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\nThis is now looking at sort of
\npart 3. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s been a Trilogy of talks on
\nthe Fig Tree. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if you remember part 1 was
\nall about the fruit and looking <\/p>\n
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\nat the figure itself, part 2 was
\nlooking at the tree and part 3, <\/p>\n
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\ntonight is looking at what I’ve
\ncalled the future. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the reason that I sort of
\nsplit it like that, I guess. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause to start with, when I
\nwas looking at the Fig Tree, I <\/p>\n
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\nwent back to the very first
\nmention of figs, which is all <\/p>\n
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\nthe way back in Genesis chapter
\n3. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the first talk was really
\ncentered on what the on the <\/p>\n
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\nfruit and the tree of knowledge
\nof Good and Evil and we’ll touch<\/p>\n
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\non that again in just a second
\njust to remind you what we <\/p>\n
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\ntalked about then and then the
\nsecond tour was all about the <\/p>\n
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\ntree.
\nItself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo, the first talks about the
\nfruit, the second talks all <\/p>\n
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\nabout the tree itself.
\nAnd we look to see that the tree<\/p>\n
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\nwas symbolic of Israel as a
\nnation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd tonight, what we’re doing a
\ntwo things, really. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re looking at all the
\nreferences to the Fig Tree in <\/p>\n
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\nthe New Testament in the
\ngospels. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re also going to see
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, the Fig Tree is
\nmentioned all the way at the end<\/p>\n
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\nof the Bible in Revelation and
\nit can. <\/p>\n
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\nActually there is an actual
\nParable in the Jesus told that <\/p>\n
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\nit’s all about pointing to his
\nto the Future and his future <\/p>\n
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\nreturn.
\nSo that’s why I thought I’d call<\/p>\n
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\nthis particular talk the future.
\nSo just to recap a couple of <\/p>\n
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\npoints that we covered in the
\nlast two talks. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the first thing that we
\ntalked about was the fact that <\/p>\n
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\nGod planted a garden in Eden, at
\nthe very beginning. <\/p>\n
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\nAll of that detailed in Genesis
\nchapters 2 and 3 and in the <\/p>\n
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\ncenter of the garden where there
\nwere two trees. <\/p>\n
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\nActually, of course, there was
\nthe tree of life and there was <\/p>\n
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\nthe tree of knowledge of Good
\nand Evil. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s that tree that We’ve
\nbeen looking at during the <\/p>\n
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\nseries of talks where I’ve come
\nto the conclusion and obviously <\/p>\n
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\nit’s down to who guesses to what
\nyou make of this. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I’ve come to the conclusion
\nthat beyond all Reasonable <\/p>\n
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\nDoubt.
\nThe tree of knowledge of Good <\/p>\n
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\nand Evil was a fig tree.
\nJust as we have fig trees today,<\/p>\n
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\nit was a fig tree.
\nAnd once you see the tree of <\/p>\n
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\nknowledge of good and evil as a
\nfig tree there, many Other <\/p>\n
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\nthings start and locking.
\nAnd there’s lots of passages <\/p>\n
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\nthat take on a new light when
\nyou’ve see it in that sense, one<\/p>\n
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\nof the clues that we looked at
\nthat the the tree of knowledge <\/p>\n
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\nof Good and Evil was a fig tree
\nis the fact of course that as <\/p>\n
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\nsoon as Adam and Eve’s eyes were
\nopened and that was at the very <\/p>\n
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\nsecond that they ate from the
\nfruit, they knew they were naked<\/p>\n
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\nand they sewed fig leaves.
\nLeaves together and made <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves aprons.
\nAnd we basically said well, why <\/p>\n
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\nthe garden looking for other <\/p>\n
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\nleaves?
\nSurely if they were data shame, <\/p>\n
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\nthey would have grabbed the
\nnearest leaves to them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s why we’re told that
\nthey didn’t go and find another <\/p>\n
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\ntree.
\nWe just told that they found <\/p>\n
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\nthese fig leaves and as we also
\nsaid, it’s sort of doesn’t make <\/p>\n
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\nsense really, to have pick fig
\nleaves if you are shopping <\/p>\n
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\naround for nicely.
