Wave Offering
Jesus, our sacrifice,
is Hope for the Rest
Scripture
Lev 23:10 "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:"
Lev 23:11 "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."
Lev 23:12 "And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without
blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD."
Text
Lev 23.12 “…ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without
blemish…”
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The definitions that Strong's Concordance offers are not very good.
But the definition along with how the word is translated is much better.
#8573 is Strong's number for the Hebrew word Ten-oo-faw.
The definition offers Brandishing in a threatening manner, it implies a tumult, specifically there
is the thought of undulation or rippling of waves, as if to offer.
#5130 is Strong's number for the Hebrew word Noof.
The definition offers Quivering, sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing (as if to remove the husk from
the wheat), sawing, waving.
The sermon is taken
from some of the ways that the Hebrew word WAVE is used or implied.
We hope it is as interesting for you and your people as it was for us.
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Explanation
The Promised Land is sometimes pictured as our eventual home that will come down out of
heaven, the New Jerusalem, with Gemed Walls and Gates of Pearl.
But more often, the Promised Land is a Picture of the Land of Victory, for the Saint of God.
Victory because it is the place
where God fights the battles like He did for the Israelites as they went into the Promised
Land,
where God provides the necessities like He did for the Israelites as they went into the
Promised Land,
where God is worshipped and glorified for who He is like the Israelites did when they went
into the Promised Land.
Now in our Text God told Moses:
Tell the People …
When you get to the Victorious Life
pant a crop of Wheat and when you reap the Harvest
take a sheaf (a few stems of wheat) of the very First Fruit of that Harvest and take it to the Priest.
Now don’t get lost in this.
They were to take part of the very first part of the crop to the priest.
The Priest was to Wave the Sheaf
before the Lord, in front of the Lord and this sheaf was to be accepted for the People and the
Priest was to Wave it the day after the Sabbath.
Now on that same day, after the Sabbath
something else was to take place.
The Priest was to offer
at the same time a Male Lamb without blemish as a Burnt Offering.
Do you have it?
When they get to the Victory Land
They were plant a Crop of what grain, ______________? Wheat
At Harvest time,
They were of take the First what of it, ___________? Fruit
A Sheaf of ____________? Wheat
And they were to
take the Sheaf of Wheat to the, who ____________? The priest
Then the Priest
was to ___________ the Wheat? Wave
Now, the Priest was to Wave the Wheat
before ___________ (Whom)? God the Father
And, he was going to do this
on the day after what day ____________? Sabbath
Which would be on what day ___________? Sunday
Now, at this same time
there was to be another offering
It was to be a, what ___________? Lamb
It was to be a Male or Female __________? Male
And, it was to be
without, what ______________? Blemish
You are doing real good!
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Picture of Christ
Now, all of this
was a perfect picture of Christ to Come.
And, a perfect witness
to everyone that took part, that looked on, that were strangers from another country.
He was
a Male Lamb that was Reaped as the Very First One brought to the priest and waved before the
Father, to be accepted for the rest, on Sunday
Of course all of this
sounds exactly like Jesus Christ.
“The Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world”
The Firstfruit
1 Cor 15:20 "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them
that slept."
He is brought to the Priest, because He is actually the High Priest Himself
Heb 3:1 "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the
Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;"
He was Waved before the Father
and was accepted of the Father in our place.
Eph 1:6 "To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in
the beloved."
Eph 1:7 "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;"
He was risen on Sunday
Mark 16:9 "…Jesus was risen early the first day of the week…"
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Waved
The Fristfruit, Jesus
was waved before God
This waving that was done
was not like the Queen waving from the balcony of the palace, with stoic face and waving as if to
all watching, be in actuallity, to no one.
No, This was a different kind of Wave.
When we look elsewhere in the Scriptures as to how this word Wave is used
we begin to see a great deal of its meaning.
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Undulatingly
The Priest waved the Sheaf of Wheat
in an undulating fashion.
John 3.16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten son, that
whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life."
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Strikingly
The Priest waved the Sheaf of Wheat
in a striking fashion.
1 Pet 3:18 "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he
might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:"
The Wave Offering
is hope for the rest.
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Waved like a new sheaf
The Sheaf of Wheat was waved by the Priest
like a new shoot coming up out of the Ground. New life from the seed.
Rom 8:11 "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he
that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit
that dwelleth in you."
The Wave Offering
is hope for the rest.
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Sprinkling Manner
The priests waved the Sheaf of Wheat
in a sprinkling manner
Heb 10:19 "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood
of Jesus,"
Heb 10:20 "By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the
veil, that is to say, his flesh;"
Heb 10:21 "And having an high priest over the house of God;"
Heb 10:22 "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our
hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."
Heb 10:23 "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is
faithful that promised;)"
Heb 10:24 "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:"
Heb 10:25 "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some
is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."
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Threateningly
The Priest waved the Sheaf of Wheat
in a threatening manner as if the Sheaf was a judge of those that were not going to follow him in
the Resurrection.
Heb 10:30 "For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will
recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people."
The Wave Offering
is hope for the rest.
There is great hope, when we see the judgment of God on the Lost.
When the Wave Offering is waved in a Threatening manner to the lost, we know we are safe.
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Blowingly
The Priest waved the Sheaf of Wheat
as if it had been blown in a manner of it being shaken by the wind in a suffering sort of way.
Paul said, in his testimony …
Acts 26:22 "Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing
both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and
Moses did say should come:"
Acts 26:23 "That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise
from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles."
And we should suffer with Him.
2 Tim 3:12 "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."
Example of Moses
Heb 11:24 "By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh's daughter;"
Heb 11:25 "Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season;"
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Waved as if to be followed
The Priest waved the Sheaf of Wheat
in a manner as if to indicate to follow the Sheaf, the Firstfruit.
John 12:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."
John 12:25 "He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world
shall keep it unto life eternal."
John 12:26 "If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also
my servant be: if any man serve me,
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Rubbingly
The Priest waved the Sheaf of Wheat
in a thrashing or rubbing manner.
John 6:32 "Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you
not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven."
John 6:33 "For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life
unto the world."
John 6:34 "Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread."
John 6:35 "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall
never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst."
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As if sent
The priest waved the Sheaf of Wheat
in a sending manner.
1 John 4:13 "Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given
us of his Spirit."
1 John 4:14 "And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the
Saviour of the world."
1 John 4:15 "Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in
him, and he in God."
And we are sent
Rom 10:14 "How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how
shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without
a preacher?"
Rom 10:15 "And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How
beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of
good things!"
Paul sent Timothy
1 Th 3:2 "And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our
fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning
your faith:"
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Nextfruit
We are the nextfruit, after Jesus.
Whatever He has done, we can expect the same.
With His help.
With His power.
With His leading.
With His example.
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