Why Messianic Halakha is needed- part 16.
Date: Jun 13th, 2009 11:42:50 pm - Subscribe
Mood: Loving Torah
Why Messianic Halakha is needed
Pt 16
Script:
Theme: Minhat Bekhor
Ex 23.1-33/ Ex 34.19-35/ Lev 23.1-25/ Num 15.1-41 Deut 26. 1-19/ Deut 18.1-22/ Hebrew 9.1-28
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Exodus 23.16
Next,the festival of harvest, the first fruits of your effort sowing in the field; and last, the festival of ingathering at the end of the year; when you gather in from the fields the results of your efforts.
Messianic Halakha comes to us from the Hebrew word to mean: This path, This walk, This way. It is a term for rules and rulings that govern Jewish life. In this lesson we will cover of the Halakha listings, we will cover the Halakha Importance of: Bikkurim- Perhaps i should have done this weeks ago but never the less it is next on my list, We try to always gain some points of reference from Talmud, not that Talmud is necessary for it isn't but In my mind it's purpose adds a greater depth oft and another way of looking at something, We treat it no different than would one treat a dictionary.
Bikkurim- The First Fruits, the portion of the fruits yearly harvest which would have been brought in the Beit Ha'Mikdash, The Hebrew term: Bikkurim and the related term '' First Fruit'' derive from the same root ward being- bekhor, meaning first born, the first fruits including the first grains to ripen each season were to be brought as an offering to YHVH.
Dvarim 26. gives detailed procedures for the offering of the first fruits, including the text of a liturgical recitation incumbent upon any who offered their fruits in the sanctuary. It is interesting that today there is a major segment of Churches who call themselves First Fruit Ministries, First Fruit Spirit of God, First Fruit this and that and i can guarantee you that they don't even no what First Fruit- Bikkurim is!
The manner of oblation prescribed in that passage represents a distinctive mode, Whereby the substances involved were not burnt on the Alter. But are merely displayed and assigned to the Cohanim- Lev 2:14- speaks of Minhat Bikkurim- A grain offering of first fruits prescribing that part that is to be burnt on the Altar. The Minhah Hadashah of Lev 23.16- The grain offering of fresh grain, poses a problem, since the rule was that no leavening dough could be brought up on the Altar, and the offering of fresh grain mentioned in that passage was to be baked from leavened dough. The offering of first fruits were both an individual obligation and apart of public celebrations, particularly the celebration of Shavout, also called Hag Ha'Bikkurim- The first fruits festival- Ex 23.16/ Lev 23/ Num 28. 26 A sheaf of the new barley ( omer) was offered on the 2nd day of the pesach festival- Lev 23. According to the Mishnah ( Bik 1:3,6,9)
In Second Temple times the pilgrimage to the Temple was for the purpose of offering the first fruits could be undertaken anytime between Shavout, in the late spring and Sukkot in the fall.
IN HALAKHAH
According to rabbinic commentary, The duty of bringing first fruits was confined to the seven distinct species growing in Eretz Israel
1.Wheat 2. Barley 3. Grapes. 4. Fig. 5. Pomegranates. 6. Olive Oil. 7.Dates
The fruits were given to the Cohanim after the donor recited confession ( Deut 26. 1-11) acknowledging Yah as the one who redeemed the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, and expressing gratitude to Yah who brought them out of bondage and to the promised land. The bikkurim were brought between Shavout- hence its designation as Hag Ha'Bikkurim â€" The First Fruits Festival & Sukkot, They could be brought as late as Hanukkah, but after Sukkot no declaration was made. The spring feast of Pesach & Yom Ha'Bikkurim occur in the month of Nisan. The period of time during the counting of the seven shabbats between Ha'Bikkurim and Shavout is exactly the time needed to raise the spring crops to maturity and full harvest. Israel left Egypt on the 14th of Nissan on the feast of pesach and under the blood of the lamb.( Lamb signified Yeshua, the final lamb- Did you know? the same Hebrew word for son being Ben- also has another meaning as being Lamb, which concludes the lamb is the son { how remarkable is that,}) In most contrast the words: Taleh, Kebes, Kibsah, kar, Seh, Amnos, Anion, Immar are the Hebrew words for Lamb, but Ben also means: Lamb/Son.
Then on the 15th of Nissan , Israel was yet observing Hag Ha'Matzot, this was the day after they left Egypt, and during this feast, Israel and those who sojourned with her( Gerim) were to clean out all chametz ( Leaven) from their midst. Then for a period of seven days, they wore to have no yeast found from the dwellings. The removal of yeast from there dwelling places can be clearly seen as the beginning of a new life outside of Egypt without the bondage of slavery to pharaoh. Leaven is seen as a symbol of sin, pride, haughtiness, being puffed up- 1 Cor 5.6- Israel left Egypt and the feast of Ha'Bikkurim passed ( remember they were not yet in the land as the future counting of the omer ended) Israel found themselves in the third month of their journey. The Bible states: that YHVH gave the Torah to Israel in the third month of their journey and Jewish tradition telle us, YHVH gave Torah to Israel in the 3rd month- on the exact day of Shavout- Ex 19.1-3.
In conclusion:
Once Israel entered the land, Shavout was then the festival of the first harvest. As stated above, In earlier times, the harvest of the barley and grains brought into the Temple after the counting of the omer according to the Bible, this is the day after Shabbat after Pesach ( The 1str day of the week- Yom Rishon- Sunday) on Ha'Bikkurim, when there was to be a wave offering consisting of sheaved grain from the field.
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