Wave offerings to Pentecost

[Cassia]

One of the best outlines I've seen in a long time was in an email from E-manna @ lsm . org

Acts 2:1 And as the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled,
they were all together in the same place. (4) And they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit...
Leviticus 23:10
...you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits
of your harvest to the priest;
Leviticus 23:15-16
And you shall count for
yourselves...from the day that you brought the sheaf...
You shall count fifty days until the day after the seventh
Sabbath; then you shall present a new meal offering to
Jehovah [the feast of Harvest].​

The word "Pentecost" means fiftieth. It was the fiftieth day
from the Lord's resurrection, seven weeks in between,
counting from the second day after the Passover on which the
Lord was crucified. It was the fulfillment of the feast of
Weeks Deuteronomy 16:10, which was also called the feast of
Harvest, counting from the day of offering a sheaf of the
firstfruits of the harvest unto the morrow after the seventh
Sabbath. The offering of a sheaf of the firstfruits was a
type of the resurrected Christ offered to God on the day of
His resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:20.

The offering of Christ as the firstfruit in resurrection
involves His secret ascension to the Father. When Mary
wanted to touch Him, He said to her, "Do not touch Me, for I
have not yet ascended to the Father..." John 20:17. On the
day of His resurrection the Lord ascended to the Father.
This was a secret ascension, forty days prior to His public
ascension in the sight of His disciples. On the day of
resurrection, early in the morning, He ascended to satisfy
the Father. The freshness of His resurrection was first for
the Father's enjoyment, as the firstfruit of the harvest was
brought first to God in type. On the day of His resurrection
the Lord went to the heavens to offer Himself as the
firstfruit of God's harvest for the satisfaction of God the
Father. That was a secret ascension. The day of Pentecost
was fifty days later.

Acts 2:1
And as the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled,
they were all together in the same place.
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit...
Galatians 3:14
In order that the blessing of Abraham might
come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive
the promise of the Spirit through faith.​

Pentecost was the fulfillment of the feast of Weeks, and
this feast was also called the feast of Harvest Exodus 23:16
On that day there was the outpouring of the all-
inclusive Spirit. This Spirit is the rich produce of the
processed Triune God given by Him to His chosen people as
the blessing of the gospel.
Galatians 3:14 indicates that the 'unique blessing' of the gospel
is not heaven or even the forgiveness of sins;
the unique blessing of the gospel is the Spirit,
even the all-inclusive Spirit of the processed Triune God.
This Spirit as the blessing of the gospel is
given to us so that we may enjoy the all-inclusive Christ,
who is the embodiment of the Triune God, as our good land.

The feast of Harvest typifies the enjoyment of the rich
produce brought in by the resurrected Christ. This rich
produce is the all-inclusive Spirit of the processed Triune
God given by Him to His chosen people as the blessing of the
gospel so that they may enjoy the all-inclusive Christ (the
very embodiment of the Triune God) as their good land. This
signifies that the believers, through receiving the
bountiful Spirit on the day of Pentecost, not only have
entered into the good land, but also have participated in
the bountiful riches of the all-inclusive Christ in His
resurrection and ascension as God's full allotment in His
New Testament economy.

1 Corinthians 5:7-8
...for our Passover, Christ, also has been
sacrificed.
So then let us keep the feast, not with
old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and evil, but
with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
2 Corinthians 3:17
And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.​

In typology we have both the feast of Passover and the feast
of Pentecost, called the feast of Weeks and also the feast
of Harvest. The feast of Harvest typifies the enjoyment of
Christ in His resurrection, whereas the Passover typifies
Christ as the Lamb of God in His crucifixion. The Passover,
therefore, refers to the crucifixion of Christ. Christ's
crucifixion has become a feast, called the feast of
Passover. In this feast we enjoy Christ in His crucifixion
as the redeeming Lamb. Three days after His crucifixion,
Christ rose up from among the dead. Fifty days later, the
ascended Christ poured Himself out upon His believers as the
all-inclusive Spirit, that is, as the ultimate consummation
of the Triune God. That pouring out of the Spirit is the
enjoyment of the harvest.

In the Old Testament we have the Passover, the offering of a
sheaf of the firstfruit of the harvest, and then the feast
of Harvest, Pentecost. On the Passover Christ was crucified
for our redemption so that we might enjoy Him. On the day of
Christ's resurrection there was the fulfillment of the type
of the firstfruit of the harvest. Then fifty days later, on
the day of Pentecost, there was the enjoyment of the harvest
of the rich produce of the good land. That was a type of
Christ becoming the full enjoyment to His redeemed people as
the life-giving Spirit poured out upon them from the
heavens.

