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Appointments With God Firstfruits Unleavened Bread

What are “firstfruits”?

Feast of Unleavened Bread 2007
Speaker: Daniel Agee [contact]

b'khor = "burst forth" = b’khor in Hebrew literally means "bursting forth" and is commonly translated as "firstfruits"

Thought questions

  • How do the prophets discuss "firstfruits"?
  • How do those who plant a tree or crop see the budding, ripening and harvesting feel?
  • How different is God in this regard?
  • How many of the seven Shabbats of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks or Pentecost) have happened prophetically?
    • 8 sets of 490 years from Adam to the Second Adam (Messiah)
    • 8 sets after the temple is established to the New Jerusalem temple
    • 8 sets from Abraham to today; promise of God for offspring and all the land be his so we expect he will have more offspring and establish Israel
  • How does this relate to the Festival of Firstfruits?
    • What is the Firstfruit?
      • First grain
      • First fruit
      • First born
      • First in a family to believe in Messiah
    • What two items does the firstborn son get from his father?
      • Inheritance
      • Blessing
  • Why did Jacob, Ephraim and David get the firstborn blessing, even though they weren’t firstborn?
    • What happened to Adam’s blessing after Adam?
    • Why are only certain descendants mentioned?
  • What is a "firstfruit" according to Micah 7:1–2 and Jeremiah 31:9?
    • Why are firstfruits such a complicated picture in the prophetic writings?
    • Why aren’t we the firstfruits?
    • Who rose from graves at the time of Messiah’s death?
    • When did God start counting the firstfruits?
      • If you have people before Messiah came to Earth who are upright but they must believe in Messiah, can they enter the kingdom of heaven?
      • What is the value of point out the people included in the sixth seal of Revelation 6?
      • How does this relate to discussions with Jews who are familiar with the apostolic writings (New Testament) that say only those who believe in Yeshua can be saved?
  • Examples of "firstfruits"
    • Ephraim is My firstborn — Psalm 89:7
    • Israel is My firstborn — Exodus 4:22
    • All firstborn of man and beast is Mine — Exodus 13
    • Levi is My firstborn — Hosea
    • Israel is My grapes, your fathers are my firstborn — Exodus 34
    • Israel, you are no longer My firstborn — Micah
    • Messiah is God’s Firstborn
  • Does lineage matter in whether someone is a "firstfruit"?
  • What happens at Shavuot, and how is that connected to a tree being harvested?

 


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