Well The Feast of firstfruits was important because it counted down to the next feast which was the culmination of the spring festivals. So we have talked about what the Feast of Firstfruits was and how it was observed and a little about its meaning. Now I want to go on to the most important aspect of this for us - the deeper spiritual meaning of this feast. All these OT feasts we are talking about had a meaning at the time for the Hebrews, and they also was an eternal meaning for all peoples at all times. The way to find it is to see what is identified as the firstfruits.
Words have the surface meaning, an then they have often a deeper significance.
The word firstfruits is not just used to describe the first things that come from the ground or from the womb. What does the bible say are the firstfruits. Israel is holiness to the Lord, the firstfruits of his increase. In describing how God saves both Jews and Gentiles Paul refers to the OT practice of pinching off a bit of a lump of dough as the firstfruits offered to God. And he writes For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy.