There are some here (and elsewhere) who mistakenly believe -- and promote -- the idea that the Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected on the regular Sabbath day following the Passover (the day He was crucified). THAT IS TOTALLY CONTRARY TO SCRIPTURE. He was resurrected on “the morrow after the Sabbath” which is the first day of the week (commonly called Sunday).
1. Christ is called “the first fruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20):
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
When we see the term “first fruits” it takes us back to the Hebrew harvest, and that this harvest was to be observed as unto to the Lord. Therefore there were three divisions to the harvest – (1) the first fruits, (2) the main harvest, and (3) the gleanings (which were to be left for the less fortunate and the needy).
The Lord likened His death, burial, ad resurrection to the sowing of a seed which must first die before it can produce a harvest (John 12:24). This was symbolic of His resurrection (the first fruits), followed by the resurrection/Rapture of the saints (the harvest), and then followed the resurrection of the Tribulation saints (the gleanings).
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept... But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. (1 Cor 15:20,23,24).
2. The Feast of First Fruits on the morrow after the sabbath
The Feast of First Fruits is prophetic of the resurrection of Christ, and the offering of the first fruits was to be made on THE MORROW AFTER THE SABBATH. That is the day following the Sabbath, which is the first day of the week, and is commonly called “Sunday” (but has no connection to the pagan connotation of Sunday).
This feast is described in Leviticus 23:9-14
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10 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 harvest unto the priest:
11 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.
3. The Feast of Pentecost on the morrow after the Sabbath
It is also prophetically significant that the Feast of Pentecost (following to the Feast of First Fruits by fifty days) was also on the morrow after the Sabbath (the first day of the week). That was the day on which God poured out His Holy Spirit “upon all flesh” and about 3,000 Jewish souls were saved (Acts 2)
We read in Leviticus 23:15-22:
15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat [meal] offering unto the LORD.
21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
4. The resurrection was on the first day of the week
(a) The female disciples of Christ came to the tomb on the first day of the week
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. (Mt 28:1)
(b) Jesus was worshipped by these women on the first day of the week
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them [the women], saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. (Mt 28:9)
(c) Jesus communed with two disciples on the first day of the week
And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. (Lk 24:15)
(d) Jesus appeared to His disciples on the first day of the week
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. (Jn 20:19)
(e) Jesus again appeared to His disciples on the first day of the week following His resurrection, and was worshipped
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. (Jn 20:26)
(f) After that the apostolic churches began to observe the first day of the week as the Lord’s Day, the day of Christian worship
And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. (Acts 20:6,7).
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. (Rev 1:10,11)
When people begin to introduce new and strange doctrines, all Christians should take note. That is an attempt by the Adversary to confuse and divide Christians. There is absolutely no question that Christ arose of the first day of the week.
1. Christ is called “the first fruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20):
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
When we see the term “first fruits” it takes us back to the Hebrew harvest, and that this harvest was to be observed as unto to the Lord. Therefore there were three divisions to the harvest – (1) the first fruits, (2) the main harvest, and (3) the gleanings (which were to be left for the less fortunate and the needy).
The Lord likened His death, burial, ad resurrection to the sowing of a seed which must first die before it can produce a harvest (John 12:24). This was symbolic of His resurrection (the first fruits), followed by the resurrection/Rapture of the saints (the harvest), and then followed the resurrection of the Tribulation saints (the gleanings).
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept... But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. (1 Cor 15:20,23,24).
2. The Feast of First Fruits on the morrow after the sabbath
The Feast of First Fruits is prophetic of the resurrection of Christ, and the offering of the first fruits was to be made on THE MORROW AFTER THE SABBATH. That is the day following the Sabbath, which is the first day of the week, and is commonly called “Sunday” (but has no connection to the pagan connotation of Sunday).
This feast is described in Leviticus 23:9-14
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10 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 harvest unto the priest:
11 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.
3. The Feast of Pentecost on the morrow after the Sabbath
It is also prophetically significant that the Feast of Pentecost (following to the Feast of First Fruits by fifty days) was also on the morrow after the Sabbath (the first day of the week). That was the day on which God poured out His Holy Spirit “upon all flesh” and about 3,000 Jewish souls were saved (Acts 2)
We read in Leviticus 23:15-22:
15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat [meal] offering unto the LORD.
21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
4. The resurrection was on the first day of the week
(a) The female disciples of Christ came to the tomb on the first day of the week
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. (Mt 28:1)
(b) Jesus was worshipped by these women on the first day of the week
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them [the women], saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. (Mt 28:9)
(c) Jesus communed with two disciples on the first day of the week
And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. (Lk 24:15)
(d) Jesus appeared to His disciples on the first day of the week
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. (Jn 20:19)
(e) Jesus again appeared to His disciples on the first day of the week following His resurrection, and was worshipped
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. (Jn 20:26)
(f) After that the apostolic churches began to observe the first day of the week as the Lord’s Day, the day of Christian worship
And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. (Acts 20:6,7).
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. (Rev 1:10,11)
When people begin to introduce new and strange doctrines, all Christians should take note. That is an attempt by the Adversary to confuse and divide Christians. There is absolutely no question that Christ arose of the first day of the week.
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