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The Feast of Firstfruits signifies the resurrected Christ as the firstfruits for our enjoyment as a feast in His resurrection (Lev. 23:9-14; 1 Cor. 15:20):
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Christ was crucified at the time of the Feast of the Passover, and then on the third day, the day after the Sabbath, He was resurrected (Mark 14:12; 1 Cor. 15:4; John 20:1; Lev. 23:11):
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Christ's resurrection was the fulfillment of the Feast of Firstfruits and is the reality of that feast (v. 10).
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Christ was the first One raised from the dead, becoming the firstfruits of resurrection (1 Cor. 15:20):
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This is typified by the sheaf of the firstfruits, which was offered to God on the day after the Sabbath, the day of resurrection (Lev. 23:11; Matt. 28:1).
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In the type, the firstfruits of the harvest were not a single stalk of wheat but a sheaf of wheat, typifying not only the resurrected Christ but also the saints who were raised from the dead after His resurrection (Lev. 23:11; Matt. 27:52-53).
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Christ as the firstfruits of resurrection is the Firstborn from the dead that He might be the Head of the Body; since He, the Head of the Body, has been resurrected, we, the Body, also will be resurrected (Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:20-23).
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The type in Leviticus 23:14 signifies that the resurrected Christ ascended to the heavens and was offered to God with all the fruit in His resurrection as God's food for God's satisfaction; then, He became man's supply for man's satisfaction:
Morning Nourishment
Lev. 23:10 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land which I am giving you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.1 Cor. 15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
The third annual feast is the Feast of Firstfruits (Lev. 23:9-14). This feast signifies the resurrected Christ (1 Cor. 15:20) for our enjoyment as a feast in His resurrection.
This feast took place less than three days after the Feast of the Passover. Christ was crucified at the time of the Feast of the Passover, and then on the third day He was resurrected. The day of His resurrection was the Feast of Firstfruits. This is Christ in His resurrection as the firstfruits. (Life-study of Leviticus, p. 471)
Today's Reading
The Passover was on the fourteenth day of the first month of the Jewish year. On this day Jesus Christ was slain as our Pass- over....[Christ] is the reality of the Passover, the fulfillment in history of the type of the Passover. The Feast of the Passover was followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Firstfruits. Christ's resurrection was the fulfillment of the Feast of Firstfruits and is the reality of this feast. (Life-study of Leviticus, p. 475)First Corinthians 15 presents Christ as the firstfruits (vv. 20, 23), the second man (v. 47), and the last Adam (v. 45). It is significant that these three aspects of Christ are mentioned in one chapter. When we put together these three aspects of Christ, we see that Christ is the first, the second, and the last; as such, Christ is everything.
Christ is the firstfruits of resurrection to be the beginning of God's new creation and to be the Head of the Body, the church.
Christ was the first One raised from the dead, becoming the firstfruits of resurrection. This was typified by the firstfruits (a sheaf of the firstfruits, including Christ with some of the dead Old Testament saints, was raised at the Lord's resurrection—Matt. 27:52-53) in Leviticus 23:10-11, which were offered to God on the day after the Sabbath, the day of resurrection (Matt. 28:1). (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3179)
The opening of the tombs [in Matthew 27:52 and 53] signifies that the power of death and Hades has been conquered and subdued, and the raising of the bodies of the saints signifies the releasing power of the death of Christ. Verse 53 says that they came out of the tombs after His rising, entered into the holy city, and appeared to many. In typology, the firstfruits of the harvest were not a single stalk of wheat, but a sheaf of wheat, typifying not only the resurrected Christ, but also the saints who were raised from the dead after His resurrection. (Life-study of Matthew, p. 813)
Christ as the firstfruits of resurrection is the Firstborn from the dead that He might be the Head of the Body (Eph. 1:20-23). Hence, Colossians 1:18a tells us that Christ is the Head of the Body, the church; He is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead. Since He, the Head of the Body, has been resurrected, we, the Body, also will be resurrected. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3180)
"And you shall eat no bread or parched grain or fresh ears until that same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places" (Lev. 23:14). This signifies that the resurrected Christ ascended to the heavens and was offered to God with all the fruit in His resurrection as God's food for God's satisfaction first. Then He became man's supply for man's satisfaction.
The resurrected Christ, the fresh Christ in His resurrection, was first to be enjoyed by God. This is the firstfruits, and the firstfruits are for God's enjoyment. Then the resurrected Christ becomes our enjoyment with God and with one another. (Life-study of Leviticus, pp. 473-474)
Further Reading: Life-study of Leviticus, msg. 53; The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 785-789