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It is beautiful to see how the instructions we have received from the Father in this past year are leading us to see the fulfillment of his word about us.
The time has come to believe God and prophesy with our first fruits! For the past years we have planted in this territory (Greenville-Spartanburg), in countries such as the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Mexico, among others, and today we are enjoying the fruit, here in Greenville and in said countries.
Proverbs 3:9-10 tells us: “Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first fruits of your crops; so your barns and your wine tanks will be filled to bursting."
God is being glorified, his promises are being fulfilled and the seeds we have sown are bearing fruit, and we are seeing the harvest in our homes, in our finances and in everything we are undertaking. That is why we will continue to believe and see the harvest of our seeds.
You too can enjoy this harvest, on this occasion, the harvest of a first. That's why we want to invite you to prepare for our annual First Fruits celebration, which will be on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
As in previous years, we will be presenting as firsts the equivalent of a week of work. The fulfillment has arrived, the conquest has arrived! Now we will believe and manifest together.
First Fruits Festival
The Feast of First Fruits is one of the festivals established by God, a celebration in recognition of the provision extended to his people (Read, Leviticus 23: 9-14).
It is also known as the festival of weeks. The Feast of Firstfruits is recognized as the beginning of each year in the Jewish calendar. In the original Hebrew, the word "firstfruits" means “the promise to come” and is the most mentioned day in the Bible after the day of resurrection. The process was to meet and observe the land, the plants and the trees until seeing the first fruit sprout. Then the owner of the land came to the tree and tied a ribbon with a red cloth around the fruit, and from that separated tree the first fruit was taken and taken to the priest who took it in his hand and offered it to God. This act indicated that they trusted and thanked God for a great harvest to come.
This year we are focused on believing, conquering, undertaking and manifesting. That is why we continue to focus on discipling to send, following the instructions of our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:19; “You go and make more of my disciples in all the countries of the earth…” We believe faithfully, and we have witnessed that our obedience allows us to receive financial breakthrough, supernatural provision, acceleration of vision, of projects and assignments that have been in the heart of the Father for us. That is why we invite you to present your first fruits, prophetically establishing that God and his kingdom is our priority.
Background of the Firstfruits
It is offered on the 16th of Nisan, the second day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, to begin the harvest (Exodus 23:19; Leviticus 23.9-14; Number 28.16f). Seven weeks later, the true and supreme Feast of First Fruits, the Israelite Pentecost, was celebrated. With it the first harvest of the year and the harvesting of the fruits ended. Along with two “firstfruits bread,” “waved before the Lord,” seven lambs, a bullock, two rams, and a goat were offered (Leviticus 23:15–20).
The day of resurrection, on which Jesus rose from the dead, is a commemoration of the great power of God. In the Old Testament, this day was called “the festival of firstfruits.” This is a sacred feast of God that is celebrated on the day after the Sabbath that follows the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:9-14).
The Israelites were able to cross the Red Sea safely under God's protection, despite their fears of persecution by the Egyptian army. The army that pursued them was buried in water, because the sea that had divided returned to its place. God commanded them to commemorate every year the day they came out of the Red Sea, to make them remember the day of his great power; This is the origin of the Feast of Firstfruits (Exodus 14:26-31).
The very word “firstfruits” tells us its meaning. The Israelites brought the priest a sheaf for the first fruits of the first fruits, and the priest waved the sheaf before God so that they would be accepted, the day after the Sabbath. Leviticus 23:10-12 says, “When you have entered the land that I am giving you and have reaped its harvest, you shall bring to the priest a sheaf as the first fruits of your harvest. And the priest will wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted; On the day after the Sabbath he will rock it.”