Petition. The life cycle of a fig tree is similar to the spiritual life of an individual. Notice at the end of verse 19, “Immediately the fig tree withered away.” When He cursed it, it died. But up on the hilltop, it just didn’t happen that in April fig trees bloomed and bore fruit. Now listen, you obey, you’re blessed; you don’t obey, you’re – what? Int he parable the owner give a grace period before judgment. And He says to them, “Your religion is corrupt, and your nation is corrupt, and they are doomed to judgment. What power. In chapter 28, “It’ll come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments, which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth” - in other words, if you’re obedient – “God’ll bless you, and all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God. You go – we’ll be traveling along in the Jordan Valley, and jets are zooming a thousand feet over the ground, up and down. Right? Right? Fig trees where the ‘Starbucks’ of the day. Sure there’s a connection. And here the Lord moves from the parable to the principle. In fact, in Micah 5:2, it says He would be born in Bethlehem, but His goings would have been of old from everlasting. b. They would also exchange currency because the temple would only use one currency. And what about God’s sovereignty? And He has in mind not only Israel but particularly Jerusalem, which demonstrates this holy zeal for God’s name, which busily engages in religious activity, all utterly fruitless. And then, in chapter 5, it’s curse, curse, curse, curse, curse, curse six times. You only want what God wills. The next day they came by, it was already dead. He would be able to make it all work out the way it was supposed to. The next frame has no words. “I took all the stones out” - removed all the enemies. You obey, you’re blessed; you disobey, you’re cursed. What you’re seeing now is just some preliminary activity. And how is that appropriated? Boy, how fast that thing died. But they also had symbolic significance. The first three verses of this section form the second part of the story of the fig tree (11:12–14), which sandwiches the account of the cleansing of the temple. What power. It’s the same thing, “You disobey Me, you are under judgment.” And they’re under that. © 2021 Grace to You. Faith of a grain of mustard seed, that’s the smallest seed there is.”. He comes to the tree, finds only leaves, and says unto it – verse 19, in the middle of the verse – “Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever.”, Mark 11, recording the same incident, says that Peter said He cursed the tree. There is the promise of a King coming, the one who would reign supreme. And this is his whole message constantly to his people. Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter. In a way, you could almost think of meeting under a fig-tree as the biblical equivalent of meeting at a Starbucks. You should have had the faith of a grain of mustard seed.”, You say, “Now wait a minute. I’m weary of not seeing the hand of God in an almighty way. Mark says, in Mark 11, that it was not the season of figs. iii. And they would stand up at their prayer times, in the middle of the aisle in the plane, and they would wrap the phylacteries around their head, because in Deuteronomy it says, “Bind the law of God on your forehead and on your arm.” And so, they put the box on their head, and they tie the thing all around their head, and then they put it on their wrist, and then they tie it all around their arm, and then they drop a big shawl over their head. 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