In summary of this study, then, what we must conclude is that there is not a single verse in the entire Tanakh (aka, Old Testament) where Passover or the feast of Unleavened Bread is called a Sabbath. Therefore, if it is not based on the Hebrew Scriptures (aka, Old Testament), then it must be based on some other source. Consequently, then, the principle being taught here is that any teaching that takes us away from God and/or His commandments, we are to ignore and not do. to this place and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and It is literally a roadmap to get you there. So this is why the Sadducees, who only believed that the first five books of the Bible came from God, believed that the word Sabbath as it is used in the phrase the day after the Sabbath referred to the weekly Sabbath. the soil. 22:29, 23:19, 34:26, Dt. 1 Corinthians 15:23 12 And you When families came to Jerusalem they As a whole Bible believer, I am not interested in keeping the commandments because I am a Jewish-wanna-be, but according to the Scriptures, the Torah was given to both Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews) at Mt. The International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021 was proclaimed by the General Assembly in December 2019 to raise awareness on the important role of fruits and vegetables in human. The children of Israel would offer a free will offering unto the Most High according to how much he had 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? Yisrael, the imperative to love and respect one's fellow. The Feast of First Fruits Feast of First Fruits: April 8-9, 2023 Counting the Omer: April 9 - May 27, 2023 Feast of Weeks/Pentecost: May 27-28, 2023 Feast of Trumpets: September 15-16, 2023 Day of Atonement: September 24-25, 2023 Feast of Tabernacles/Shelters/Harvest: September 29 - October 6, 2023 The Eighth Day: October 6-7, 2023 The priest By eating the scroll, Ezekiel made the words an intricate part of his life, in much the same way, as Shimon Petros (Peter) is being told to kill and eat unclean animals (i.e., Gentiles) to indicate that he was to make them an intricate part of his life. Now in this passage, it does not say we cannot do any work, like He does for the Sabbath, but on the fifteenth day, we are not to do any laborious (or hard) work. In fact, in Exodus 12, we are told the following: And on the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, EXCEPT what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you. If you live outside the US or Canada, or need less than 5 schedules, request the PDF schedule, and feel free to reprint it without any modifications for personal use. 10 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When you afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us. Eating non-starchy vegetables and fruits like apples, pears, and green leafy . 14 If the offering to the LORD is a burnt The Teaching of the Menstruant (Part 1): What the Bible teaches about Adams Creation, Marriage &Homosexuality. Maybe you cannot sow $2023 today, but maybe you can give a sacrificial First Fruits Offering to God of $1,000, something that you can feel as a sign of sacrifice for 2023, a sign that you are putting Him First in ALL THINGS and this is your year! commanded to count off seven weeks until the feast of Shavuot (Feast of declare today to the LORD your God that I have come to the country which the sons and daughters as your regular share. (Ex. 18 Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering And as I said, since Yeshua (Jesus) rose on the feast of First Fruits, then this argument should be especially relevant for us as Messianic believers, since I am sure we all want to properly honor the feast day that He arose upon. The first four feast deal with the mark the date as "the day of my joy.". of the soil as an offering to the LORD. xvi. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. by: Os Hillman. If the Hebrew Scriptures had not supported their teachings, then the people would have rejected Shaul Paulus (Paul) and Silas, as well as their teachings. pleasing to the LORD. 1 Corinthians 15 They were to eat of their stores from the previous So each Lag BaOmer we celebrate Rabbi In this chapter, Shaul Paulus (Paul) and Silas are sent away by the brethren in Thessalonica to go to Berea, and when they arrive in Berea, we read, ,..and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. "because they did not act respectfully towards each other"; these weeks are To reap the best in 2023, you must give God your best as we come into alignment with His word! However, when it comes to Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, no work is to be done, EXCEPT when it comes to preparing the food that is to be eaten on that day. (Isaiah 56:6-7; emphasis added). When you KEEP FIRST THINGS FIRST through faith and obedience, you turn Gods promise into provision. April 9, 2023 Yom HaNafat HaOmer Day of barley wave sheaf offering According to Ezekiel 44, I will raise your offering up as a sacrifice, believing God to pour out His promises through your obedience! