What was offered on the feast day of firstfruits in the Old Testament?
On the Old Testament feast day of firstfruits, the offering was not merely one stem of grain but many stalks—a sampling of the coming crop—gathered together into a sheaf and presented to the priest as the firstfruits offering. This pictured the plural firstfruits.
Les explains that the feast day of firstfruits was to take not just one stem of grain, but many, all just a sampling of the crop that was to come. They were brought together in a sheaf and taken to the priest with the words, "Here is my offering of firstfruits." He connects this to resurrection, saying the Jewish saints resurrected after Christ comprise the firstfruits, making the term plural. Church age saints are not part of that firstfruits because it has already happened.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
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How was the feast of firstfruits observed in the Old Testament?
On the feast day of firstfruits, they did not take just one stem of grain but many stalks that were a sampling of the coming crop, bound them together in a sheaf, and brought them to the priest as the offering of firstfruits.