I have been studying and praying about this for some time and felt like now is a good time to share it.
This is by no means an end all be all. I am still within the process of studying this myself but would like to share what I have discovered to date.

Here is a breakdown of how the resurrection is modeled after the harvest law.

First to Establish that the harvest model is in fact a model here we see Jesus using it in a parable.

Matthew 13:24-30 Comparing the Kingdom of Heaven to a harvest

24 He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds[c] among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. 27 And the servants[d] of the master of the house came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?' 28 He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' 29 But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

Matthew 13:36-43 Explaining the comparison

36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field." 37 He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, 42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

So with this parable we see that the harvest of crops is indeed viewed by God as a comparison to it and His Kingdom. Lets dive into the harvest law to gain insight into God's Kingdom.

Here is the law for how to gather the harvest:

Leviticus Chapter 23
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
22 "And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God."

So here we see the harvest according to the law broken into three parts.
1. The First Fruits
2. The Main Harvest
3. The Edge/Gleanings

So now let us look into these three parts and how they relate to the resurrection.

FIRST FRUITS:

Let us read the law of First Fruits:

9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah[b] of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a pleasing aroma, and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.[c] 14 And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Now let us read what the Bible calls the first fruits in relation to the resurrection.

20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For "God[c] has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "all things are put in subjection," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

These verses are packed with references back and forth between the harvest law, wheat and tare parable and Jesus' Resurrection.
First we see that Jesus is in fact the First Fruits. This further confirms we are right on viewing the resurrection in comparison to the Harvest model. Let us re-examine the law of First Fruits to further confirm our study.

The Feast of Firstfruits
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah[b] of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a pleasing aroma, and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.[c] 14 And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Let us break down the elements of the First Fruits.
1. First Fruits must be in a sheaf of first Fruits
2. Sheaf must be presented before God
3. It must be presented the day AFTER the sabbath
4. Lamb must be offered to the lord.
5. A grain offering with OIL
6. A food offering
7. A wine offering
8. Can NOT eat until the offering is brought before God.

Now reading the law we see that the First Fruits must be a sheaf of first fruits. So if this is all correct we should see that and we do.

First element is being a sheaf

Matthew 27:52-53
52 The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

Here we see after Jesus rose other saints also resurrected and thus fulfilling the sheaf of firstfruits. We also see this again:

Revelation 4:4
Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.
Here we see the first fruit saints with their white garments and crowns as they have already received their garments and crowns being the first fruits. We also see Jesus in their midst just like in a sheaf of first fruits
6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

Second the sheaf must be presented to God.

John 20:17
17 Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
Here we see Jesus meeting mary in the Garden and she wants to cling to Him. He tells her He must go to the Father of which He then fulfills the waving of sheaf of First Fruits before God.

Third element is that this waving of sheaf must be done After the sabbath.

Matthew 28
28 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.
Here we see that the waving of the First Fruits does in fact happen in accordance to Leviticus 23 the day after the sabbath.

Fourth Element is a single blameless lamb offering:
1 Peter 1
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Here we see Peter is confirming Jesus is the lamb without blemish or spot in accordance to the law of First Fruits.

Fifth Element is grain offering with Oil:
We already see Jesus is being represented as the grain of first fruits but is He covered in oil?

John 19
39 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus[e] by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds[f] in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
Here we see that Yes indeed Jesus is given the full burial preparation with oil by Nicodemus and thus fulfilling the firth element.

Elements 6 and 7 a food and drink offering:

26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." 27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the[c] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

Here we see Jesus is telling them He is both the food and drink offering.

Last element is the eating of a meal after all of these other things are completed.

Luke 24
36 As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace to you!" 37 But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. 38 And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish,[b] 43 and he took it and ate before them.

And finally here we see Jesus on that day, at the end of the day after having been presented to God as the First Fruits we see Him eat.

Now that we have seen how Jesus fulfills the First Fruits portion of the Harvest/Resurrection what happens next? Next phase is the main harvest, which this meal with the disciples leads into because the main harvest can not take place until after the First Fruits have been accepted.

