 Now, this latter is obviously the name because of the seven-week countdown that goes to it. But the name Feast of Firstfruits is there because that is what it was about. The season of firstfruits was the time of the grain harvest. It began with barley, ended with wheat. Consequently, you could have two loaves of bread leavened and raised and baked nicely and browned on Pentecost. So why is there a Christian connection in all this?