The Wavesheaf Ritual - Proof of Christ and the Bible - Lawson C Briggs - June 1975

Lawson C Briggs

The ancient priests of Jerusalem had a ritual. One in which - astonishingly - the entire secret of the death-resurrection-mission of Christ the Messiah, and the birth, life and destiny of the true Christian Church was acted out. It was no accident that multitudes of first-century Jews, knowing as they did the facts of this ritual, were convinced of the authenticity of Jesus and His message, and that they eagerly accepted the new name of Christian: "... The number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith" (Acts 6:7). The long previous existence of the ritual - and its known and established provenance from God, the God of Israel and the God of the universe - was proof positive to their minds that this new development in the religion of Israel indeed was the unfolding and revelation of the truth of God the Creator. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library