\nLeaves because they’re very <\/p>\n
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\ncause in fact they’re almost son
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\nsort of unlikely that they
\nwandered around and thought all <\/p>\n
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\nthese are lovely leaves to cover
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
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\nWith it’s more likely that they
\ngrabbed the first leaves that <\/p>\n
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\nthey could find.
\nAnd clearly the first leaves <\/p>\n
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\nthey were going to find would be
\nthe tree that the stood next to.<\/p>\n
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\nSo there’s a big clue.
\nI think that God’s giving us <\/p>\n
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\nthat the tree of knowledge of
\nGood and Evil was a fig tree, <\/p>\n
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\nthe other In the I then looked
\nat was how the fruit itself was <\/p>\n
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\npollinated.
\nI’m just going to play that 90 <\/p>\n
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\nseconds video again, just to set
\nthe scene for this talk, so <\/p>\n
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\nhopefully this works.
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\nAnd so the pollinated Wast
\nreaches an immature fig, but her<\/p>\n
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\njourney is far from.
\nOver ahead lies, the greatest <\/p>\n
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\nchallenge of her brief life
\nclawing and squeezing her way <\/p>\n
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\nthrough the gate, her wings and
\nantennae are ripped from her. <\/p>\n
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\nShe makes the ultimate sacrifice
\nas the final push to enter burst<\/p>\n
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\nher abdomen.
\nIn an epic struggle, between <\/p>\n
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\nsacrifice and survival.
\nThe mother wasp crawls through <\/p>\n
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\nthe narrow Labyrinth towards the
\ninner chamber. <\/p>\n
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\nShe is wounded and week airing
\nonly her eggs and the pollen <\/p>\n
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\ngift from the former fake.
\nIf the WASP fails to pollinate <\/p>\n
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\nthe flowers, No Seeds will ever
\ndevelop big fruits with no <\/p>\n
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\nfuture are costly to the tree.
\nSo they will not receive an <\/p>\n
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\nIf the WASP does not pollinate <\/p>\n
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\nthe entire fake may be aborted.
\nHowever, if she devotes herself <\/p>\n
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\nto Pollination as well as laying
\neggs Ginger’s, the Fig will hold<\/p>\n
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\nThe tree will pump sugars and <\/p>\n
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\nnutrients into the Fig, securing
\nthe future of seeds and larvae. <\/p>\n
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\nLike when they mature and leave
\nthe fake will ripen thus <\/p>\n
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\ncompleting the cycle of mutual
\nbenefit today, we are that’s the<\/p>\n
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\nlittle video that sort of
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\nSome of the phrases were that
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\nThe fruit itself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo this little fig wasp is <\/p>\n
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\nsacrificing itself for the good
\nof the fruit because as soon as <\/p>\n
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\nit crawls in it, Wings are torn
\noff, its antenna a torn off and <\/p>\n
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\nit dies.
\nAnd in fact, the fruit itself <\/p>\n
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\nsomehow rather knows that the
\nFig wasp has gone in and the <\/p>\n
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\nentrance is closed.
\nThere is no way for the WASP to <\/p>\n
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\nYou heard the phrase is there <\/p>\n
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\nweek. <\/p>\n
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\nit being devoted to pollination.<\/p>\n
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\nThere’s the promise of seed.
\nSo through the sacrifice of the <\/p>\n
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\npromise. <\/p>\n
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\nOf seeds and you also heard the
\nphrase that the future of the <\/p>\n
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\nFig is secured.
\nAnd what we said was amazingly <\/p>\n
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\nthat the very fruit that Jesus
\nsorry, the very fruit that Adam <\/p>\n
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\nand Eve ate which was their test
\nat got the solution to their <\/p>\n
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\nIE their sin in his, in a <\/p>\n
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\nsymbolic sense built within the
\nFig itself which is just <\/p>\n
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\nincredible.