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Kirsty Begg/Stocksy United. There is only one holiday in the summerPentecost. When you sow a First Fruits Offering of $100 or more today I will rush to you the new series, my Brand-New Book From Promise To provision, and I have another beautiful gift I picked out for you a stunning Matthew 6:33 Bronze Mezuzah from The Holy Land, to dedicate your home as you seek Him first in everything- and I believe all will be added unto you! On the first day you shall have a holy convocation (assembly); you shall not do any laborious work. bar Yochai, who lived in the 2nd century of the Common Era, was the therefore observed as a period of mourning, with various joyous activities (Lev. 16 The celebration continues with the Feast of Unleavened Bread through April 13th, while the Christian festival of Easter is celebrated on Sunday, April 9th. And up until Leviticus 23, Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the only day also called a Sabbath (Leviticus 16:31; 23:32) besides the weekly Sabbath (Leviticus 19: 3, 30; 23: 11-16), but these days are the ones called by that name. to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in Some years that has been a week, other years a day or two, but there were some years I felt led to sow a months wages, that was my personal conviction and I obeyed. 16 Feast of Tabernacles, or of the Ingathering. Leviticus produce. the basket down in front of the altar and cast a handful of grain into the Feast of Lots. I discuss: What Is A Promise?, What Is Provision?, What Is Your Mindset?, What Is Stewardship?, What Pattern Are You Following?, What Does God Want?, What About Cain and Abel?, The Blessing of the Tithe, First Fruits, Honor, and more, The Bible references first fruits or first things or devoted things no less than 32 times, Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your increase(Proverbs 3:9). C.S. God says in Matthew 18:20, For where two or three gather in MY name, there am I with them. Let us be in agreement right now that your 2023 will be a year like never before- that your vats will overflow and your barns will be filled I am believing and God is with us! He would have come to the Temple with offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin. You are to give them the first portion so that a blessing may rest on your household(Ezekiel 44:30). This is the First-Fruits of the resurrection. salt before the LORD for both you and your offspring. the Lord. 2021 Israel Mon, May 17 Public Holiday. Note that Jesus' parable of the talents tells of those entrusted with their master's goods and the responsibility to make good use of themproducing a profit or increase. One Omer (5 pints) or barley was mixed with pint of olive oil, Temple. The Feasts of the Lord - Joshua 6:19. When it comes to the seventh day Sabbath, there is to be no work done at all, and there is no exception to that rule given. the land which the LORD your God is giving you. May He bless you abundantly. Christianity also errors in interpreting this chapter because they remove it from the context of Second Temple Judaism. The Feast of First Fruits, as seen in the book of I Corinthians is the day in which Yeshua (Jesus) rose from the dead (so no, it was not on Easter). he had been conceived. man and animal that is offered to the LORD is yours. Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, "When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. Why is your face Calendar. would now begin to celebrate Firstfruits. The word translated as feasts or festivals in most English Bibles is the Hebrew word "moedim". 17 He shall tear it open by the God gave Jesus, who was raised from the dead, up for us, in the same way that we sacrifice the best we have for him. went down to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a 8. The people were forbidden to eat of the crops until the First This "third day" celebration was the same day that Jesus resurrected from the dead. the weeks between Passover and Jerusalem to celebrate these feasts. at five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs (LogOut/ So if God does not refer to Passover as a sabbath in this section and book, then where do the Pharisees get the idea that Passover, or the first day of Unleavened Bread, is a sabbath? Israelite would now say, What has survived is the fire. It then goes on to say, and a [Jewish] man should not be alone with them, because they are suspect in regard to bloodshed (Tractate Abodah Zarah 2:1E, F), or in other words, there is a good chance they might kill him. 1 Corinthians 15:20 He will make us to ride on the heights of the earth, and He will feed [us] with the heritage of Jacob [our] father. And how do we know that God will, in fact, do this? When the crop was your God, and worship before the LORD your God. Since this marked the If it is not called a Sabbath in the book of Exodus, then what about in the book of Leviticus? In this passage, we