• Following the Passover, the Hebrew people left Egypt and slavery. Yet, Pharaoh pursued the Hebrews with his army. Hollywood depicts these events in The Ten Commandments. A great miracle occurred when God separated the waters of the Red Sea. The Hebrews crossed the sea on dry land. However, the Egyptians drowned in the sea. (See the story of Israel crossing the Red Sea in Exod. 12:37 - 14:31).
• According to Moses' writings, this event occurred on Sunday. Bible scholars call this the Feast of First Fruits.

"When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest. He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath." [the Sunday after Passover] (Lev. 23:9-11).

• What happened on the corresponding Sunday after the Passover on which Jesus died? According to New Testament literature, Jesus arose from the dead. Israel's supernatural deliverance from Egypt happened on the same day that the Messiah conquered death. The Messiah offers eternal life to anyone who truly believes.

The Apostle Paul likens Jesus' conquest of death to the Feast of First Fruits. "Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the FIRSTFRUITS of those who have fallen asleep" (1 Cor. 15:20). Jesus could not have arose from the dead as an ordinary man.