11And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it. 12I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits. 13The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
Firstfruits
The priests were supported by these offerings because their life’s work was devoted to serving the Lord.
James 1: 18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
“It is a universal rule that to whom much is given, of him much will be required—a rule as much under the Gospel as under the law—it is a part of the government of the great house of God. Now, we were begotten by the Word with an end and with a purpose, namely, “that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”” (C H Spurgeon)
“Just like the sheaf of grain was set apart for the Lord, so are believers set apart for God’s glory.” And… “firstfruits symbolizes God’s harvest of souls” (gotquestions.org)
You can be “set apart for the Lord”, “a kind of firstfruits of his creatures” or you can set apart for Satan, which is it?
Blessings
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