FIRSTFRUITS
Firstfruits marks the beginning of the cereal grain harvests in
Israel. Of the crops sown in winter, barley is the first grain to
ripen.
Jesus rose from the dead on the third day of Passover season (Nisan
16), on the day of Firstfruits, completing the prophetic picture
the spring feasts painted of His work of redemption:
REVIEW
Jesus’
Death (Passover)
Burial (Unleavened Bread)
Resurrection (Firstfruits).
PENTECOST
The Jews would count fifty days from the Feast of Firstfruits.
The Feast of Pentecost was celebrated on the fiftieth day, hence
the name ‘Pentecost’ from the Greek for ‘fifty.’
The wheat crop was brought in during that time, and it was a time
of rejoicing and thanksgiving to the Lord.
The antitypical fulfillment of this harvest can also be seen at
Pentecost when many souls are harvested in this season of the "early
rains" of the Holy Spirit.
Just as the Spring Feasts includes three distinct feast, so the
festive season of the seventh month (in late September or October)
includes three fall feast:
These are:
• The Feast of Trumpets
• The Day of Atonement
• The Feast of Tabernacles
The Feast of Trumpets
1. STAGE #1:
JESUS’ PROCESSION ACROSS THE SKY: TO RAPTURE THE
CHURCH
A. The second coming procession begins in the sky when Jesus travels
across the entire earth on the clouds at the last trumpet.
(1 Cor. 15:51-52; Rev. 11:15)
B. Jesus will be seen by every eye, every person (believers and
unbelievers). This requires a global procession over every inhabited
place on earth, including each remote island of the sea. (Rev.
1:7)
C. The rapture will not be a secret event, but a dramatic event,
causing all the unbelievers on earth to mourn as they see Jesus
with their natural eye (rather than by technology).
They will have seen many false signs done by the Antichrist and
others.
(2 Thes. 2:9-10; Rev. 13:13-14; (Mt. 24:24)
D. The angels will gather the saints from one end of the sky to
the other after every eye has seen Jesus, who is traveling on the
clouds. (Mt. 24:30-31)
E. His procession across the sky requires that Jesus be close
enough to be seen and
that the process is slow enough for each person (not raptured) to
interpret what is going on so that they mourn. What they see produces
awe and/or terror in them
The Day of Atonement
II. STAGE #2 JESUS’ PROCESSION ON THE LAND: THROUGH
JORDAN (EDOM)
A. Jesus will descend from heaven and eventually come to the Mount
of Olives.
(Zech. 14:4-5)
The march progressively unfolds, including a series of events that
could take place over days.
B. Jesus will march through the city of Bozrah in Edom (modern-day
Jordan) killing His enemies on His way to Jerusalem.
(Isa. 34:5; (Zech. 9:14; Ps. 110:5-6; Num. 24:17a-18; Rev. 19:17;
Isa. 63:1-4)
C. The fact that the “heavens opened” (Rev.
19:11) Jesus did not get blood on His robe in the heavenly
descent, but rather in the march through the land.
D. Jesus will come as the “greater Moses,” who will
release the bowls of wrath as He marches to Jerusalem in a way that
is parallel to how Moses released the ten plagues on Egypt (Ex.
7-12)
15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.” (Mic. 7:15)
E. The seven bowls will be released immediately prior to Jesus
entering Jerusalem to win the Battle of Jerusalem and to end the
Armageddon campaign
F. David prophesied that Jesus will dash the nations or destroy
the social infrastructures of the Antichrist’s empire. (Ps.
2:8-9; Rev. 19:15; Rev. 2:26-27)
III. STAGE #3
JESUS’ PROCESSION INTO JERUSALEM: HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
A. The final stage of the second coming procession brings us to
the high point of world history. Jesus will make a triumphal entry
into Jerusalem, going to the Mount of Olives and then to His throne
in the temple.
(Ps. 24:8; Jer. 3:17-18; Zech. 6:12-13; Ezek. 43:7a)
B. Jesus’ second coming will be in context to the Battle
of Jerusalem. The city will be surrounded, resulting in half of
it being taken into captivity
(Zech. 14:1-2; Rev. 16:12-16; Zech. 14:1-5)
C. The nations will gather to make war with Jesus.
14 They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb
will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and
with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”
( Rev. 17:14)
(Rev. 19:19; Ps. 2:2a ; 2 Cor. 11:14; Rev. 17:14)
D. Jesus will approach Jerusalem on a white horse after He completes
His march up through the land, killing the Gentile armies stationed
in Jordan and surrounding Jerusalem. (Rev. 19:11-21)
E. Jesus will enter Jerusalem, arriving at the perfect time to
rescue the remnant of Israel. Jesus, as the “greater Moses,”
will split the Mount of Olives to rescue them, instead of splitting
the Red Sea . The Jews will escape from their enemies through a
new valley created in the mountain.
F. The pinnacle of the second coming procession is Jesus’
re-entry into the city of Jerusalem.
To be officially received by the governmental leaders of Israel
as their messianic King.
(Mt. 23:39)
G. Jesus will be celebrated as the Son of David in a Hosanna coronation
parade that is hosted by the leaders of Israel. The leaders of Israel
will open the gates of Jerusalem to Jesus in an official declaration
of Him as their messianic King after He rescues them.
(Ps. 24:7-8)
These remarkable patterns that The Lord has put in the Bible help
inform us when we are trying to interpret prophetic Scripture.
Any future event should have a prior type in Scripture and we should
study the Word diligently to find out to confirm what we may think
to be true
And all of this will help us to keep our eyes open to world events
as the Word of God becomes more and more of a reality.
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search
out a matter is the glory of kings. (Proverbs
25:2)
Much of this teaching will be used by the English speaking Pastors
in the Africa
Training Bible School.(ATBS)
Each of these ATBS Series includes an audio and handout or study
notes to be downloaded as well as a PowerPoint to make the viewing
more visual for the Pastors in Africa and the youth in their church.
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