Question: What is John 20:17’s meaning!
Jesus was saying to Mary Magdalene, that He was yet (at that stage) to ascend to His Father, as the "First-Fruit”!
See Lev. 28; “every devoted offering is most Holy to the Lord (Almighty God)” !
Jesus at that stage was yet to present to the Father God, Himself as the “Devoted Offering”; which was in His case the “First-fruits” of many, saved by His “Precious Blood”!
Proverbs 3:9 says Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the FIRSTFRUITS of all thine increase: Verse 10 says, ‘So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine’. Rom. 11:16 says for if the FIRSTFRUITS be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
So “the lump” is the “Body of Christ Jesus”; made up of all who trust Him for their “Redemption”, i.e. “Salvation”, since that time, and until “He returns in Great Power and Glory”!
See: Jesus, and "The New Man"!
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