The Feast of Firstfruits occurs on the first Sunday of Unleavened Bread.  And it was on this feast day that Jesus was resurrected.

• "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harest unto the priest:  And he shall wave the sheaf before the L-RD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it." (Leviticus 23:10, 11)
• "Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.  And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.  And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.  And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:  And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?  He is not here, but is risen: remember how He spoke unto you when He was yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again." (Luke 24:1-7)
• "But now is Messiah risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept." (I Corinthians 15:20)

Jesus:  sacrificed on Passover, buried on Unleavened Bread, resurrected on Firstfruits.  How beautifully G-d put the feasts together.  And how beautifully Jesus fulfilled them!

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