The Fruit Offering

Last week we discussed the Mishna in Menachos that the shtei halechem should be offered before any other offering or Bikkurim from the new grain.  Why must the shtei halechem precede the Bikkurim; they aren’t offered on the mizbaoch?  There are two ways to understand this din.  Either it is telling us that even though the Bikkurim aren’t a korban the shtei halechem must precede anything that comes into the mikdash.  Or the drasha is telling us that Bikkurim are viewed as a korban.  This view can be supported from the Ramban in this week’s parsha (5:9) that the word והקריבו applies to Bikkurim which are brought toward the mizbaoch.