Awaken the Wonder: The feast of firstfruits
Everything God does in His world today, He does by His Spirit. The Spirit and His ministry are full of wonder and are wonderful.
God’s appointments with Israel and the Jewish people are all significant in the ministry of Jesus.
- Passover – Jesus is our Passover lamb. 1 Corinthians 5:7
- Unleavened Bread – Jesus’ sinless life. 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Firstfruits – Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. 1 Corinthians 15:20
- Pentecost – The harvest of Jesus’ ministry. Acts 2:1, 41
- Trumpets – Jesus’ returns with resurrection and rapture. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
- Day of Atonement – Jesus’ blood placed on the mercy seat in heaven. Hebrews 9:12
- Tabernacles – Jesus “tabernacled” with us. John 1:14
The Holy Spirit is wonder full.
Jesus died on the day of preparation of the Passover.
He was buried in a tomb during the feast of Unleavened Bread.
He rose, victorious over sin, death, and the devil on the Feast of Firstfruits.
The Holy Spirit fulfilled, in the life of Jesus, the feast system He established 1,500 years earlier.
The Apostle Paul explains Jesus’ resurrection and the Feast of Firstfruits in 1 Corinthians 15:20-26.
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
The question then, is, “By what power did Jesus rise victorious over sin, death, and the devil?” Romans 8:11
11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus[a] from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Jesus was raised victorious over sin, death, and the devil by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus is Good News! Sin, death, and the devil are defeated in your life too, when you place your trust in Him.
Imagine sin, death, and the devil destroyed in your life, right now. Not some day in the future, but in this service today. 1 John 3:8
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Today, placing your trust in Jesus destroys the works of sin, death, and the devil in your life.
When you place your trust in Jesus, the Holy Spirit moves in and lives in you. Ephesians 1:13, 14
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee[d] of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,[e] to the praise of his glory.
It is your choice today. Do you long for sin, death, and the devil to be destroyed in your life? Romans 8:11
11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus[a] from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
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