ShadowsofThingstoCome

SpeaktotheYisraAilites[Israelites] andsaytothem:WhenyouenterthelandI amgoingtogiveyouandyoureapitsharvest,bringtothepriestasheafofthefirst grainofyourharvest.HeistowavethesheafbeforeYHWHsoitwillbeaccepted onyourbehalfthepriestistowaveitonthedayaftertheShabbawth(Leviticus 23:1011).

On that day (the day after the Shabbawth that falls within the week of Unleavened Bread), thousands of years ago, the high priest was waving the sheaf of the first fruits before YHWH. This was a shadow of what was to come Yehoshuah, the First Fruits from the dead.

YHWHsFirstHarvest
ThefirstdayoftheweekcomesMeiryam[Mary]ofMagdaleneearly,whenitwasyet dark,untothesepulcher,andseeingthestonetakenaway...(YoKhawnawn[John] 20:1).Quoting from Bullingers CompanionBiblenotes, this scriptural reference is more correctly translated, On the first (day) of the Shabbawths... (pl.). A reference to Leviticus23:1517 shows that this first day is the first of the days for reckoning the seven Shabbawths to Pentecost. On this day, therefore, The Anointed One became the firstfruits (verses1011) of YHWHs resurrection harvest. ButnowisTheAnointed One risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept (1Corinthians15:20). This was the culmination of the true Passover, the spiritual sacrifice given to man by YHWH (YoKhawnawn[John] 3:16). The Anointed One, YHWHs First Harvest, was unleavened, without hypocrisy and sin (1 Kayfah[Peter] 2:22), the offering of the harvest of the resurrection. Thus, by accepting Yehoshuah as the wave sheaf, YHWH grantedHimauthorityoverallthepeoplethatHemightgiveeternallifetoallthose theFathergaveHim(YoKhawnawn[John]17:2).This allows us also to be partakers of the resurrection, ForasinAwdawm[Adam]alldie,soinTheAnointedOneallwill bemadealive(1Corinthians15:22).

TheSecondHarvest
Seven complete Shabbawths after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which represents the firstfruits of the barley harvest, is the second harvest. Pentecost, or more correctly the Feast of Weeks, is that second harvest and represents the first-fruits of the wheat harvest (Exodus34:22). Preceding the Pentecost of Acts2, Yehoshuah spent 40 days teaching His Apostles about the Kingdom (Acts 1:3). He told the Apostles to wait in Yerushalayim[Jerusalem] until they received the promised gift of the Set-Apart Spirit (Acts1:45). It was at the completion of the Feast of Weeks, on the fiftieth day after the true Anointed One had risen from the ground, that His Apostles were filled with the Set-Apart Spirit. Their faith was strengthened so that they would be able to begin the task of sowing seed for the second harvest. Prayyoutherefore,YHWHoftheharvest,thatHewouldsend forthlaborersintoHisharvest(Loukanus[Luke]10:2).