Acts 2:1
And as the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled...
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit...
Philippians 1:19
For I know that for me this will turn out to
salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of
the Spirit of Jesus Christ,​

To enjoy the essential Spirit is to have the enjoyment as
the sheaf of the firstfruit. But to enjoy the economical
Spirit is to have the enjoyment of Christ as the harvest in
an open, public way. We should not neglect the enjoyment of
Christ as the harvest. Some may want to be like Mary, who
met with the Lord on the morning of His resurrection, or at
least like the disciples, who met with Him in the evening.
We all need the full enjoyment of Christ as the feast of
Harvest.

The enjoyment of Christ did not become full until He, as the
Head of the church, poured Himself out upon His Body as the
economical Spirit. Through this outpouring on the day of
Pentecost, the enjoyment of Christ became full.

In Philippians 1:19 Paul speaks of the bountiful supply of
the Spirit of Jesus Christ. The supply we receive as the
firstfruit of the harvest is fresh, but it is not bountiful.
Only when we have the harvest do we have the bountiful
supply. This means that not until the Spirit was poured out
economically upon the Body of Christ did the Lord's people
have the full enjoyment of Christ. When the economical
Spirit was poured out upon the Body of Christ on the day of
Pentecost, the enjoyment of Christ became bountiful. Now the
supply is the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus
Christ, and this Spirit is the blessing of the gospel.

 

[Cassia]

If this needs moving to contraversial theology np

 

[psalms 91]

Great post

 

[Lamb]

Could I ask what you mean by the ascension being secret? It was foretold in Isaiah about the ascension and it was done in front of the 11 disciples.

 

[Cassia]

Great post

Thanks psalms 91

Another really good read on the topic is
https://nebula.wsimg.com/31add2f969...32A45CB098432D4AD&disposition=0&alloworigin=1
Typology of the Resurrection of Christ

Feast of Unleavened Bread Leviticus 23:6-8 this small amount was very important because no one was to eat anything from this first harvest until the sheaf of the first-fruits had been waved before the Lord, Leviticus 23:14
Once this sheaf had been accepted by the Lord, the nation could be sustained by the new grain.

This pictured, in advance, God the Father accepting Jesus Christ who was the first one to be harvested in order to provide the means through which all sinners could be forgiven and, upon repentance, receive the gift of everlasting life

John 20:17
Jesus said to Mary Magdalene "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God"
John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
John 6:48
I am the bread of life.
John 5:39-40
“You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. Yet you refuse to come to me to have life.​​

The wave sheaf offering

Leviticus 23:9 is not clear as to which Sabbath is being referred to.

Leviticus 23:12, Exodus 12:3-5 Requirements of the Almighty; Waving of a sheaf of the first-fruits, the significance of the sheaf is its newness as the very first of the first-fruits of the harvest. The Irsaelites carefully noted the first buds and tied a red ribbon around them to make sure that was what was offered. And the perfect male lamb offering. Refering also to the Passover lamb without blemish, just as the wave offering lamb.

Leviticus 23:14
You shall eat no bread or parched grain or fresh ears until that very day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your settlements.
1 Corinthians 15:20-23
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.[/​indent]

Accepting Christ as our Passover, we should also accept him as the first-fruit offering. This leads up to “The Feast of First-Fruits” otherwise known as “Pentecost”.

John 20:1
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.
John 20:11-17
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look[a] into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”​​

Here we see that the Messiah had not yet risen to the Father. He had not yet become the first-fruit of all mankind.

The symbolism of the wave offering is the ascension of Jesus Christ to our Father as first of the first-fruits.

The timing of the ascension to the Father of Jesus Christ, and the sacrifice of the unblemished first-fruits lamb occurred at the same time. Just as the timing of the Messiah giving his life for mankind occurred at the same time as the unblemished Passover lamb was sacrificed.

The single male lamb without blemish is a commanded sacrifice on only two set apart feast dates. One being the Passover lamb and the other being, the Wave Offering lamb.

1 Peter 1:18-21
You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.​

IMO Propitiation toward reconciliation was not possible before the cross.​​

 

[Cassia]

Could I ask what you mean by the ascension being secret? It was foretold in Isaiah about the ascension and it was done in front of the 11 disciples.

What's meant by an ascention being secret is the time that is not recorded in scripture that would have been when His blood and sacrifice was accepted by God. Being a time between when He said "do not touch me for I have not ascended to the Father' and the time He said 'touch me and see that I am flesh and bone' (adlibbed ).... that also corresponds to the wave offering.

