Leviticus 23:9

Leviticus 23:9 says. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse then adds, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:  Moses was now telling the people of Israel what they were to do when He brought them into the land that He was going to give to them.  Just as they were assured of being given the promised land, we today as followers of Christ have the promise a heavenly home where we will live forever with God.  Verse eleven continues, And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.  The people were to bring a sheaf of the first fruits to the priests, and he was to wave it before God on their behalf, on the day after the sabbath. Not all religious events occurred on the sabbath.  Verse twelve states, And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.  On the day that the priest waved the sheaf before God, the person offering it was also to offer a lamb that was less than a year old and without blemish  for a burnt offering.  Jesus Christ is the Lamb without blemish Who is offered as a sacrifice for all our sins forever.  Verse thirteen adds, And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.  There was also to be an offering of flour mixed with oil and of wine.  We today commemorate the death of Christ with the bread to represent His body and the wine to represent His shed blood.  Verse fourteen continues, And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your genarations in all your dwellings.  The people of Israel were not to eat until they brought their offering to God.  We today should likewise first bring our tithes and offerings to God before we begin to use the things He blesses us with for our own purposes.  Verse fifteen says, And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:  Verse sixteen adds, Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.  This meat offering was to be good for seven weeks, and on the fiftieth day the people were to bring a new meat offering.  We today have an offering for our sins through the death of Jesus Christ, and once we accept Him as our Savior and Lord, it is a forever sacrifice.  Verse seventeen continues, Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.  Verse eighteen states, And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.  During this feast, there was to be more brought for the various offerings, and when they were brought, they were to be a sweet savor to the LORD.  Verse nineteen adds, Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.  One kid goat was to be for the sin offering and two lambs for the peace offering.  Verse twenty continues, And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.  The priest was to offer the bread of the first fruits as a wave offering to the LORD and it was to be holy to the LORD for the priests.  Verse twenty-one concludes, And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.  This day was to be a holy day, or a day set aside for God.  Really, as Christians, everyday should be a holy day, a day set aside to follow God's will.