Jesus cursed the fig tree to clearly demonstrate for his disciples the power of THOUGHT for good or evil. It showed them that the more spiritually evolved a person is, the greater is the impact of their words on the environment. Jesus took the opportunity to point out to his disciples that he had thoughtlessly behaved as does the average man or woman who - when having high expectations - cannot get what they want. They usually react with anger, tears, hostility and even sharp words; which might or might not amount to a kind of "ill-wishing" or cursing of the person who has denied them their heart’s desire. They had now seen for themselves what Jesus' cursing had done to the fig tree. They should now be able to understand that while a strong conviction would bring about anything they might desire and imagine, they must also be constantly aware of their own mental-emotional condition. They must not harbor resentment against others but must swiftly forgive, otherwise they could do much damage to those they resented... which damage would return to them, in due course, as a harvest of their sowing. Furthermore, as one sows so does one reap. Jesus knew that what he had done to the fig tree would inevitably return to him in one form or another.
Yes he did. It had no fruit. It was also an object lesson to the disciples and now to us. Be fruitful. It isn’t enough to be a living fig tree. Your purpose is to bear fruit. When God created us he said be fruitful and multiply! Yes that means create more people but also create more disciples.
@@dashaott849 Mar 11:13 And seeing a fig-tree with leaves afar off, He went to it, if perhaps He might find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season of figs. Mar 11:14 And Jesus answered and said to it, No one shall eat fruit of you forever. And His disciples heard. 1). It was not the season of figs….. 2). The tree had leaves so there should have been fruit 3). And Jesus answered and said to it What did the tree say to Jesus, that Jesus would cursed it ? A fig tree produces the fruit first,and the leaves come after the fruit, But it takes a while after the leaves appear before the fruit is ripe to eat. But this tree had the leaves but not the fruit. There’s more to this parable than people being fruitful.
Botanical explanation: Jesus saw the fig tree was full of leaves. Fig trees set fruit first, then develop their leaves. This tree was already fully leafed out but had set no fruit. If it had been the "season of figs" then the reasonable assumption would be that the fruit has already been harvested or eaten by birds, but because it was early in the season we can only conclude that the tree was barren and had never set any fruit. Object lesson. The fig tree looked good from a distance and had plenty of leaves, but when you got closer you could see that it was not useful for providing fruit. Jesus went from the fig tree into Jerusalem to visit the Temple. The Temple was the symbol of the relationship between God and the people of Israel and it was ornamented with gold and jewels and it continually hummed with activity, particularly during the Passover week. Outwardly, it appeared from a distance that the relationship was alive and healthy, just like the fig tree. However, when Jesus got closer, he saw that much of the activity was with the money changers and merchants, which Jesus described as a "den of robbers." He approached the temple looking for fruit, but he found that it was barren. He drove the merchants out as he cleansed the Temple. He questioned the religious leaders later in the week and described them as hypocrites, who appeared full of wisdom and piety but were like whitewashed graves. Again, outwardly they appeared to be holy, but inwardly they were corrupt. Passing by the fig tree the next day, they saw the fig tree "withered from its roots. When Peter pointed this out, Jesus replied "Have faith in God." Historical Lesson. During the week, Jesus prophesied that the Temple would be destroyed, just as he had said about the fig tree. He told the disciples that it would be within their lifetimes, but that they had some missionary work to do first. Forty years later, the Temple was completely sacked by the Roman army. Just as the fig tree had withered, so had the Temple
Jerusalem Jesus weeps over Jerusalem as written in Matthew 19: 41-44. Jesus knew that the Jerusalem of Israel will never produce fruit ever again, and because of this, Jesus said to the fig tree “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” < Matthew 21:19. According to what is written in Matthew 21:33-44 and Luke 20:9-18 is about what happened in the past, and what is to come. In ‘the parable of the Wicked Vinedressers’ the owner of the vineyard is the Father and Son is Jesus. What is difficult here is that these parables are true. “There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son. But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance. So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?” They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease His vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to Him the fruits in their seasons.” Jesus said to them, “Have you never read the scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to power.” Because they (the wicked vinedressers) have rejected the chief cornerstone, the kingdom of God will be taken from you, then the kingdom of God will be given to a nation bearing fruits of it. The Owner’s vineyard is the kingdom of God, and He will destroy those wicked vinedressers and the Owner will lease His vineyard to other vinedressers (another nation) who will render to Him the fruits in their seasons. The re-establishment for a state Israel started 100 years ago when a letter was sent to Lord Rothschild on Nov. 2, 1917 from the British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur James Balfour. On November 29, 1947, the UN passed resolution 181, 33 in favour and 13 against, which lead to the birth of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, 70 years ago. The world’s re-establishment of the State of Israel did not happen because of the will of God. The warning for the people in Israel is that consequence of this will be total destruction. The cornerstone will fall on them because the Jews after 2000 year refuse to accept Jesus as the chief cornerstone which is The Word of God. To repeat what is written Matthew 21:33-44, Jesus asked them, “Therefore, when the Owner of the vineyard comes, what will He do to those vinedressers?” They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease His vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to Him the fruits in their seasons.” and in verse 43 and 44 Jesus answered, “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to power/dust.” - Amen
Good preaching
food for thought, thank you
Great word Ps Mark!
The thief is not fair! The Father Creator of All is fair and just! What you reap is what you sow. Woe unto the preachers...!!!!
Jesus cursed the fig tree to clearly demonstrate for his disciples the power of THOUGHT for good or evil. It showed them that the more spiritually evolved a person is, the greater is the impact of their words on the environment.