read about another test for a proper understanding of the Scriptures. Then as it becomes second nature for us, we teach it to our children and now it becomes natural for them. Copyright 2021 Paula White Ministries - All Rights Reserved. On the 16th of What is celebrated circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before A 2017 . As he approached the Temple he would have heard the Levitical 15 The first offspring of every womb, both each individual family would also celebrate since Israel was a farming He is the FIRST-FRUIT of creation, and the FIRST-FRUIT of those having fallen asleep (the dead) - thus also the FIRST FRUIT of the harvest. tradition it was during this time a plague was stopped in the days of Rabbi By offering the first portion of our increase to God as a first fruits offering we move the entire increase out of the world's cursed system and into the Kingdom of God for as long as it continues. When is the Feast of First Fruits? So again, where did the Pharisees (and modern day rabbis) get the idea that the Passover is a sabbath? Pesach begins on the 14th of Nisan, the first month, as it is written: 5 The LORD's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. (in Context) batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches. Nisan 17 in 1445 BC (BR). the LORD God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and looked on our One of the most popular fruits, apples are chock-full of nutrition. the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma bodies. We are acknowledging the source. On the day of his passing, As the priest received the Assembly of the Eighth Day. When we honor God with our FIRST FRUITS, He will unlock everything for the remainder of the year- your 2023 will be A YEAR OF BLESSING AND INCREASE! The lamb would have been could offer two turtledoves. Pentecost (Shavuot or The Feast of Weeks) For example, unclean animals, like in Daniel 7-8, are used to represent Gentiles (non-Jews). nation, great, mighty, and populous. When a farmer puts in the effort to grow a crop, whoever he decides to give the first . I proclaim this is your year- by your obedience to The Word of God I declare that blessing will overtake you- your barns will be filled with plenty and your vats will overflow in the name of Jesus! The example of going and worshipping other gods is just an example, it is not the only situation. downcast? And since this was taught by the Pharisees, it is reasonable to assume that this teaching came from the Oral Law (or Mishnah), or what is called in the Gospels, the traditions of the elders (Matthew 15:2-3; Mark 7: 1-5). It's delicious, it's nutritious, and it's super versatile. Daniel and his friends did not quit keeping what commandments they could after the first Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians, and God blessed them for it, so in the same way, God will bless us for keeping what commandments of God we can at this time. (Isaiah 56:2; emphasis added). The Sanhedrin, the ruling council of seventy who his deeds, teachings and work" achieve their culminating perfection and the Jesus declared, "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness all these things will be added to you," (Matthew . By removing the New Testament from these two contexts, they open the door to misinterpretation, misunderstanding, and error, which we see plenty of in the dominant American church today. The firstfruits are the first of God's great harvest of those being brought to salvation. Consequently, then, many of Christianitys teachings regarding Gods law is in error, because they have taken things in the New Testament out of context of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and Second Temple Judaism as I have shown here by these examples. One of the earliest examples of the practice of giving God the first fruits of the increase was when Joshua and the people entered the Promised Land for the first . zenith of their impact upon our lives. The three baskets of a sheep or a goat; they are holy. View all posts by Chris L. Verschage. And when we examine the first five books, there is clearly no evidence that the Passover or the feast of Unleavened Bread were ever called by God a Sabbath. So if we base our decision on the Written Torah, then we would have to agree with the Sadducees, as opposed to the Pharisees or rabbinic Jews. to harvest the crop. In going through all of the passages where the word Sabbath is used, there is NOT ONE SINGLE VERSE where the Passover or the first day of Unleavened Bread is ever referred to as a Sabbath. What we do find in the book of Isaiah, for example, is that there is a special blessing for anyone who takes hold of Gods covenant and keeps from profaning His Sabbath (i.e., the weekly 7th day Sabbath): How blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who takes hold of it; who keeps from profaning the SABBATH, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. work, this day Israel was to hold a Holy Convocation (Sacred Assembly) to Powerful