firstfruit

I "I will show you now the firstfruit of my salvation.

Who is the firstfruit of a harvest of blessings to come?

"From out of that tomb shall come the very firstfruit of that creation.

Epaenetus was the firstfruit of the harvest of converts in the province of Asia (Rom. 16:5).

The lodge was a ruin of black granite and bared ribs of rafters, but facing it was a new building, half constructed, the firstfruit of Sir Charles's South African gold.

Christ's resurrection is seen as a firstfruit from the grave, and pledge of the great harvest to come when those who are in Christ will share his risen life in heaven (1 Cor. 15:20,23).