Feast of First Fruits in Hebrew is called Yom Ha Bikkurim, occurring three days after Passover. It is also spoken of as the Feast of New Life. In ancient Israel, during the spring harvest, the people would gather their first fruits (Reishit), bringing the sheaves to the priest. The priest would then wave the omer (about six pints of barley flour) before Yahweh to be accepted as an offering. This obedience brought the blessing for the whole harvest (Leviticus 23:9-14). The corners of the fields were never harvested as it was left for the needy and foreigners. Messiah fulfilled this day, as he was supernaturally resurrected from the grave on this appointed day. This day is also known as the Sheaf of Barley or First Fruit offering. Messiah rose on the third day during the Passover season on the sixteenth of Aviv, the day of First Fruits. Messiah is the First Fruit of those raised from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20). This harvest occurred at the end of the weekly Sabbath. Scripture points to Messiah as the Kohen Hagadol (High Priest), fulfilling the wave offering before Yahweh. Many saints in the locality of Jerusalem were physically resurrected, signifying a harvest of souls (Matthew 27:52-53). This parallels a latter-day harvest. When Yeshua returns, past saints are asleep in the grave, and those alive will be joined to a new heavenly body meeting their long-awaited Messiah. The season of Messiah’s resurrection was springtime. What dies in the fall is brought back to life in the spring. This feast is fitting to the prophetic past and future timeline (1 Corinthians 15:51-55).
