Timing of Jesus’ Second Coming: Difference between revisions
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A man planted a fig tree and waited for it to bear fruit. However, the fig tree did not produce any fruit for three years. So he said to the vineyard-keeper to cut down the fig tree. Then, the keeper asked the man to leave the fig tree for him to dig around it and fertilizer it. He added that if it would not bear fruit the next year, the master could cut it down. | A man planted a fig tree and waited for it to bear fruit. However, the fig tree did not produce any fruit for three years. So he said to the vineyard-keeper to cut down the fig tree. Then, the keeper asked the man to leave the fig tree for him to dig around it and fertilizer it. He added that if it would not bear fruit the next year, the master could cut it down. | ||
===Interpretation of the Parable=== | ===Jesus’ Work and the Interpretation of the Parable=== | ||
====Fig Tree==== | ====Fig Tree==== | ||
The fig tree is common in Israel as the representative tree of the country. Jesus was born in Israel and lived for over thirty years, so He must have known the season for figs. Despite that, He cursed the fig tree for no fruit. It was to prophesy something. | The fig tree is common in Israel as the representative tree of the country. Jesus was born in Israel and lived for over thirty years, so He must have known the season for figs. Despite that, He cursed the fig tree for no fruit. It was to prophesy something. | ||