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The Hebrew word for Sheaf is โOmerโ. The Torah defines an Omer as the tenth part of an ephah (Exod. 16:36). In other words, an ephah contains 10 Omers of grain.
Leviticus 23:15-16 - You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord.
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The Torah directs us to count seven weeks (49 days) between Nisan 16(During the Feast of Unleavened Bread) to Sivan 6 (Pentecost/Shavuot). This is known as the Counting of the Sheaves or in Hebrew โSefirat Ha Omer.โ (Lev. 23:15-16) This period marks the start of the barley harvest when the children of Israel would bring the first sheaves to the Temple to thank God for the harvest. The Priests would wave them before God (Lev. 8:27).
Deuteronomy 16:16 - Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
All of the festivals of Adonai are agricultural feasts. Passover is the barley harvest, Pentecost (Shavuot) is the wheat harvest while the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth) is the fruit harvest. During the feast of Unleavened bread, barley was harvested and brought on Nisan 16 which was a minor first-fruit holiday celebration known as โYom Ha Bikkurimโ or โResh*t Katzirโ. The waving of the Omer signifies the resurrection of Messiah and our future resurrection. (1 Cor. 15:20-23, Rom. 8:23, Jam. 1:18)
Interestingly, the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot/Pentecost) is also a first-fruit harvest festival for wheat. Shavuot is also the day the disciples who they were the first fruits of Israel (Rom. 1:16), received the Holy Spirit which is a seal of Godโs possession (Acts 2:1, Eph 1:14). Every year, after Israel commemorated the redemption by the Passover lamb on Pesach, they waited for the maturation of the wheat until Shavuot. Similarly, after the disciples received the Holy Spirit some three thousand souls were converted which is comparable to the first-fruits Israel gave (Acts 2:41). Shavuot still awaits a future fulfillment, since all who have been redeemed by the Passover lamb are counting days to the future as they mature until the wedding feast of the Lamb (Rev. 19:9).
Passover commemorates the initial redemption of Israel but Shavuot commemorates the fulfillment of the redemption process which resulted to Israel becoming a nation with its own laws and regulations. It was on Pentecost (Shavuot) that God gave the Ten commandments on Mt Sinai. Shavuot is a fulfillment of Passover. On Shavuot God gave his wedding contract (Torah), to Israel and also gave the disciples the Holy Spirit. In turn Israel went from being a slave nation to a free nation on both โShavuotsโ. The Torah and the Holy Spirit gave them knowledge and power to overcome the enemy.
Therefore, Adonai commanded that every year we count the days of Omer to Shavuot to celebrate the redemption, because it was impossible for that generation alone to fathom such โinstant freedomโ. Adonai help us to count our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalms 90:12) On that first Shavuot, Israel became Godโs people as they entered in covenant with Adonai at Mt Sinai, dubbed the Sinai Covenant.
Exodus 19:5-6 - Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.โ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.โ
Exodus 19:8 - All the people answered together and said, โAll that the Lord has spoken we will do.โ And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
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The Torah directs us to count seven weeks (49 days) between Nisan 16(During the Feast of Unleavened Bread) to Sivan 6 (Pentecost/Shavuot). This is known as the Counting of the Sheaves or in Hebrew โSefirat Ha Omer.โ (Lev. 23:15-16) This period marks the start of the barley harvest when the child...
