The first day following the day of Unleavened Bread is called Reshit Katzir, the “Beginning of Harvest.” It is a festival celebrating the firstfruits of the spring harvest through prescribed ceremonies of wave and burnt offerings. Only after the offerings were performed could the crop begin to be used. Likewise, just as the Israelites brought the sheaf of firstfruits on “Sunday” after the Passover, as a sign that the whole harvest belonged to God, so Jesus, the firstfruits of the resurrection, is the sign that all who have fallen asleep in Him will be physically raised as He was.

Hymns from Lutheran Service Book
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1. “The Strife is O’er, the Battle Done” (LSB #464)
Text: Symphonia Sirenum Selectarum, 1695, Köln; tr. Francis Pott, 1832–1909, alt.
Text: Public domain

2. “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” (LSB #430)
Text: tr. Lyra Davidica, 1708, London, alt.; (sts. 1–3):
Latin, 14th cent.; (st. 4): Charles Wesley, 1707–88
Text: Public domain

4. “Scatter the Darkness, Break the Gloom” (LSB #481)
Text: Stephen P. Starke, 1955
Text: © 1995 Stephen P. Starke, admin. Concordia Publishing House.

5. “We Will Rise” (by Chris Tomlin)
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6. “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” (LSB #469)
Text: Charles Wesley, 1707–88, alt.
Text: Public domain

7. “Thanks to Thee, O Christ, Victorious” (LSB #548)
Text: Thomas Hansen Kingo, 1634–1703; tr. George A. T. Rygh, 1860–1942
Text: Public domain

8. “The Day of Resurrection” (LSB #478)
Text: John of Damascus, c. 696–c. 754; tr. John Mason Neale, 1818–66, alt.
Text: Public domain

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