Hello John and Doves,
We are approaching
Passover and the Week of Unleavened Bread.
Included in this time
period is the Feast of Firstfruits.
In 1 Corinthians 15:20,
"But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the
firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep."
And 1 Corinthians 15:23 we
learn that there is an 'order' to the resurrections.
Christ being the first firstfruits of the dead to be
resurrected.
In Romans 8:23 we are told
that we have 'the firstfruits of the Spirit,
groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons,
the redemption of our bodies."
During the Feast of
Firstfruits, the Jews were told to bring in "the
best of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring
into the house of the Lord your God."
Exodus 23:19
In Colossians 1:18, "He
is also head of the body, the church; and He is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He
Himself will come to have first place in everything."
16 Nissan starts the
Feast of Firstfruits. Sunset 16 Nissan to
sunset 17 Nissan, March 29/30. This occurs during the
week of "The Week of Unleavened Bread" that starts on 15
Nissan. Passover begins on 14 Nissan, the Feast of
Unleavened Bread begins on 15 Nissan, and Feast of
Firstfruits begins on 16 Nissan.
The grain of the first
harvest is the barley harvest. This was planted in
the winter...then it matures through winter. This
feast is a reference to Christ as the firstfruits of the
grave.
Will we also be
firstfruits to be Raptured and brought into the house of
the Lord?
The first resurrection was
Jesus. The second resurrection will be of the
believers in Christ. Might they be resurrected on
the same day as Jesus?
As Christ is the "head of
the Church", the Church is the body - what happens to the
head, should happen to the body.
In reading about Ruth the
Moabitess (a Gentile) she came to Bethlehem at the
beginning of the barley harvest. Ruth laid at the
feet of Boaz (a Jew) on the threshing floor when he
winnowed the barley. Boaz 'redeemed' Ruth - this has
been compared to the Jewish Jesus taking a Gentile bride,
the Church, in marriage. It was with the
barley.
The son of Ruth and Boaz
was Obed, the father of Jesse, the father of King
David....and that line continued down to Jesus.
We have had numerous
letters to Doves about the High Holy Days over the years -
looking at each one as a Rapture possibility. Feast
of Firstfruits/Easter/Resurrection Day.
Pentecost/Feast of Weeks. The Feast of
Trumpets. Day of Atonement. Feast of
Tabernacles. We've had letters for all of
these. One day, hopefully we'll be right! And
hopefully, this year!
Rabbi Glazerson has a
youtube video, "The Redeemer on Passover 5781 -
2021" Mar 4, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cri1YSMfcDI
In this Bible code, he
found: "Redeemer on Passover", "Son of Jesse", "The
Messiah", "With Elijah", "Repentance", "Torah",
"5781/202"...with the verse "You shall observe the Feast
of Unleavened Bread - eating unleavened bread"
During Passover Week we
have several close flybys recorded by the Jet Propulsion
Lab - a couple on March 18, and three on March 19.
Two on the 19th are almost as close as the moon.
Next
Five Asteroid Approaches
Dutchsinse on youtube does
an excellent job in looking at earthquakes, volcanic
activity, etc. The plates are shifting and he is
telling us to be prepared.
And then throw in 'the
pestilence/plague' - Covid-19....
Are we there yet??
We have the firstfruits of
the Spirit in us - this is what pulls us to 'the
resurrection of our bodies' to be changed to immortality -
our yearning for the Rapture - pulling us towards our
heavenly Home to be with our Creator.
Will the "order" of the
resurrection of the Church/believers in Christ be on the
same day that Christ was resurrected, only separated by
time, some 2,000 years? Will "the best of the
firstfruits" be, not just the Lord, but His Church that He
comes for in the clouds?
Remember, "The tombs were
broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen
asleep were raised. After Jesus' resurrection, when
they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city
and appeared to many." Matthew 27:52,53
So this has
happened before on Resurrection Day! The Feast of
Firstfruits!
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance