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The first day of the week, or the day after the Sabbath, signifies a new beginning, a new age. InLev. 23:10-11,15, a sheaf of the firstfruits of the harvest was offered to the Lord as a wave offering on the day after the Sabbath. That sheaf of the firstfruits was a type of Christ as the firstfruits in resurrection (1 Cor. 15:20,23). Christ resurrected on precisely the day after the Sabbath. By His all-inclusive death He terminated the old creation, which had been completed in six days, after which was the Sabbath day. In His resurrection He germinated the new creation with the divine life. Hence, the day of His resurrection was the beginning of a new week — a new age. This day of His resurrection was appointed by God (Psa. 118:24), was prophesied as "this day" inPsa. 2:7, was predicted by Himself as the third day (Matt. 16:21;John 2:19,22), and later was called by the early Christians "the Lord's Day" (Rev. 1:10). On this day Christ was born in resurrection as the firstborn Son of God (Acts 13:33;Heb. 1:5) and the Firstborn from the dead to be the Head of the Body, the church (Col. 1:18).