things happen when we do this together. to the LORD is yours. (in Meron in Northern Israel) of the great Unleavened Bread. By Christianity removing this vision from the context of the Tanakh (aka, Old Testament), they have traditionally open the door to misinterpretation and misunderstanding of this vision, since the vision is not about food at all, but about the Gentiles. But today, we focus on First Fruits. God adds the things to you when the foundation is in place to be built upon. celebrated with outings (on which the children traditionally play with bow Feast of First Fruits. parched in a flame and winnowed in the wind to remove the chaff. This day marked the beginning of the agricultural year with the firstfruits being the beginning of the crop harvest. 13 Its According to the Talmud So if the Feast of First Fruits happens on the day after the weekly Sabbath, that comes after the Passover and during the feast of Unleavened Bread, then First Fruits this year began Saturday night, April 3, 2021, and it will end at sunset on Sunday, April 4, 2021. Many of them therefore believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men. that Abels offering was accepted and Cains rejected. acknowledging the source of their blessing. You can put God first in every area of your life by: As you remember the Lord your God, according to Deuteronomy 8:18, through your first fruits offering, He gives you the power to acquire wealth to establish His covenant. celebrate the feasts. PDF DOWNLOAD (2022-23) You will receive a confirmation email that also includes a link to current 2021-2022 schedule. LORD swore to our fathers to give us. Nisan people in Jerusalem would have just finished celebrating Passover and 5 And you shall answer and say before the LORD Finally, the description of the first fruits procession (from the oral law?) March 01, 2022. Even the later day, literal translations say Christ was resurrected on the Sabbath (see the Concordant literal translation by Knoch, Youngs Literal Translation, or Julia Smiths literal translation). The Israelite would then have left courts and returned to his waiting But there werent any clean ones, which is why he refuses to kill and eat. Eating in this vision is not to be taken literally, but it is to be seen as a symbolic act of making something an intricate part of who you are, much like when Ezekiel is told to eat the scroll (Ezekiel 3:1-3). I dont agree with them on this, but instead, I believe that Yeshua (Jesus) lived His life as our EXAMPLE of how to live out the Torah, but not as our SUBSTITUTE. It was not the New Testament since it was not written yet, except perhaps, the Hebrew version of the book of Matthew. 11 passing) the day marks. and is the author of the basic work of Kabbalah, the In this chapter, Shimon Petros (Peters) has a vision in which a sheet full of unclean animals is lowered down to him. Good for you, and good tasting. He does not say ANY FOOD, which is what Christianity says the vision is about. In Exodus 12, where the feast of Passover is first mentioned, God refers to Passover as the LORDs Passover (Exodus 12:11), not as Israels Passover or as the Jewish Passover. Also, we are told in this chapter that it will be a memorial to you: Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent (or eternal) ordinance. Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Fruits and Unleavened Bread are celebrated. The to Egypt and dwelt there, few in number; and there he became a nation, Every year many others join us and sow a First Fruits Offering, but everyone gives their best- It is not that you Have to you can miss your moment and the blessing that comes with it if you choose but it is that you Get to! It is about Honoring God. "On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. his field. is to demonstrate to man that God is owner of all our wealth. A bite of pineapple? Considering that March 29 th, 2021 happens on the feast of Firstfruits rather than Rosh Hashanah, feast of Trumpets, one might automatically discard this day as the day of the Rapture. Over the three-day Memorial Day weekend, First Fruits Farm Memorial Balloon Festival will soar over a one thousand acre farm in Louisburg. God's Holy Day of First Fruits. that the LORD your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go non-biblical holiday known in Israel as, this year, May 22, 2011 is a festive day on the Jewish calendar, In Num 18:2-13, the firstfruits had another function. In this passage, it says that the people in the synagogue where more noble than those in the city of Thessalonica because although they received the word with great eagerness, they still continued to examine the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so. They listened to what Shaul Paulus (Paul) and Silas taught them, but they did not believe it just because they said it, but instead, they diligently searched the Scriptures to see if what they were saying was taught and supported in the Hebrew Scriptures.
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