Jesus took the opportunity to point out to his disciples that he had thoughtlessly behaved as does the average man or woman who - when having high expectations - cannot get what they want.
They usually react with anger, tears, hostility and even sharp words; which might or might not amount to a kind of "ill-wishing" or cursing of the person who has denied them their heart’s desire. They had now seen for themselves what Jesus' cursing had done to the fig tree.
They should now be able to understand that while a strong conviction would bring about anything they might desire and imagine, they must also be constantly aware of their own mental-emotional condition. They must not harbor resentment against others but must swiftly forgive, otherwise they could do much damage to those they resented... which damage would return to them, in due course, as a harvest of their sowing.
Furthermore, as one sows so does one reap. Jesus knew that what he had done to the fig tree would inevitably return to him in one form or another.
Cause He Can
Why didn't Jesus just say what he meant to say.
Why would you assume he didn't mean to say what he did?
@@adifferentangle7064 Well take that you nasty old fig tree!
@@eliot451reade5 Have you ever wanted to say many things at one time, but found one sentence covers them all?
@@adifferentangle7064 I'm not sure what you're alluding to. However I never wanted to say anything to a tree.
@@eliot451reade5 Old people talk to trees.
Mark Ramsey did not explain correctly why Jesus cursed the fig tree.
Yes he did. It had no fruit. It was also an object lesson to the disciples and now to us. Be fruitful. It isn’t enough to be a living fig tree. Your purpose is to bear fruit. When God created us he said be fruitful and multiply! Yes that means create more people but also create more disciples.
@@dashaott849
Mar 11:13 And seeing a fig-tree with leaves afar off, He went to it, if perhaps He might find anything on it. And when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season of figs.
Mar 11:14 And Jesus answered and said to it, No one shall eat fruit of you forever. And His disciples heard.
1). It was not the season of figs…..
2). The tree had leaves so there should have been fruit
3). And Jesus answered and said to it
What did the tree say to Jesus, that Jesus would cursed it ?
A fig tree produces the fruit first,and the leaves come after the fruit,
But it takes a while after the leaves appear before the fruit is ripe to eat.
But this tree had the leaves but not the fruit.
There’s more to this parable than people being fruitful.
Botanical explanation:
Jesus saw the fig tree was full of leaves. Fig trees set fruit first, then develop their leaves. This tree was already fully leafed out but had set no fruit. If it had been the "season of figs" then the reasonable assumption would be that the fruit has already been harvested or eaten by birds, but because it was early in the season we can only conclude that the tree was barren and had never set any fruit.
Object lesson.
The fig tree looked good from a distance and had plenty of leaves, but when you got closer you could see that it was not useful for providing fruit. Jesus went from the fig tree into Jerusalem to visit the Temple. The Temple was the symbol of the relationship between God and the people of Israel and it was ornamented with gold and jewels and it continually hummed with activity, particularly during the Passover week. Outwardly, it appeared from a distance that the relationship was alive and healthy, just like the fig tree.
However, when Jesus got closer, he saw that much of the activity was with the money changers and merchants, which Jesus described as a "den of robbers." He approached the temple looking for fruit, but he found that it was barren. He drove the merchants out as he cleansed the Temple. He questioned the religious leaders later in the week and described them as hypocrites, who appeared full of wisdom and piety but were like whitewashed graves. Again, outwardly they appeared to be holy, but inwardly they were corrupt.
Passing by the fig tree the next day, they saw the fig tree "withered from its roots. When Peter pointed this out, Jesus replied "Have faith in God."
Historical Lesson.
During the week, Jesus prophesied that the Temple would be destroyed, just as he had said about the fig tree. He told the disciples that it would be within their lifetimes, but that they had some missionary work to do first. Forty years later, the Temple was completely sacked by the Roman army. Just as the fig tree had withered, so had the Temple
Jerusalem
Jesus weeps over Jerusalem as written in Matthew 19: 41-44. Jesus knew that the Jerusalem of Israel will never produce fruit ever again, and because of this, Jesus said to the fig tree “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” < Matthew 21:19. According to what is written in Matthew 21:33-44 and Luke 20:9-18 is about what happened in the past, and what is to come. In ‘the parable of the Wicked Vinedressers’ the owner of the vineyard is the Father and Son is Jesus. What is difficult here is that these parables are true.
“There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son. But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance. So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease His vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to Him the fruits in their seasons.”
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read the scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
“Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to power.”
Because they (the wicked vinedressers) have rejected the chief cornerstone, the kingdom of God will be taken from you, then the kingdom of God will be given to a nation bearing fruits of it. The Owner’s vineyard is the kingdom of God, and He will destroy those wicked vinedressers and the Owner will lease His vineyard to other vinedressers (another nation) who will render to Him the fruits in their seasons.
The re-establishment for a state Israel started 100 years ago when a letter was sent to Lord Rothschild on Nov. 2, 1917 from the British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur James Balfour. On November 29, 1947, the UN passed resolution 181, 33 in favour and 13 against, which lead to the birth of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, 70 years ago. The world’s re-establishment of the State of Israel did not happen because of the will of God. The warning for the people in Israel is that consequence of this will be total destruction. The cornerstone will fall on them because the Jews after 2000 year refuse to accept Jesus as the chief cornerstone which is The Word of God.
To repeat what is written Matthew 21:33-44, Jesus asked them, “Therefore, when the Owner of the vineyard comes, what will He do to those vinedressers?” They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease His vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to Him the fruits in their seasons.” and in verse 43 and 44 Jesus answered, “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to power/dust.” - Amen
Um, God isn't fair? At 15:00? You had me until you said that