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Leviticus 23:9-21
Excerpted from: Let the Saints be Joyful in Glory!

Leviticus 23:9-21 outlines God's instructions for the wave sheaf offering, the seven-week count, the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost. And when we understand the purpose of God's holy days and how they outline God's plan of salvation, we see that this entire period focuses on what the first of the firstfruits has made possible by preparing the saints for God's spiritual harvest. Now the full impact of the wave sheaf offering on God's people becomes clear when we recognize the importance of the counting required for observing Pentecost.

So the wave sheaf consisted of an omer of barley still on the stalk and cut at the start of the spring harvest. Now because it came from the very beginning of the firstfruits, it is called the first of the firstfruits. So each Israelite with a harvest was required to offer an offering. Then a priest would lift and wave each sheaf before God for acceptance. Now in the Old Testament, the wave sheaf offering represented a thankful acknowledgment to God as the Giver of the harvest. In this way, it was sanctified or dedicated to Him.

Now in the New Testament, the spiritual purpose of this offering is revealed. The Old Testament places God's festivals within the agricultural harvest. But in the New Testament, these agricultural harvests become types of God's spiritual harvest of people into His Kingdom. So this period begins with the offering of the barley sheaf symbolizing Christ and then ends 50 days later with two leavened loaves representing God's people, imperfect yet accepted into His Kingdom. Together, these elements illustrate the full scope of God's work with His firstfruits, from Christ's perfect sacrifice to inclusion of His followers in His Family.

Leviticus 23:10-13
Excerpted from: Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Six)

All I really want you to note in these four verses is that the wave sheaf offering was not just a matter of waving a sheaf of grain before God. The ceremony also included a burnt offering, a meal offering, and a drink offering accompanying the firstfruit grain offering.

The Feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths of the Hebrews
The Sabbath During the Day of Temptation

Articles
Did Israel Offer the Wavesheaf in Joshua 5?
Did Israel Offer the Wavesheaf in Joshua 5?  (3)
Pentecost, Consistency, and Honesty
Resurrection AD 31
Sowing and Reaping
The Harvesting of the Firstfruits
The Wavesheaf Offering

Essays
Do Not Confuse the Lessons (Part One)
The Work of the Firstfruits

Sermons
Made His Wonderful Works to Be Remembered (Part Two)
Jesus in the Feasts (Part Two): Firstfruits
Counting to Pentecost: A Simple Approach
Pentecost, Consistency, and Honesty
Boaz and Pentecost
God's Spiritual Harvest
God's Spiritual Harvest
Wavesheaf Requirements and Joshua 5

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