover Lamb was sacrificed FOR us. And so God's judgment passes over us when we allow Him to put His gift of salvation by His blood over "the door" of our "Prayer closet":[our hearts/mind]: ...

 

and then out of joy filled gratitude and new found wisdom also accept Him as Lord OVER our lives:  

His whole plan of salvation and redemption. His sacrifice, AND His Word telling us HOW to live in the most possible blessings IN THIS LIFETIME.
 
(Yochanan the Immerser spoke) "...I have immersed you in water,
but He [Yeshua] will immerse you in the Ruach HaKodesh." (the Holy Spirit)
 ~ Mark 1:8 CJB
 
"On the first day after the Shabbat"
which in Rabbinc tradition has been interpreted as the annual Shabbat on the first day of the Feast of Matzah (Unleavened Bread)
Which is where the Rabbinic calendars arrive at 16 b'Nisan/Aviv for the current annual observance of The Feast of First Fruits.

 

However, we accept that God planned ALL these Feast Days FOR His glory, perfect timing, ALL celebrations of His plan of salvation FOR us, ALL pointing to the Messiah. And God is always truth.  We know he died on Pesach [which MUST be on the 14th of Nisan/Aviv] and was in the grave 3 nights AND 3 days.. which lands us for that year on the 17th of Nisan/Aviv as when the Feast of First Fruits was celebrated. So the scripture reference to the Shabbat MUST have been the weekly Shabbat, NOT the annual one. Otherwise God would have given the date "16th day of the first month" [as He did in reference to the Feasts of Pesach and Unleavened Bread see again Ex 12, Lev 23 and Numbers 33:1-3], but instead it is a "floating" date, that followed the weekly Shabbat. Yeshua lived a sinless Jewish life. He rested on Shabbat every week. Including this week. He knew the fullfilment would fall on the 17th of Nisan.

 

So, since we know He died on the 14th, and was raised on the 17th, which was the day AFTER Shabbat, Shabbat is the 7th day of the week.  Yom Rishon, the "head" of the week [or Sunday of the pagan calendar]. Counting back 3 nights AND days: Yeshsua was crucified on Thursday (Yom Chamishi.) ANY part of the daylight time in Jewish though counts as "day". Yeshua was buried on Thursday before dark (before the Shabbat): 3 days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday. And then the SAME 3 nights. So, on Sunday of that week, at the head of the week, He was raised, on the Feast of First Fruits. 17th Nisan. The same day of the week as the beginning of Creation Yom Rishon. Genesis 1:1... John 1:1. And so our new creation begins!! How beautifully perfect is our Lord!!!

ADONAI said to Moshe, 
"Tell the people of Isra'el, 'After you enter the land I am giving you and harvest its ripe crops, you are to bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the cohen. 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 that you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a male lamb without defect, in its first year, as a burnt offering for ADONAI.  Its grain offering is to be one gallon of fine flour mixed with olive oil, an offering made by fire to ADONAI as a fragrant aroma; its drink offering is to be of wine, one quart.  You are not to eat bread, dried grain or fresh grain until the day you bring the offering for your God; this is a permanent regulation through all your generations, no matter where you live."
"'From the day after the day of rest - that is, from the day you bring the sheaf for waving -you are to count seven full weeks, 
until the day after the seventh week; you are to count fifty days [Shavu'ot / Pentecost]; and then you are to present a new grain offering to ADONAI. "
 ~ Leviticus 23:9-16 CJB (Lev 23:15-21) (Exodus 12)
ויקרא Vayikra [He called] - Parashah 31 Emore [Speak]

So, my question now is, according to God's perfect plan and calendar:

When do we celebrate Shavu'ot / Pentecost this year?

Based upon when was the Feast of First Fruits this year:

The 18th of Nisan?

or the DATE of the anniversay of the fulfillment on the 17th of Nisan??
 

Bibles referenced here

AMP: The Amplified Bible

 http://www.biblegateway.com/  This is ALSO a site to look up CEV scriptures [the Contemporary English Version] that I read out of for the kids most often. BUT I do always check other versions/translation to verify the accuracy and my understanding. There are a couple of places where the CEV is in direct opposition to other interpretations. I always pray over those and trust God to reveal truth BEFORE I teach it to the kids. I always carry my NLT [New Living Translation}] Reference Bible; which is a good close second to the CEV for GENERAL, Basic study of the texts and cross refferences, maps, concordance, dictionary..

CJB: The Complete Jewish bible

http://bible.crosswalk.com/

 

Eileen
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