 

[Cassia]

I hope that within the structure of the the Old testament it shows a new side to Lent rituals, God's intention in the ritual. Flesh on the body so to speak. An unknown no more. I think it shows that every piece of the religious puzzle fits

 

[Cassia]

God's changing of times and seasons is as correct as the anti-christ's attempt to change times and seasons.
Compare Daniel 7:25 and Daniel 2:20-22

Leviticus 23:10-11 Note that the first day of the week plus the count of seven weeks brings the day to pentecost __ the birth of the church. Christ is our firstfruit, we are to be the wave offering.
Colossians 1:18 gives 1st place to Christ. Revelation 1:10 why it's called the Lord's day and not the Sabbath Matthew 11:28-29 which is our rest now and not the previous rest nor the rest to come.

2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10
We entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says,

“At an acceptable time I have listened to you,
and on a day of salvation I have helped you.”

 

[Cassia]

Iirc another interesting aspect of this is "there isn't any sign given but the sign of Jonah" is what Jesus said signified resurrection (first fruit) and ascension (acceptance of the offering) yet it's in the rituals typology.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Iirc another interesting aspect of this is "there isn't any sign given but the sign of Jonah" is what Jesus said signified resurrection (first fruit) and ascension (acceptance of the offering) yet it's in the rituals typology.

Didn't Jesus explain the sign of Jonah this way "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nin'eveh, so will the Son of man be to this generation. The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nin'eveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here." Luke 11:29-32

 

[Cassia]

Didn't Jesus explain the sign of Jonah this way "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nin'eveh, so will the Son of man be to this generation. The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nin'eveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here." Luke 11:29-32

It says a sign for this generation but no other sign is given in the new testament from the old testament that points to 3 days in the belly of a whale/earth. The excepts from the articles are from Jewish rituals given by God that points toward the firstfruit and God's acceptance that the nation is sustained with.

 

[MoreCoffee]

It says a sign for this generation but no other sign is given in the new testament from the old testament that points to 3 days in the belly of a whale/earth. The excepts from the articles are from Jewish rituals given by God that points toward the firstfruit and God's acceptance that the nation is sustained with.

"this generation" in Luke 11:19 is a reference to the generation living 2,000 years ago, right?

 

[Cassia]

"this generation" in Luke 11:19 is a reference to the generation living 2,000 years ago, right?

It could be .. do you have another sign from the old testament that points to His resurrection? Not only that but shows that acceptance [propitiation) was from the resurrection?

 

[MoreCoffee]

It could be .. do you have another sign from the old testament that points to His resurrection? Not only that but shows that acceptance [propitiation) was from the resurrection?

Everything in the old testament was pointing to Christ. Jonah's experience with the "big fish" is not the only reference to Christ's resurrection. Consider Psalm 16

For David speaks concerning him [Christ], I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

 

[Cassia]

The Feast of Unleavened Bread in Leviticus 23:6-8 shows a small amount was very important because no one was to eat anything from this first harvest until the sheaf of the first-fruits had been waved before the Lord, Leviticus 23:14
Once this sheaf had been accepted by the Lord, the nation could be sustained by the new grain.

These verses are very specific for what is being described.

 

[Brighten04]

Thanks for sharing Cass.

 

[Cassia]

*Happy Birthday Church!!* The Day of Pentecost

The word "Pentecost" means fiftieth. It was the fiftieth day
from the Lord's resurrection, seven weeks in between,
counting from the second day after the Passover on which the
Lord was crucified. It was the fulfillment of the feast of
Weeks Deuteronomy 16:10, which was also called the feast of
Harvest, counting from the day of offering a sheaf of the
firstfruits of the harvest unto the morrow after the seventh
Sabbath. The offering of a sheaf of the firstfruits was a
type of the resurrected Christ offered to God on the day of
His resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:20.

Acts 2:1
And as the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled,
they were all together in the same place.
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit...
Galatians 3:14
In order that the blessing of Abraham might
come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive
the promise of the Spirit through faith.​

PS:
Here is a link to further evidence of propitiation being at the time of His death and resurrection and not before.
http://christianityhaven.com/showth...nation-in-the-Wisdom-of-God&p=97433#post97433

 

[Cassia]

I had to look this up to reread it!

 

[Imalive]

Hi Cassia!
:wave::wave::wave::wave:

 

[Cassia]

Hi Rens :wave: How's it going?