The Passover was followed by the seven days’ feast of unleavened bread. On the second day of the feast, the first fruits of the year’s harvest, a sheaf of barley, was presented before the Lord. All the ceremonies of the feast were types of the work of Christ. The deliverance of Israel from Egypt was an object lesson of redemption, which the Passover was intended to keep in memory. The slain lamb, the unleavened bread, the sheaf of first fruits, represented the Saviour. (DA 77.1) MC VC

With most of the people in the days of Christ, the observance of this feast had degenerated into formalism. But what was its significance to the Son of God! (DA 77.2) MC VC