Gen. 1:9-13, The Third Day of Creation, Study of Wheat

The Study of Wheat

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected into one place standing, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the accumulated waters He called Seas. And God saw that this was good (fitting, admirable) and He approved it. And God said, Let the earth put forth tender vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed according to their own kinds and trees bearing fruit in which was their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (suitable, admirable) and He approved it. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

What was created on the Third Day?

• The Collection of Water and the Appearance of Dry Land
• The Creation of Vegetation: Plant-

yielding Seeds and Fruit Trees yielding Fruit Historical Significance There are several plants used in the bible to illustrate truth and prophecy. Deu 8:8 A land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey; “Wheat” will be the first plant that we will study. • The Wheat Harvest (a Jewish Festival) took place around the month of May, the Second month of the Jewish Calendar, “Iyyar/Ziv”. This is also the time summer begins. • The word “Wheat” means “chittah” in Hebrew, literally means wheat grain or plant. • Referred to in scripture as “The Feast of Weeks”, or “The Feast of Harvest”, or “Pentecost” This is a time when all the firstfruits (the first harvest) is presented to the Lord as an offering for the rest of the harvest. • Wheat is “threshed” or “beat out, break, tear, or trample” to separate the outer shell from the wheat • Wheat is “winnowed” (as scattering) after it is threshed. This process is to separate the “Chaff” (the outer shell) from the wheat. • Wheat is “sifted” (shaken or sieved), on occasion, by Satan, only upon the approval of God • Wheat used for “meat or meal” offering (this offering means “Minchah” in Hebrew which means to bestow, a donation, a tribute, a sacrificial offering-usually bloodless, a gift) • Wheat is one of the items used by the priests considered a “pleasing” daily sacrifice offered up to God. • Wheat grow with “Thistles”, means “Chaoch” in Hebrew which means to pierce, a thorn, a bramble. • A naked seed of wheat must first die and fall to the ground in order to produce fruit (multiplication, life) and live eternally, God gives the naked seed body (1 Cor 15:36-38) Let’s look at scripture: Exo 34:22 You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. Num 18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I giventhee. Jdg 6:11 And the angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 1Ch 21:20 Now Ornan was threshing wheat, and he turned back and saw the angel; and his four sons hid themselves. 1Ch 21:23 Ornan said to David, Take it; and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. I give you the oxen also for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for wood and the wheat for the meal offering. I give it all. Ezr 6:9 And all they need, including young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests at Jerusalem, let it be given them each day without fail, (10) That they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Mat 3:12 His winnowing fan (shovel, fork) is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear out and clean His threshing floor and gather and store His wheat in His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with fire that cannot be put out. Mat 13:25 But while he was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed also darnel (weeds resembling wheat) among the wheat, and went on his way. (26) So when the plants sprouted and formed grain, the darnel (weeds) appeared also. (27) And the servants of the owner came to him and said, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then how does it have darnel shoots in it? (28) He replied to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and weed them out? (29) But he said, No, lest in gathering the wild wheat (weeds resembling wheat), you root up the true wheat along with it. (30) Let them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the reapers, Gather the darnel first and bind it in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my granary. (35) This was in fulfillment of what was spoken by the prophet: I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been hidden since the foundation of the world. 78:2. (36) Then He left the throngs and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field. (37) He answered, He Who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. (38) The field is the world, and the good seed means the children of the kingdom; the darnel is the children of the evil one, (39) And the enemy who sowed it is the devil. The harvest is the close and consummation of the age, and the reapers are angels. (40) Just as the darnel (weeds resembling wheat) is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the close of the age. (41) The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all causes of offense by whom others are drawn into error or sin and all who do iniquity and act wickedly, (42) And will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and wailing and grinding of teeth. (43) Then will the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God) shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears hear be listening, and let him consider and perceive and understand by hearing. 12:3. Luk 22:31 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat: (32) but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren. Joh 12:24 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains one grain; it never becomes more but lives by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest. (25) Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. 1Co 15:36 You foolish man! Every time you plant seed, you sow something that does not come to life springing up, and growing unless it dies first. (37) Nor is the seed you sow then the body which it is going to have later, but it is a naked kernel, perhaps of wheat or some of the rest of the grains. (38) But God gives to it the body that He plans and sees fit, and to each kind of seed a body of its own. Prophetic Insight • When God is done separating the “Wheat”, the Good Seed, from the “Chaff”, the outer shell, he completely removes the “Threshing Floor” There will be no more beating, breaking, or trampling of the wheat. Praise God!! Only the “Wheat” will be gathered into His “barn”, the Kingdom of God. The “Chaff” will be burned up with fire that cannot be put out, “Eternal Fire-Hades” • There are times when our lives are “Sifted” or “Shaken” by God or Satan. Jesus prays us through this time. Faith is required to have victory over this time of sifting. Our mandate, after we have overcome this “Sifting” is to strengthen and encourage our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. • The Wheat Harvest corresponds to the Jewish Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Harvest, or Pentecost. The Feasts are an appointed time with God, decreed by God to be observed perpetually (ongoing, forever) Lev 23:37-41 , in addition, many feasts directly correspond with a harvest season. Jesus fulfilled four of the seven major Jewish Feasts. Don’t you think it is essential to study and understand these feasts? Jesus saw the importance of observing these feasts, because they were a foreshadowing of what is yet to happen. Heb 10:1 FOR SINCE the Law has merely a rude outline (foreshadowing) of the good things to come--instead of fully expressing those things--it can never by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year make perfect those who approach altars. There are many excellent studies concerning the “End Times”. Could all the answers be right under our nose, in the study of the feasts? I believe the answer is YES, and we will discover this truth in future studies.