On Pentecost day, Kayfah[Peter] addressed the crowd and spoke of Yehoshuahs resurrection and the pouring out of the Set-Apart Spirit. When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked, Whatshallwedo?(Acts 2:37) Kayfah[Peter] replied in verses3839,Repentandbebaptized,everyoneofyou,intheNameofYehoshuah TheAnointedOnefortheforgivenessofyoursins.Andyouwillreceivethegiftof theSetApartSpirit.Thepromiseisforyouandyourchildrenandforallwhoare faroffforallwhom YHWH ourEloheemwill call. And, aboutthreethousand wereaddedtotheirnumberthatday(verse41). In Acts2,we see the beginning of the true Assembly and the twelve setting out to feed the lost sheep of YHWH (Acts2:4647). YHWH, through Yehoshuah, then began adding to His Assembly, suchasshouldbesaved(Acts2:47).In Yo-Khawnawn[John] 3:16we read that whosoeverbelievesinTheAnointedOneshouldnotperish.Many quote the same verse and say, shallnotperish,but those whom YHWH has drawn to His Son (Yo-Khawnawn[John]6:44) shouldbecome a part of YHWHs second harvest, of which Pentecost now foreshadows. This will be the time when Yehoshuah, our High Priest, (Hebrews7:17) will present His firstfruits to YHWH. This Assembly will be without blemish (Ephesians 5:2627). The second harvest will be made up of those whom YHWH will call and choose and who have remained faithful (Revelation17:14). Yet The Anointed One teaches us that manyarecalled,butfewarechosen(Mattith YaHu[Matthew] 20:16).Narrowisthewaywhichleadsuntolifeandfewtherebe thatfindit(MattithYaHu[Matthew] 7:14).What,goodLord,canIdothatImay haveeternallife?AndYehoshuahsaidtohim,ThereisonlyOnethatisgoodthat is YHWH, but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments (Mattith YaHu[Matthew] 19:1617). He goes on to say in MattithYaHu[Matthew] 5:1718, ...tillheavenandearthpass,onejotoronetittleshallinnowisepassfromthelaw, tillallbefulfilled. Yehoshuahs brother teaches us that if we offendinonepoint,weareguiltyinall (Yahakobe[James] 2:1011). The Anointed One revealed to His disciple, Yo-Khawnawn[John], that those who doHiscommandmentshaverighttothetreeof life(Revelation22:1415). These laws came down from heaven and were given to us through YHWHs servant, Moshay[Moses]. They are YHWHs laws (NekhemYaHu[Nehemiah]9:1314,29). Yehoshuahs firstfruits, those He will gather at His second coming (1 Corinthians 15:23), will obey these laws, which are spiritual (Romans7:14) and must be established (Romans3:3). They will be those of the New Covenant who have the Law written in their hearts and minds (Hebrews8:10). In so doing, they will reign with Him at His coming (Revelation1:56,Revelation2:2527and Revelation5:10).

UnderstandingtheHolyDays
Man today does not know YHWH. He has no fear of Him and, therefore, he is lacking in wisdom (Proverbs9:10,Romans3:18). As a result of mans lack of wisdom, he has rejected the true Anointed One the true Sacrifice. He doesnt understand that the Scriptures teach what YHWHs holy days arenot wereas many teach. They are shadows of things tocome. Shaul[Paul] kept the feast days of YHWH. He even cut his trip short, ifitwerepossible forhim,tobeatYerushalayim[Jerusalem]thedayofPentecost(Acts20:16). Many try to teach that he went up to Yerushalayim[Jerusalem] to convert the Yehudeem[Jews] to Christianity, but Acts 24:11 states otherwise, since I went up to Yerushalayim [Jerusalem] fortoworship. Shaul[Paul] was an ardent student of the letter of the law, and he also kept it (Philippians 3:56). He hadnt realized The Anointed Ones role in it until after his conversion (Acts26:2223). But after being smote blind, Shaul[Paul] could very well see that the three great feasts that YHWH commands us to keep (Exodus23:17) are truly a shadow of things to come. He told the Colossians, Never therefore anyone [of] you call into question between eating or among drinking, that within respect [to] SetApart Days, nor the Festival of New Moon, neither the Shabbawths, that are a shadow [of] the One which is to come. This among the body as a sound whole; the anointed. (Colossians2:1617).In many English versions the word is in verse17has been added, distorting the Scripture. Shaul[Paul] is teaching the Assembly that only The Anointed Ones Body can judge (determine) what is YHWHs (verse16) and what is mans (verse22). As it is impossible to please YHWH without faith (Hebrews11:6), it is required of the believer to keep these Set-Apart Days with the belief in what they foreshadow.