\nAnd to me, that’s another So the<\/p>\n
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\nmajor tick in the Box to say
\nthis really does seem to point <\/p>\n
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\nto the Fig Tree, being this tree
\nof knowledge, of Good and Evil. <\/p>\n
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\nThe other thing is, of course,
\nin Jeremiah 24. <\/p>\n
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\npassage because it’s talking <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael itself. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God speaking to Isaiah talks
\nabout a basket with good, figs <\/p>\n
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\nbut that is exactly the same <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’ve actually got a <\/p>\n
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\nreference here in the Bible to
\nGood and Evil figs. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s again, another
\nincredible sort of clue that God<\/p>\n
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\nThat this is the tree of <\/p>\n
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\nAnd and so we looked at that in <\/p>\n
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\nThe other thing that we moved on<\/p>\n
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\nand looked at was the fact that
\nGod saw and Still does see <\/p>\n
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\ntree itself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you’ve almost got Jesus, I
\nguess being like the perfect <\/p>\n
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\nfruit on this tree and of
\ncourse, Jesus is not only the <\/p>\n
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\nFruit is also the perfect fig <\/p>\n
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\nwasp, because the Fig wasp is
\ngiving itself as a sacrifice, <\/p>\n
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\nbut Jesus himself.
\nIs this perfect fruit? <\/p>\n
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\nHe wasn’t an evil fruit.
\nHe was a very good fruit, so, <\/p>\n
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\nbut the tree of cause and Jesus
\nwas Is connected to the tree of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael because he was a Jew and
\nso he was part of the the this <\/p>\n
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\ntree of Israel and their in
\nHosea 9 verse 10. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says I found Israel like
\ngrapes in the wilderness nice I <\/p>\n
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\nsaw your father’s as the first
\nripe in the Fig Tree so what we <\/p>\n
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\nsort of saying is that the tree
\nof knowledge of Good and Evil <\/p>\n
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\nhad good figs and had evil
\nthings. <\/p>\n
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\nIf Like and the idea is for us
\nto become good. <\/p>\n
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\nFigs.
\nAnd the only way that we can be <\/p>\n
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\ngood, figs is by accepting the
\nsacrifice effectively of the Fig<\/p>\n
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\nwasp that goes in.
\nSo that’s the sacrifice of <\/p>\n
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\nThe only way we can become a <\/p>\n
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\nfruit that’s edible that you can
\neat is if it becomes pollinated <\/p>\n
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\nby the Fig wasp, if the figures
\nand pollinated by the Fig wasp <\/p>\n
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\nhas you Heard in that video.
\nThe tree stops giving nutrients <\/p>\n
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\nto that fig, and it drops to the
\nground and it’s and it’s <\/p>\n
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\nuseless.
\nSo we have to have the sacrifice<\/p>\n
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\nof Jesus that enables us to
\nbecome a good fruit. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course, Jesus was the
\nperfect fruits. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all of us are intimately
\nconnected with the tree of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, because all of us
\nthrough the sacrifice of Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nJew or Gentile become part of
\nthe tree of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd again we looked at that in
\nsome detail last time. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in simple terms on on this
\ntree, you’ve got the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist as the perfect.
\nFig and you’ve got the tree <\/p>\n
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\nitself being Israel as a nation.
\nAnd what I was then able to do <\/p>\n
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\nis to say well if these three
\nthings are interchangeable, can <\/p>\n
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\nI look at passages in the Bible?
\nTo help me see things in a new <\/p>\n
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\nlight.
\nIn other words, you know, the <\/p>\n
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\ntree of knowledge was a fig tree
\nand the Fig Tree is symbolic of <\/p>\n
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\nAnd therefore, if I read about <\/p>\n
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\nthe fig tree, Can link back to
\nthe tree of knowledge of Good <\/p>\n
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\nand Evil in the garden and I can
\nalso link forward to something <\/p>\n
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\nbeing symbolic of Israel as
\nwell. <\/p>\n
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\nI can also look at fruit so they
\ncould be good fruit. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we would expect perhaps some
\npeople to be good in relation to<\/p>\n
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\nthe Fig Tree and we can expect
\nsome people to be evil in <\/p>\n
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\nrelation to the Fig Tree.
