1 Corinthians 15 Firstfruits In this part our study, 1 Corinthians firstfruits, we examine another concept that suggests the chapter focuses on spiritual death versus natural or biological death. This is noted in the term firstfruits (Gk. aparche). Firstfruits describes two concepts. The first is chronological, i.e. the order of time in which the event occurs. Secondly, the nature of the event. The idea of the firstfruits relates to the Jewish harvests which was centered around the feast days. Three pilgrimage festivals were mandated in Exodus 23:14-17: a seven-day springtime festival centered around the cereal harvest; an early summer festival when cereal harvests ...