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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 FruitsFirst 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

3. 7 Feasts and a Fast – The Feast of First Fruits

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

3. 7 Feasts and a Fast – The Feast of First Fruits

Other slides in this module:

• Life of Moses – Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
• 300-year gap between Joseph and Moses
• First 40 years of the life of Moses
• Thutmose I, the Pharaoh or king of Egypt
• Miriam kept eye on Moses after he had been placed as a baby in a boat
• Second 40 years of the life of Moses
• God spoke to Moses out of a burning bush
• Moses was asked to take off his sandals by God
• The third 40 years of the life of Moses
• Aaron’s Staff becomes a Snake
• The ten plagues of Egypt
• 1st Plague – Blood
• 2nd Plague – Frogs
• 3rd Plague – Lice or Gnats
• 4th Plague – Dung beetles
• 5th Plague – Pestilence
• 6th Plague – Boils
• 7th plague – Nut – Egyptian Goddess of the Sky
• 8th Plague – Locust
• Ninth plague – Darkness
• Tenth plague – Firstborn die
• Passover commemorates the Exodus from Egypt
• Moses the friend of God
• Pillar of Cloud by Day
• Pillar of fire by night
• The Chariots of the Egyptian army
• Moses crosses the Red Sea
• Moses’ older sister Miriam sings a song
• Waters of Marah and Elim
• Manna means ‘What Is It?’
• Water from The Rock at Massah
• Moses at Mount Sinai
• The Ten Commandments or Ten Words of God
• The Three groups of Annual Feasts of God
• The Festival of Passover
• The Festival of Unleavened Bread
• The Festival of First Fruits
• The Festival of Weeks or Pentecost
• The Festival of Trumpets or Feast of Shofars
• The Fast of Yom Kippur
• The Festival of Tabernacles
• The Weekly Sabbath Festival
• The Golden Calf, the idol made by Aaron
• Moses with the New Stone Tablets
• 1st five of the Ten Commandments
• 2nd five of the Ten Commandments
• Ark of God
• The High Priest of Israel
• Tabernacle of God
• Aaron and Miriam oppose Moses
• Exploring Canaan by 12 spies
• 37 years in the wilderness
• Aaron’s Rod that budded
• Speak to the Rock “Give Water”
• Death of Aaron
• The Bronze Snake
• Balak Summons Balaam
• Six cities of Refuge for Israel
• Daughters of Zelophehad
• Moses Blesses the Tribes with Three Sermons
• Moses lived for 120 years
• Caleb was the son of Jephunneh
• Joshua – The Fall of Jericho
• Questions and Answers 1-16
• Questions and Answers 17-32
• Questions and Answers 33-49
• Time Line for Life of Moses
• Next Module – Judges or rulers of Israel
• 7 Feasts and a Fast – Introduction
• 7 Feasts and a Fast – PASSOVER
• 7 Feasts and a Fast – UNLEAVENED BREAD
• 7 Feasts and a Fast – FIRSTFRUITS
• 7 Feasts and a Fast – PENTECOST
• 7 Feasts and a Fast – FEAST OF TRUMPETS
• A Fast – YOM KIPPUR
• 7 Feasts and a Fast – TABERNACLES
• 7 Feasts and a Fast – Weekly Sabbath
• 7 Feasts and a Fast – Other Information
• Rosh Hashanah or Yom Teruah (The Day of the Sounding of Shofar)
• Yom Kippur, means “Day of Atonement”
• The Jewish Festival of Sukkot
• Background Information – Life of Moses
• Resources – Life of Moses