So we will next dive into how the great commission is the start of the main harvest. To be continued…



Main Harvest
1 Corinthians 15
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

Here we see Paul clearly laying out that with the resurrection it follows the harvest model that is Jesus the First Fruits and THEN at his coming those who belong to Christ.
This is the main harvest. Of which it is made righteous and fit for harvest by Jesus as we see here.

Romans 11:16
16 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Here we see that indeed the entire remaining harvest of both the main and gleanings are made Holy because the First Fruits is Holy.

Let us continue to read what Jesus has to say about the main harvest.

Matthew 9
35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."

Here we see Jesus proclaim just like in the parable of the wheat and the tares that
1. The harvest belongs to the Lord.
2. It is plentiful
3. Needs workers
4. To pray that the Lord send out Laborers.

So do we see this prayer request be granted? Yes we do. At the appropriate time. We see in the great commission the SENDING of the workers into the FIELD (world) for the Harvest because the timing is right because the First Fruits, Jesus, has been accepted by God.

Matthew 28
16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Here we see Jesus sending out the workers. But theres even more here. If we go back to the wheat and the tares parable when does the Harvest take place?
Matthew 13
39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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The harvest is the end of the Age" And for how Long is Jesus with the workers of the field? Until the end of the Age.
So Jesus is in the midst of His Church working the field of the Harvest, Cultivating it, etc until its Harvest time.

Now the main Harvest will be just like Jesus' resurrection because again they are apart of the SAME HARVEST. Here we see Paul describe exactly what the resurrection will look like.

1 Thessalonians 4
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord,[d] that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Here we see Paul first telling the believers to KNOW about the resurrection. Then he says BECAUSE Jesus died and rose again God will raise them. Why? Because Jesus was the first fruits and have thus made the rest of the harvest Holy and able to be Harvested.
We then see Paul go into what that resurrection will look like. It will be an actual event that takes place. A harvesting of first the dead and then those alive. We will change into our resurrected bodies immediately and then ascend.
This is the same as Jesus was risen from the dead with a new body and then ascended to God. It's the same because it is of the same Harvest. Fulfilling the law exactly!

1 Corinthians 15
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

Here again we see the same thing. The dead rising, the alive transforming in the Resurrection.
So we can see that:
1. The resurrection is based on the Harvest Law.
2. Jesus fulfills the First Fruits of the Law
3. The main harvest is an actual even with the resurrection of the dead and transformation of the living.

However. There is another piece to this puzzle. As I showed earlier there are THREE parts to the Harvest. First Fruits, Main Harvest, and Gleanings.
If all of the above so far is true then there MUST be a gleanings of saints to fulfill the harvest law. Do we see that in scripture?

The gleanings
Let us go back to Leviticus 23

22 "And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God."

Here we see God stating in His law that WHEN you reap the harvest you must leave the edges and the gleanings.
Let us look at some aspect of the gleanings.
1. They are of the same harvest of the first fruits and main harvest
2. They belong to the owner of the field
3. They must be left for the poor and sojourner

Do we find in scripture any saints that meet this description?

These saints must be the following:
1. Holy and Righteous because they are from the same Harvest and if the First Fruits be Holy so is the Lump.
2. They Still belong to God.
3. They must be given over to someone other than God for a time period.

Revelation 13
5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them.[b] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.


Here we see during the tribulation the poor or in this case the stranger has been given authority over the saints and to conquer them. Why? Because of the Harvest law. Although these saints still belong to God and are apart of God's Harvest they are given over to the poor and stranger for a time period. We see their resting place below and their description matches the description of the 24 elders and thus further confirming they are all apart of the same Harvest.


Revelation 7
9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" 14 I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 "Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
the sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

Saved for special bonus part 4. For those who dont ascribe to the eternal damnation theory might really like this upcoming post.

Completed the Harvest Model write up, Will do part 4 later.

Enjoyed it. Thanks.

