Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Why did Jesus kill the fig tree even when he knew it wasnt even fig season?

Actually figs crop pretty much all the year round. With so many obvious and blatant errors in the Bible, why are you picking on something which is defensible.

Why did Jesus kill the fig tree even when he knew it wasnt even fig season?
You know how spoiled children of gods can get.
Reply:I don't know but it is reassuring that even Jesus lost His temper occasionally!
Reply:The fact that this tree did have leaves shows that it was unseasonably mature. Surely it would not have been unreasonable for Jesus to expect that such a tree would also be unseasonably early with its fruit. Yet, this tree was unproductive. Indeed, as Mark states, the tree had “nothing but leaves,” that is, no fruit. Certainly the leaves gave that tree a deceptive appearance.



The barren fig tree that Jesus cursed was also a symbol of the unfruitful ancient Jewish nation. Although this nation had been in a covenant relationship with God, the appearance was deceptive, for the nation proved barren of good fruitage, even rejecting God’s own Son. And what was the cause of this unfruitfulness? The lack of faith, the very quality Jesus was using the occasion to highlight. (Romans 9:31, 32) By causing the fig tree to wither, Jesus was graphically demonstrating what the end result would be for that fruitless, faithless nation.
Reply:its in Matt 21 but you need to pin down verse and use a scholar Bible cuz im leaving now and not going to read this whole chapter...its early here
Reply:Jesus suffered from Diverticulitis.


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