Timing of Jesus’ Second Coming: Difference between revisions
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===Cursing the Fig Tree=== | ===Cursing the Fig Tree=== | ||
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - The Accursed Fig Tree (Le figuier maudit) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb | px |The accursed Fig by James Tissot]] | [[File:Brooklyn Museum - The Accursed Fig Tree (Le figuier maudit) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb | px |''The accursed Fig'' by James Tissot]] | ||
In the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, there is a story about a fig tree that was cursed because it had no fruit. Jesus was hungry and wanted to eat the fruit of the fig tree. However, the fig tree had only leaves but no fruit. Jesus said that the fig tree would never bear fruit again. | In the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, there is a story about a fig tree that was cursed because it had no fruit. Jesus was hungry and wanted to eat the fruit of the fig tree. However, the fig tree had only leaves but no fruit. Jesus said that the fig tree would never bear fruit again. | ||