What is the Wave Sheaf Offering?
A. The Wave Sheaf is a mandatory part of the Passover Feast. Its timing helps us to know when another Feast starts Pentecost. It also lets us know when we can eat the new harvest of grain. The Wave Sheaf offering is found in the Old Testament in Leviticus 23:9-14. Leviticus 23:9-12: And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land which I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest; and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, that you may find acceptance; on the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 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. (RSV) Why do we still keep the Wave Sheaf Offering? A. Besides being a part of the Passover Feast and a mandatory part of Gods Law, the Wave Sheaf Offering carries new meaning for us as Christians; it begins the count to Pentecost. Christ was our Wave Sh
