"First Fruit": Supreme Sacrifice. ❤️

Corinthians 15:20

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.

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Good night to all of you... My apology if I missed to post my morning message. I was so busy with work but still find time to share this one tonight, my Readmates. 😇

• In the Old Testament, the first fruits (literally, the first fruits of any harvest whether it be fruit, grain, or animals) were offered as sacrifice. It was the required sacrifice. Anything else was considered disrespectful to God. That is the reason that God became angry with Cain in Genesis. Cain offered fruit from the ground, which meant it was basically what had fallen off the tree--the leftovers.

• Although the law wasn't technically in place, Cain still dishonored God with this pitiful sacrifice. In this passage, Christ is referred to as the "first fruit." He was the perfect sacrifice and the first of those who would be raised from the dead. Christ was first raised from the dead. This is as much a historical fact as the assassination of Julius Caesar. Therefore, if Christ was raised from the dead (and history testifies that He was), and He was the "first" of those who sleep (implying that more will follow), then we who "sleep" or will "sleep" can take comfort in knowing that we, too, will be raised from the dead.

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Good night Prayer:

Father, we thank You for resurrecting Christ. He was the supreme sacrifice. The best You had to offer. We want to give You the best we have to offer, our "first fruits." You deserve nothing less.

AMEN 🌹