The prescribed offering of firstfruits served to remind the ancient Israelites that the Lord was the one who could be trusted to provide secondfruits, thirdfruits, fourthfruits, etc., after the firstfruits were given to him. The people were to focus first on God, not themselves. And so it is with Christians. Regular giving is not optional (1 Corinthians 16:2), and that is a good thing because each gift requires us to focus on the one who ultimately receives the gift: God. But the primary firstfruit