By God’s design, Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits foreshadow the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus and anticipate the harvest to follow.

2. Leviticus 23:9-11
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to the people of Israel and say to
them, When you come into the land that I
give you and reap its harvest, you shall
bring the sheaf of the firstfruits to the
priest, and he shall wave the sheaf before
the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On
the day after the Sabbath the priest shall
wave it.
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3. Leviticus 23:12-13
And on the day when you wave the sheaf,
you shall offer a male lamb a year old
without blemish as a burnt offering to the
Lord. And the grain offering with it shall be
two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed
with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a
pleasing aroma, and the drink offering with
it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.
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4. Leviticus 23:14
And you shall eat neither bread nor grain
parched or fresh until this same day, until
you have brought the offering of your God:
it is a statute forever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings.
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6. Firstfruits was a way to
acknowledge that what
was ACHIEVED was
dependent on what was
first RECEIVED and from
WHOM

7. Firstfruits was a way to
acknowledge that what
was ACHIEVED was
dependent on what was
first RECEIVED and from
WHOM
There seems to be a correlation between
PROSPERITY and spiritual AMNESIA

8. Firstfruits was a way to
acknowledge that what
was ACHIEVED was
dependent on what was
first RECEIVED and from
WHOM
There seems to be a correlation between
PROSPERITY and spiritual AMNESIA
The giving of their Firstfruits was a means of
honoring God from their MATERIAL GOODS

9. Our STEWARDSHIP is
presented as one aspect of
our worship…

10. Our STEWARDSHIP is
presented as one aspect of
our worship…
Their DEPENDENCE on God was reflected in
the CALENDAR itself as a means of
REMEMBRANCE

11. Our STEWARDSHIP is
presented as one aspect of
our worship…
Their DEPENDENCE on God was reflected in
the CALENDAR itself as a means of
REMEMBRANCE
By giving God the FIRST they acknowledged
it ALL belongs to God.

12. Giving from the first
HONORS Him for what has
been RECEIVED while
expressing TRUST in His
CONTINUED provision.

13. Giving from the first
HONORS Him for what has
been RECEIVED while
expressing TRUST in His
CONTINUED provision.
Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits,
FORESHADOW the death, burial, and resurrection
of Jesus, and ANTICIPATE the harvest to follow.

14. Giving from the first
HONORS Him for what has
been RECEIVED while
expressing TRUST in His
CONTINUED provision.
Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits,
FORESHADOW the death, burial, and resurrection
of Jesus, and ANTICIPATE the harvest to follow.
Jesus’s resurrection is the FIRSTFRUITS. Are you
part of the MORE to come who shall be
resurrected in LIKE manner?

15. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
NEXT STEPS
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Take time to thank God for what I have
received
( ) Read Deuteronomy 6:1-15, 8:1-20, and/or
26:1-11
( ) Reflect on what it means to offer my first fruits
( ) Evaluate what my stewardship reveals of my
worship or heart toward God
( ) Other________________________