v12-14…There are some who not have a high view of scripture and object to this account and say : that this is a parable , not an actual event; that this truly occurred and Jesus “ got it wrong “ here; that is was unreasonable to expect figs because it “ was not te season for figs”; or that God ( Jesus ) would never curse anything or anyone.- See however… Gen.ch.3,v.14ff; 1 Samuel,ch2,v.30-36.
Could Jesus have cursed the fig tree as a symbolic act to show the unfruitfulness of Israel’s religion ? ..Jeremiah,ch.24,v.8-10.
What was making Israel’s religion unfruitful and barren ?…v15-17 may give some answer
Could a person or nation bring curses upon himself /itself , and for what causes ?- Deut,ch.11,v.27; Deut.ch.27,.v.15; Mal.ch.1,v.14.
THE NATURAL SEQUENCE OF GROWTH FOR A FIG TREE;-
NOV…the leaves fall; JAN…the buds appear and swell…(Song of Songs,ch.2,v.13); MARCH…the leaves appear ( Mark,ch.13,v.28)- together with the early fruit, which could be eaten. If the early fruit does not appear it shows that the tree is barren..Isaiah,ch.28,v.4; MAY…. the young summer figs are visible, and the early fruits will already have fallen or been eaten; JUNE…the ripe figs will be falling from the tree= Rev.ch.6,.v13.
Could Jesus have seen the barreness of the tree already as He arrived in Jerusalem in March, before the time of Passover ?
v.15-17…What aroused Jesus’ anger in the temple …Isaiah,ch.56-v.7.
Had Jesus intervened in the temple activities much earlier in His ministry ?- John, ch.2,v.13ff.
A heart of a Christian believer is like ..?/ 1 Cor.ch.3,v.16-17. Is it possible to misuse or defile that heart.? How might this occur ?-Mark,ch.7, v.20-23.
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