\nSo that’s a very quick recap of <\/p>\n
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\nSo what I wanted to do now is
\njust look at every reference <\/p>\n
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\nthat I could find in the New
\nTestament and it’s actually <\/p>\n
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\nquite a number of them that
\nreference the Fig Tree or figs. <\/p>\n
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\nOkay. so, The first time this is
\nlooking at it. <\/p>\n
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\nChronologically.
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\nLuke, John and going that way. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m looking at chronologically
\nthe order of when figs are <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned and if you look at it
\nthat way chronologically, then <\/p>\n
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\nthe first time that figs a
\nmentioned or a fig trees <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned, in this case is with
\nthe calling of one of the 12 <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples called Nathaniel is
\nalso Mr. Bartholomew I think and<\/p>\n
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\nin John chapter 1 verse 45, it
\nsays these words it says gee <\/p>\n
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\nfeet.
\nSorry Philip found Nathanael and<\/p>\n
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\ntold him we found the one Moses
\nwrote about in the law about <\/p>\n
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\nwhom the prophets.
\nAlso, wrote Jesus of Nazareth, <\/p>\n
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\nRuth. <\/p>\n
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\nCan anything good come from
\nthere? <\/p>\n
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\nNathanael asked, come and see,
\nsaid Philip when Jesus saw <\/p>\n
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\nNathanael approach?
\nJing. <\/p>\n
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\nHe said to him, he had truly is
\nan Israelite in whom. <\/p>\n
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\nThere is no deceit.
\nHow do you know me Nathanael <\/p>\n
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\nasked?
\nJesus answered. <\/p>\n
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\nI saw you while you were still
\nunder the fig tree before Philip<\/p>\n
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\ncalled, you then Nathaniel
\ndeclared Rabbi you are the Son <\/p>\n
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\nof God.
\nYou are the king of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus said you believed because
\nI told you, I saw you under the <\/p>\n
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\nFig Tree.
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\nThan that.
\nSo here’s a really interesting <\/p>\n
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\ncalling, if you like of
\nNathaniel and we’re told <\/p>\n
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\nspecifically that Jesus saw
\nNathanael under the Fig Tree, <\/p>\n
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\nand this is obviously blows
\nNathaniel’s. <\/p>\n
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\nMind is perhaps one way of
\nputting it because he is <\/p>\n
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\nresponse to Jesus saying that is
\nRabbi. <\/p>\n
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\nYou are the Son of God.
\nYou are the king of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nBut isn’t it interesting that
\nwe’ve got this reference to Fig <\/p>\n
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\nTree here?
\nWhy we told that? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy does Jesus sort of highlight
\nthis? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd straight away.
\nBy the way, before we think <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s some interesting words <\/p>\n
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\nSo, we got a reference to good, <\/p>\n
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\nand we’ve got a reference to fig
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\nDon’t they wear those good in <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there’s, there’s things that<\/p>\n
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\nare evil in the garden.
\nIn fact, of course, the other <\/p>\n
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\nthing that was in the garden was
\nThe Serpent and the serpent was <\/p>\n
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\nAnd guile and here is Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nsayings in the Daniel.
\nThis no deceit there’s no guile.<\/p>\n
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\nThere’s no subtlety in uniforms
\nannual. <\/p>\n
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\nI was looking up about this and
\nI might be wrong. <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent things about this <\/p>\n
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\nsituation of sitting, under a
\nfig tree. <\/p>\n
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\nBut apparently, it was a common
\nplace for prayer, especially for<\/p>\n
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\nSo young people, basically, all <\/p>\n
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\nyoung men who were training to
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\nthat for they would often go and
\nPray under a fig tree. <\/p>\n
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\nThey understood that the Fig
\nTree was symbolic of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nI think they probably understood
\na lot more about fig trees and <\/p>\n
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\neven we do and they would, it
\nwas a commonplace and to go and <\/p>\n
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\npray.
