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First  Fruits,  and  Pentecost  in  the  spring.



             Fifteen  hundred  years  before  the  birth  of



             Jesus  Christ,  God  instituted  feasts  for  the



             nation  of  Israel,  and  every  one  of  them



             pointed  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  —  His



             death, His burial, His resurrection, and the



             coming of the Holy Spirit, and there are still



             three of those feast days that are pointing



             to the second coming of Christ — Trumpets,



             Atonement, and Tabernacles.




                    In the entire book of Acts, the resurrection




             is the cardinal message, and the resurrection


             became  the  heartbeat  of  the  primitive



             church.    It  became  the  heartbeat  of  the



             disciples,  the  apostles.  They  preached  on



             the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  This is what







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