Thank you. It gets even deeper. This is just scratching the surface. You can looonat feast of weeks, which celebrate the harvest. And compare it to Pentecost with the Holy Spirirt coming down.

You can also look the different harvest types. This was just the grain harvest which takes place during the spring. There's a spring harvest which is fruit.

There's also the 6/7 year cycles of harvest. 6 year will have three times the harvest so the 7th can be a sabbath year.

But I'm glad you enjoyed it! I might dive into these other ones. Idk yet

Yukon Cornelius said:

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Thank you. It gets even deeper. This is just scratching the surface. You can looonat feast of weeks, which celebrate the harvest. And compare it to Pentecost with the Holy Spirirt coming down.

You can also look the different harvest types. This was just the grain harvest which takes place during the spring. There's a spring harvest which is fruit.

There's also the 6/7 year cycles of harvest. 6 year will have three times the harvest so the 7th can be a sabbath year.

But I'm glad you enjoyed it! I might dive into these other ones. Idk yet

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It has always fascinated me how the terms harvest, vines, vineyards, fruits, etc. are so often used in Scripture.

I tend to believe all those things were way more important in daily life than for us in our modern society. Everyone was intimate with these themes. Stands to reason God modeled them after heavenly things to help show those heavenly concepts to humanity while in the earth.

Always welcome discussion and critique!

Within what I think I've learned about the resurrection via the harvest model all you say very well could be correct with one point. IF I'm right, could be wrong, that the 24 elders are those who came out of the graves for a time to be apart of the first fruits I believe they would be in heaven now. But that would still only be 24 people out of all the saints who lived before. So it doesn't invalidate your thoughts either.

As far as timing of things I'm not sure. I'm leaning towards the rapture being the resurrection of the main harvest and thus it can happen any time prior to the AC being given dominion over the saints. Again provided I'm correct in my understanding.

So again I think you could be right on the timings.

And I couldn't agree more with your last statement. 73 years to be exact! Also funny enough the pope organized a 7 year deal signed by world leaders at the cop26 on Halloween this year.

I do believe we are approaching the end of the Age. Not the end of the world. IMO those are two big different things

Also I'm of the opinion that If the rapture is the man harvest resurrection it could play out over the course of 40-50 days like we see with Jesus and the First Fruits.

The end times are an interesting topic of which I think no one has it all down and we will look back like we do now with the first advent of Jesus and see so much in the OT.

Not sure the role bitcoin will play. But the digital dollar Is coming and when that is live everyone will enter into serfdom.

Disagree with your statement on the Catholic Church. I am 66 y/o and being raised in a Baptist church, I have been told that my entire life.

But then, I was also told the Pope was the anti Christ so there is that.

Seems to be strongest in Calvinism.

PA24 said:

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Yukon Cornelius said:

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Always welcome discussion and critique!

Within what I think I've learned about the resurrection via the harvest model all you say very well could be correct with one point. IF I'm right, could be wrong, that the 24 elders are those who came out of the graves for a time to be apart of the first fruits I believe they would be in heaven now. But that would still only be 24 people out of all the saints who lived before. So it doesn't invalidate your thoughts either.

As far as timing of things I'm not sure. I'm leaning towards the rapture being the resurrection of the main harvest and thus it can happen any time prior to the AC being given dominion over the saints. Again provided I'm correct in my understanding.

So again I think you could be right on the timings.

And I couldn't agree more with your last statement. 73 years to be exact! Also funny enough the pope organized a 7 year deal signed by world leaders at the cop26 on Halloween this year.

I do believe we are approaching the end of the Age. Not the end of the world. IMO those are two big different things

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Interesting times. Maybe the governments of the world with their reckless spending, with world debt reaching 300Trillion dollars is setting up for one world currency, probably the Bitcoin. Same with open borders, a one world government, no individual countries, and concerning religion, the Vatican is working all inclusive world religion angle.
Getting back to the Bitcoin, a currency based on an algorithm compared to the current one based on a promise. Not a difficult switch.

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We have been working the one world religion angle since A.D. 33 when Christ started his Church, for We believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.