\nThe other interesting thing is <\/p>\n
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\nthat the Jewish believer was
\ntaught that, he who, when he <\/p>\n
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\nprays does not pray for the
\ncoming of the Messiah has not <\/p>\n
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\ntrade at all.
\nSo, in other words, words, the <\/p>\n
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\nEvery prayer had to include a <\/p>\n
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\nprayer for the coming of the
\nMessiah and I guess in a sense <\/p>\n
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\nwe do that in every prayer as
\nwell. <\/p>\n
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\nDon’t, we will always pray for
\nthe return of the Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so, it’s quite interesting,
\nperhaps that Nathaniel was, was <\/p>\n
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\nunder a fig tree, praying about
\nthe Messiah to come and then lo <\/p>\n
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\nand behold.
\nJesus said, I saw you while you <\/p>\n
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\nwere under the Fig Tree and
\nBelieve Nathaniel was completely<\/p>\n
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\non his own and knew that, no one
\ncould have possibly have seen <\/p>\n
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\nhim where he was perhaps.
\nHe was in a very isolated place <\/p>\n
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\nwhen he was giving the prayer.
\nAnd so it’s sort of astounded <\/p>\n
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\nhim that Jesus knew that fact.
\nAnd remarkably, he put two and <\/p>\n
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\ntwo together and said, you are
\nthe Son of God. <\/p>\n
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\nYou are the king of Israel.
\nHe recognized that his prayer <\/p>\n
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\nfor the Messiah to come Come was
\nactually not only answered but <\/p>\n
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\nwas stood in front of him
\ntalking to him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all of this is happening in
\nfront of Jesus who seen him <\/p>\n
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\nunder a fig tree.
\nIt’s interesting. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course.
\nThat’s Nathaniel’s. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst reaction to fill.
\nIt was Nazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nCan anything good come from?
\nThere Nazareth is obviously a <\/p>\n
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\ntown in Israel, and it actually
\nmeans the guarded one or the <\/p>\n
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\nguarded place.
\nAnd that made me also think back<\/p>\n
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\nto Genesis and Eden because Eden
\nwas a guarded place because God <\/p>\n
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\nput the two, Caribbean at the
\nentrance to the Garden as a <\/p>\n
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\nguard to that, to that garden.
\nAnd yeah, so there could be some<\/p>\n
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\nlinks there.
\nSo, as I’ve already mentioned, <\/p>\n
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\nwhen we think about Jesus saying
\nto Nathaniel that, there is no <\/p>\n
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\ndeceit, it’s almost an identical
\nword back into the Hebrew where <\/p>\n
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\nGod caused the serpent
\ndeceitful, or subtle, or it’s <\/p>\n
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\nGenesis 3 verse 1 says, now the <\/p>\n
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\nbeast of the field and Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nsays no Nathaniel.
\nYou’re Or not full of Deceit. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re not full of guile your
\nhaven’t, you’re not following <\/p>\n
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\nthe path of the serpent and sin.
\nYou are a faithful person and <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re trying to follow me or
\nlook for me. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s why I’m going to take
\nyou from under the Fig Tree. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’re a good fruit that that I
\ncan work with and surely there <\/p>\n
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\nwas no better statement that
\nthan than Nathaniel could have <\/p>\n
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\nmade.
\nThen recognizing Jesus as the <\/p>\n
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\nSon of God and the king of
\nIsrael remarkable man. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s hardly ever mentioned
\nagain in the New Testament, but <\/p>\n
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\nThe next time we read about the <\/p>\n
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\nFig Tree chronologically is the
\nparable of the barren fig tree. <\/p>\n
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\nSo bearing in mind, this is a
\nparable, it’s not a real <\/p>\n
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\nsituation.
\nThis is a story. <\/p>\n
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\nNow that Jesus is telling and
\nall of this occurs in the third <\/p>\n
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\nyear of the ministry of the Lord
\nJesus Christ and this is in Luke<\/p>\n
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\n13 verses 5 to 8.
\nAnd it’s sort of just before he <\/p>\n
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\ntells the parable the words that
\nJesus says are Unless you <\/p>\n
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\nrepent, you too will all perish.
