SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2022
The day following the first day of Unleavened Bread is called “the Day of Firstfuits.” The Hebrew word בִּכּוּר (bikkûwr) means the first of the crops and fruit that ripened. It can literally mean “the promise to come.” In Leviticus 23:10-11, on this day a sheaf of barley grain was to be waved before the LORD. A foreshadowing of the day Messiah rose from the dead. The same term is used in 1 Corinthians 15:20, “But the fact is that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have died.” We will celebrate Firstfruits on Sunday morning, April 17, 2022.