Now, learn the parable of the fig tree. That's an order, soldier! Our Commander did not say, "If you get a chance to" or "Maybe you should". No, Jesus Christ gave us an order to learn the parable of the fig tree. Why, what's so important about learning that parable? Because if we learn it, we understand what generation will be the final generation for us, for mankind. That's important to know, right? For those who may not know, our Beloved gave us that order in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. Please read it, if you never have.
The parable of the fig tree starts in the Garden of Eden and ends in the New Testament but the heart of the parable is in the book of Jeremiah. The parable goes throughout the whole Bible, but I don't believe in long posts, so allow me to just give highlights from the beginning, ending and middle of the parable. It is about the trials and tribulations of the Jewish people. The fig tree always represents Israel in the Bible.
The sin in the Garden of Eden was not about eating a forbidden apple, it was about sex. Satan was trying to compromise the Seed line of Jesus Christ, through Adam, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David . . . When Adam and Eve were seduced by the devil, their sin, their disobedience to God,had to be covered, so we have the beginning of the parable.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. Genesis 3:7
Despite repeated attempts by Satan to destroy the righteous fig tree Seed line of Christ he ultimately failed after the final temptation of Christ in Matthew 4 when he told our Beloved: All these things will I give Thee, if Thou wilt fall down and worship me. Notice that Satan had the power until our Lord went on the cross and took it from him. Here is the end of the parable of the fig tree.
Jesus was hungry and He went to a far away fig tree to get something to eat. When He and His disciples got there they found it to be empty for the time of the figs was not yet. The figs were not to come for another 2,000 years, so He cursed the fig tree. Then, the next morning, they were walking past the fig tree again and Peter was astonished saying, Master, behold, the fig tree which Thou cursedst is withered away. Our Lord's answer to Peter is equally astonishing.
And Jesus answering saith unto them, "Have faith in God." Mark 11.22
Have faith in God? That is a bewildering answer to Peter unless you understand the fig tree had to be withered for the next 2,000 years so that the fullness of the Gentiles could come in. Okay, I'm not trying to confuse anyone so let me say it plainly. The Jewish people have been used in their disbelief of Christ to enlarge the tent of God to include the Gentile nations. This has lasted since the Lord walked the earth, and now what?
Now go back to those 3 chapters mentioned in the 1st paragraph of this post and understand that the fig tree is putting forth leaves and that summer, harvest time, is near. How do we know that? Because in 1948 the leaves began to return to the fig tree. If the Lord has blessed you with eyes to see and ears to hear go to the heart of the parable now, Jeremiah 24.
Now, read the heart of the parable of the fig tree and answer for yourself WHO those two baskets of figs set before the Temple of The LORD in 1948 are. Now you understand the parable of the fig tree and why This generation shall not pass.
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