Thank you for joining me as we learn about the connection between Passover, First Fruits, and Easter today. As part of understanding and observing the festivals that God has appointed for us to observe we count the Omer today and then we will have our daily Bible reading session!

Here is the link for a downloadable devotional if you would like to count the Omer for yourself. It has been put out by the Messianic Congregation Shoresh David in Florida: https://www.shoreshdavid.org/download/counting-the-omer-booklet/

Here is the link to the fantastic article I read aloud to us today, written by Jewish Voice, that explains the connection of Jesus' resurrection being fulfilled in the Feast of First Fruits and how the Christian church came to institute the celebration of the resurrection on what is now called Easter Sunday: https://www.jewishvoice.org/read/blog/do-messianic-jews-celebrate-easter

It is my prayer and hope that my fellow Gentile (Christian) brothers and sisters in Christ prayerfully consider adopting the return of the celebration of Jesus' resurrection in future years in conjunction with the Biblical time of First Fruits, as Jesus is the first fruit of the resurrected dead spoken about in 1 Corinthians 15:20. This would serve to unite us with our more traditional Jewish brothers and sisters in Christ. It is my belief that as more and more "Christians" return to celebrating Biblical "Jewish" festivals at GOD'S appointed times versus celebrating them during the times that people have instituted (and thereby creating an intentional rift between Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ), that we as Christians would gain greater understanding of and be more in alignment with God's will for our lives as well as foster more complete reconciliation and unity within the Body of Christ.

In our proverbs reading today we will read the topic of All Kinds of People. In our daily application we will discuss Proverb 25: 6-7 which tells us not to make ourselves look important (exalt ourselves) but instead allow others to lift us up as being important so we won't look foolish in front of others. We will read Luke chapter 14 verses 1, and 7- 11 where Jesus teaches us that "everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted." We will discuss how Jesus fulfills even the Proverbs and how He gave us wonderful examples of how to live them out practically in our own lives. These examples are just as relevant now as they were over 2,000 years ago!

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