TheFutureHarvest
Have the seven Shabbawths passed? Is Pentecost here now? The answer is no. Let us see what Yehoshuah had to say about this in Mattith-YaHu[Matthew] 13:2430,The KingdomofHeavenislikeneduntoamanwhichsowedgoodseedinhisfield:but whilemenslept,hisenemycameandsowedtaresamongthewheat,andwenthis way.Butwhenthebladewassprungup,andbroughtforthfruit,thenappearedthe taresalso.Sotheservantsofthehouseholdercameandsaidtohim,Sir,didnot yousowgoodseedinyourfield?Fromwherethenhasittares?Hesaiduntothem, Anenemyhasdonethis.Theservantssaiduntohim,Doyouwantustogoand gatherthemup?ButHesaid,Nolestwhileyougatherupthetares,yourootup alsothewheatwiththem.Letbothgrowtogetheruntiltheharvest:andinthetime ofharvest,Iwillsaytothereapers,Gatheryoutogetherfirstthetares,andbind theminbundlestoburnthem:butgatherthewheatintoMybarn. When asked about the meaning of this parable by His disciples, Yehoshuah said in Mattith-YaHu[Matthew]13:3642,Heisthesoweroftheseed,thefieldistheworld, theseedisthedoctrineoftheKingdomofYHWH,butthetaresarethedoctrineof thewickedone(Beelzebub). Tares resemble wheat in appearance. But if they are mixed with the wheat, they will cause the bread to be bitter and poisonous.

Yehoshuah also said that the harvest is at the end of the age and the reapers are the Messengers[Angels]. Here the wheat harvest, commemorated by the Feast of Weeks, foreshadows the spiritual harvest of those who are the firstfruits at Yehoshuahs return. Are we a part of Himthe wheat to be put in His barnor, are we the tares that will be taken and burned? Do you want to be in that harvest that is Yehoshuahs at His return, or be included with the tares that are taken and burned? May YHWH not judge us in His wrath, lest we perish, but have mercy on usunfruitful servants though we be. OYHWH,IhaveheardYourspeech,andwasafraid.OYHWH,reviveYourwork inthemidstoftheyearsmakeknowninwrath,remembermercy(Habakkuk3:2). The count toward the Feast of Weeks is the same method used in the counting toward the Yobale[Jubilee] yearPentecost being the fiftieth day after the counting of seven weeks and the Yobale[Jubilee] year being the fiftieth year after the counting of seven years. As we have seen, the Feast of Weeks represents the second harvest and the Yobale [Jubilee] year points to the future returning of the land to its rightful owner, Yehoshuah, along with its harvest. It is not without purpose that these two are the same type! The event of the pouring out of the Set-Apart Spirit at Pentecost was also a foreshadow. Kayfah[Peter] quoted the prophet Yo-Ail[Joel] in reference to that event in Acts2:1721. Upon examination of these Scriptures, it becomes evident that they are a prophecy for the last days and that the outpouring will be great! This will occur before the great and terrible Day of YHWH. As the outpouring of the Set-Apart Spirit causes prophecy to increase, the Word of YHWH is sown to bring forth fruit for the harvest. We are called to believe and sow His truth in men hearts so that much good fruit will be brought forth. Pentecost is still today a shadow of things to come. It will be a time when the chosen of YHWH in The Anointed One will be gathered to Him to teach the nations (those left after the tribulation) the ways of YHWH (MattitYaHu[Matthew]24:21311Thessalonians 4:1617). Yesha-YaHu[Isaiah] writes in 66:23,Itshallcometopass,fromoneNew Moontoanother,andfromoneShabbawthtoanother,thatallfleshshallcometo worshipbeforeMe,saithYHWH. All nations will flow into His Set-Apart Mountain and learn of Him (Yesha-YaHu [Isaiah]2:13). YHWH will bring His elect into the New Yerushalayim[Jerusalem] and also thestrangerthatjoinshimselfto YHWH,wholovesHisNameandkeepsthe ShabbawthfrompollutingitandtakesholdofHisCovenant.EventhemwillIbring toMySet-Apart Mountain (YeshaYaHu[Isaiah] 56:18). We are no longer strangers (Ephesians2:1222), but are called of YHWH to partake of the Heavenly things through Yehoshuah (Ephesians1:311). Buteverymaninhisownorder:TheAnointedOne thefirstfruitsafterwardtheythatareYehoshuahs,atHiscoming(1Corinthians 15:23).