Firstfruits Wave Offering

Leviticus 23-24; Psalms 24; Acts 21 

“…’When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. On the day you wave the sheaf you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year old without defect, together with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the fine flour mixed with olive oil – an offering made to the Lord…”

Leviticus 23:9-13

The resurrection of Jesus the Messiah on the day after the Sabbath during the Passover Feast is the fulfillment of the firstfruits offering. Jesus was the firstfruit of the resurrection, with the spiritual harvest of the churches from every nation to follow. Jesus was the sacrificial lamb offered in atonement for our sin. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit is the oil offering which binds the grain flour of the Church together in the fulfillment of Christ’s prayer that we be one. When a wave offering in worship before the Lord occurs, we are thanking the Lord for the Living Bread we have received, in Christ, and anticipating the fulfillment of global spiritual harvest gathered before the throne of God.

What aspect of the Firstfruits Feast fulfillment are we grateful for today?

“Lord Jesus, Lord of the harvest, unite many more nations in this global wave offering before your return, for your glory.”