The Reward of the Lulav and the Four Things Called First

Pesikta DeRav Kahana 27:10

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Rabbi Berekhiah said in the name of Rabbi Abba bar Kahana: in the merit of "And you shall take for yourselves on the first day," I will reveal Myself to you first, and I will exact payment for you from the first, and I will build for you the first, and I will bring you the first. "I will reveal Myself to you first" -- this is the Holy One, blessed be He, as it is written, "I, the LORD, am first" (Isaiah 41:4). "And I will exact payment for you from the first" -- this is the wicked Esau, as it is written, "And the first came out ruddy" (Genesis 25:25). "And I will build for you the first" -- as it is written, "A throne of glory, on high from the first, is the place of our sanctuary" (Jeremiah 17:12). "And I will bring you the first" -- this is the Messiah, of whom it is written, "The first to Zion, behold, here they are; and to Jerusalem I will give a herald of good tidings" (Isaiah 41:27). The end.

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