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Leviticus 23:9-14. 18th Nisan. Which started at sunset and finished at sunset the next day.

A. One view is that: The day after the first weekly Sabbath after Passover was used to start the counting of the Omer of 50 days till the next feast called Pentecost or Shavuot or Feast of Weeks. The word “Sabbath” in Leviticus 23:15 referred to the Sabbath of the week when Pesach or Passover began, so counting would always begin at sunset first day of the week. Sunset Saturday started the first day of the week.

B. A view, held by many Orthodox Jews today, the counting of the Omer begins on the second night of Passover, that is, the day after the non-working day of Passover making the Feast of Unleavened Bread that day.
On the second day of Passover, in the days of the Temple, an omer of barley was cut down and brought to the Temple as an offering. This grain offering was referred to as the Omer.

Hallelujah, Jesus is risen!

C. On this Resurrection Sunday, we reflect on Yeshua being our First Fruits. In Leviticus 23:11, the command is given to observe Hag Habikurrim, the Feast of First Fruits: “and he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.” What does this feast have to do with Yeshua’s resurrection? See verse 11 the word Sabbath is it a weekly Sabbath or a Special Sabbath?

Yeshua was not the first person to be raised from the dead. Yet, all other resurrected individuals were restored to natural life. They died a second time later. In Yeshua’s case, He was the first to be raised to true resurrection life, where “corruption puts on incorruption and mortality puts on immortality” (I Cor. 15:53-54). He is the First Fruits of the first resurrection, as He is the only One who has experienced this type of resurrection. First Fruits always refers to “the first of a series of subsequent fruits.” Indeed, believers will be the “more to come later” someday. Thus, Yeshua’s resurrection fulfilled Hag Habikkurim (Lev. 23:9-14; Num. 28:26-31).

(Based on Dr. Fruchtenbaum’s “The Feasts and Fasts of Israel: Their Historic and Prophetic Significance”)

Background reading: – First Fruit Offerings
23:9 The LORD told Moses, 10 “Tell the Israelis that when you enter the land that I’m about to give you and gather its produce, you are to bring a sheaf from the first portion of your harvest to the priest, 11 who will offer the sheaf in the LORD’s presence for your acceptance. The priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a one year old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering in the LORD’s presence. 13 Also present a meal offering of two tenths of a measure of fine flour mixed with olive oil as an offering made by fire to the LORD, a pleasing aroma. Now as to a drink offering, you are to present a fourth of a hin of wine. 14 You are not to eat bread, parched grain, or fresh grain until that day when you’ve brought the offering of your God. This is to beg an eternal ordinance throughout your generations, wherever you live.”
15 “Starting the day after the Sabbath, count for yourselves seven weeks from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. They are to be complete.
Leviticus 23:9-15

Day 1 Sunset Saturday to Sunset Sunday	Day 2 Sunset Sunday to Sunset Monday	Day 3 Sunset Monday to Sunset Tuesday	Day 4 Sunset Tuesday to Sunset Wednesday	Day 5 Sunset Wednesday to Sunset Thursday	Day 6 Sunset Thursday to Sunset Friday	Day 7 Sunset Friday to Sunset Saturday Weekly Sabbath (rest)
26th Adar Day starts at SUNSET	27th Adar Day starts at SUNSET	28th Adar Day starts at SUNSET	29th Adar Day starts at SUNSET	1st Nisan Day starts at SUNSET New Moon	2nd Nisan Day starts at SUNSET	7th Day – 3rd Nisan – Weekly Sabbath
4th Nisan Day starts at SUNSET	5th Nisan	6th Nisan	7th Nisan	8th Nisan	9th Nisan	10th of Nisan 3792 or AD32 April 6th – 7th Weekly Sabbath Triumphal Entry
11th Nisan	12th Nisan	13th Nisan	14th Nisan Feast of Passover – death about 3:00 pm full moon 10th April	15th Nisan Feast of Unleavened Bread	16th Nisan	7th Day – 17th Nisan – Weekly Sabbath
1st Day – 18th Nisan First Fruits – 1st day of counting the Omer	2nd Day – 19th Nisan	3rd Day – 20th Nisan	4th Day – 21th Nisan	5th Day – 22th Nisan	6th Day – 23th Nisan	7th Day – 24th Nisan – Weekly Sabbath
8th Day – 25th Nisan	9th Day – 26th Nisan	10th Day – 27th Nisan	11th Day – 28th Nisan	12th Day – 29th Nisan	13th Day – 30th Nisan	14th Day – 1st Iyar – Weekly Sabbath
15th Day – 2nd Iyar	16th Day – 3rd Iyar	17th Day – 4th Iyar	18th Day – 5th Iyar	19th Day – 6th Iyar	20th Day – 7th Iyar	21st Day – 8th Iyar – Weekly Sabbath
22nd Day – 9th Iyar	23rd Day – 10th Iyar	24th Day – 11th Iyar	25th Day – 12th Iyar	26th Day – 13th Iyar	27th Day – 14th Iyar	28th Day – 15th Iyar – Weekly Sabbath
29th Day – 16th Iyar	30th Day – 17th Iyar	31st Day – 18th Iyar	32nd Day – 19th Iyar	33rd Day – 20th Iyar	34th Day – 21st Iyar	35th Day – 22nd Iyar – Weekly Sabbath
36th Day – 23rd Iyar	37th Day – 24th Iyar	38th Day – 25th Iyar	39th Day – 26th Iyar	40th Day – 27th Iyar	41st Day – 28th Iyar	42nd Day – 29th of Iyar – Weekly Sabbath
43rd Day – 1st of Sivan	44th Day – 2nd of Sivan	45th Day – 3rd of Sivan	46th Day – 4th of Sivan	47th Day – 5th of Sivan	48th Day – 6th of Sivan	49th Day – 7th of Sivan – Weekly Sabbath
50th Day – 8th Sivan, 30th May AD32 Pentecost or Shavuot

