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First Fruit

First Fruit
            Jesus suffered many things but none of those things killed Him. He willingly gave His life as an offering on Passover as the Lamb and rose again on the third day known as First Fruits Day. He came during one of the three times that God uses to speak to His people. They can be researched as the Lord’s feasts. The First Fruit Feast coincides with the barley harvest, the first harvest, and offering of the year. 
            
Jesus came to reveal God to us. John 1:1 describes Jesus as the Word. This term is used because Jesus explains God’s mind to us and interprets His heart for us. Jesus is called the Alpha and Omega and the last Word to denote the fulfillment of divine revelation. Jesus is synonymous with Scripture because the written Word is from divine revelation containing supernatural power to transform the heart.

            God’s life-giving Spirit works according to the Word. Hebrews 4:12 states that it is alive and powerful, meaning it is active, operative, energizing, and effective. The Word gives wisdom for wholeness and removal of guilt. It is forever settled, no question, no doubts. It specifies our future, provides our hope, secures our destiny and transforms our daily lives.

            The Word reveals our new life in Jesus and how to obtain that identity. It is a lamp for our feet and a light for our path, equivalent with Jesus as Light of the world. Knowing the Word and regarding it in our hearts enables us live without sinning against God. This is the reason why the validity of Scripture as divine revelation (holy and supernatural) must never be compromised due to secular fruition and social pressure. The Word is the one thing written that really matters. Jesus and the Word are one.

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