The Feast of Firstfruits is one of the most misunderstood appointed Feasts described in the Torah. For centuries there has been a conflict among theologians and scholars as to the correct time of the feast, how that time is determined, what the feast means. Churches have fractured into splinters over these arguments, and no one seems to know its true importance to the spiritual lives of the people of the world.
Does that not seem strange?
Of course, it does.
What if the same kind of arguments happened concerning the popular Christmas holiday? How would the people feel if the religious leaders could not determine whether Christmas was on December 21, 24, 25. or 31. Christmas time was also known as the Saturnalia, which was a period of time that started before the winter solstice and ended with December 25. What if Christmas was not really the 25th, but had been changed from the 21st to the 25th? Would there be arguments between churches, the media, politicians, and the fringe?
That is what happened to the Feast of Firstfruits!