Other slides in this module:

• New moon
• Blind man eyes healed
• Zacchaeus, the tax collector, waited for Jesus up a tree
• Blind Bartimaeus eyes healed
• Mary – First of two anointings by two different women
• The Triumphal Entry
• Palm tree leaves and cloaks
• Jesus Curses a Fig Tree
• Jesus taught in parables – The Lamps of the Ten Bridesmaids
• Jesus predicts His crucifixion
• Jesus anointed at Bethany by an unknown woman
• Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
• Full Moon
• Passover
• Sandal, Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
• Judas at Jesus’ last Passover
• The upper room discourse, Jesus comforts His Disciples
• Jesus spoke three prayers of intercession: one for Himself; one for his disciples; and one for all believers
• Jesus prays for Himself
• Judas and soldiers came at night to arrest Jesus
• Peter cuts off an ear
• Jesus Arrested
• Jesus was on trial six times
• First trial – Annas the Father-in-law of Caiaphas the High Priest
• 2nd Trial – Jesus taken to the High Priest Caiaphas
• Day of Jesus’ death?
• The Cock Crow – Peter Disowned Jesus
• Third Trial of Jesus before The Sanhedrin
• 4th Trial – Jesus before Pontius Pilate for the first time
• 5th Trial, Jesus before Herod Antipas the Governor of Galilee and Perea
• 6th trial – Jesus in front of Pontius Pilate for the second time
• Jesus, the Crucifixion walk
• The Cross or the Crucifixion
• Thick Darkness
• The Roman Centurion
• Jesus is Buried
• Roman Soldiers guard the Tomb
• They made sure by sealing the tomb
• The Feast of Unleavened Bread
• Jesus stays in the tomb three days and three nights
• Weekly Sabbath
• The Feast of First Fruits
• Start of Counting the Omer
• First Fruits or Resurrection Sunday
• The open empty tomb or the Resurrection
• He is not Here, He has risen – The Resurrection
• Jesus Has Risen Indeed – The Resurrection
• Come See Where He Lay
• Peter Looks – He has Risen Indeed
• On the Road to Emmaus
• The end of the 1st weekly Sabbath
• The start of the Second week
• The Second Sunday or 8 days after the First Fruits or Resurrection of Jesus
• Jesus makes a special appearance for Thomas
• Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish
• The end of the 2nd weekly Sabbath
• The start of the third week
• The Third Sunday after First Fruits or Resurrection Sunday
• The end of the 3rd weekly Sabbath
• The start of the fourth week
• The Fourth Sunday after First Fruits or Resurrection Sunday
• The end of the 4th weekly Sabbath
• The start of the 5th week
• The Fifth Sunday or 29 days after Feast of First Fruits
• The end of the 5th weekly Sabbath
• The start of the 6th week
• The Sixth Sunday or 36 days from First Fruits
• Jesus was seen by over 500 people
• 40 Days
• Ascension Day – Back to Heaven for Jesus
• Matthias replaces Judas
• The end of the 6th weekly Sabbath
• The start of the 7th week
• The Seventh Sunday or 43 days from First Fruits
• The end of the 7th weekly Sabbath
• Start of the 8th Week
• 8th Sunday
• 50 Day
• Pentecost Fire
• AD32
• Questions and Answers 1-15
• Questions and Answers 16-30
• Questions and Answers 31-45
• Questions and Answers 46-61
• Easter-Timeline
• Background Information – Easter
• Resources: Easter or Palm Sunday To Pentecost
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