\nAnd then he tells a parable And <\/p>\n
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\nJesus says, a man had a fig tree
\ngrowing in his Vineyard and he <\/p>\n
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\nwent to look for fruit on it but
\ndidn’t find any. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he said to the man who took
\ncare of the vineyard for three <\/p>\n
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\nyears now, I’ve been coming to
\nlook for the fruit on this. <\/p>\n
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\nLook for fruit on this fig tree
\nand haven’t found any cut it <\/p>\n
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\ndown.
\nWhy should it use at the soil <\/p>\n
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\nThe man replied, leave it alone <\/p>\n
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\nfor one more year and I’ll dig
\naround it and fertilize it. <\/p>\n
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\nFine. <\/p>\n
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\nIf not cut it down.
\nSo this is a story. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not a real fig tree in this
\ninstance, but there’s quite a <\/p>\n
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\nbit of detail isn’t that?
\nWe given in this short Parable? <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s this Jesus parables are
\noften just a few verses long but<\/p>\n
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\nhave got key bits of information
\nin that can really sort of help <\/p>\n
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\nyou understand what he’s getting
\nat. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s got to be significant
\nthat in the story. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s this reference to three
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\nThis This man is been looking
\nfor fruit on this fig tree and <\/p>\n
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\nyou can’t find any fruits and he
\nsays, that’s it, let’s cut it <\/p>\n
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\ndown.
\nAnd this, another person’s as <\/p>\n
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\nwell.
\nLeave it alone for just one more<\/p>\n
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\nyear, and let’s see what
\nhappens, basically. <\/p>\n
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\nWell we know don’t we because
\nwe’re already said this that the<\/p>\n
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\nFig Tree itself is symbolic of
\nthe nation of Israel and quite <\/p>\n
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\nclearly.
\nTherefore Jesus in the parable <\/p>\n
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\nis referring to the nation of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nis his role. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you liked what he was doing
\nis he was going around from <\/p>\n
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\nplace to place from place to
\nplace. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Israel was looking for the
\nfruit of Pendants. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what he was looking for.
\nHe was looking for people to <\/p>\n
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\nlisten to him, repent, and to
\nturn to God, it’s exactly the <\/p>\n
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\nsame message that we have today
\nto repent and be baptized. <\/p>\n
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\nBut he wasn’t finding it in
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yes, there were tiny little
\npockets of it, but en masse he <\/p>\n
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\nwasn’t finding it.
\nAnd of course Jesus that when <\/p>\n
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\nthis Parable was given was in
\nhis third year of his ministry. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course we got the
\nreference to for three years. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve been looking for some good
\nfruit and I’m not finding any <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s what he says in his
\nParable and then somebody <\/p>\n
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\npersuades him too well, leave
\nit. <\/p>\n
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\nJust a little bit longer.
\nAnd in fact, from the time that <\/p>\n
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\nhe gave the parable to the point
\nwhen he was crucified, was only,<\/p>\n
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\nliterally just maybe a few
\nmonths later, I don’t know the <\/p>\n
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\nexact number of months, but it
\nwas only months later when Jesus<\/p>\n
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\nwas crucified and of course, at
\nsome point after that, which we <\/p>\n
338
\n00:22:45,000 –> 00:22:51,500
\ngoing to look at Israel was
\ngoing to be removed from being a<\/p>\n
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\nnation.
\nSo that was his Parable, there’s<\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:55,700 –> 00:22:59,300
\na great warning really to those
\nwho were listening to him and <\/p>\n
341
\n00:22:59,300 –> 00:23:02,900
\nI’m sure most of the people
\nlistening to him, especially his<\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:02,900 –> 00:23:05,300
\nJewish audience, would have
\nknown exactly what he was <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:05,300 –> 00:23:08,700
\ngetting at because they, I think
\nthey did understand that Israel <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:08,700 –> 00:23:14,300
\nwas symbolic of the fig tree.
\nI look back because I was <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:14,300 –> 00:23:17,100
\nlooking at these words that
\nJesus was saying and of course, <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:17,100 –> 00:23:21,900
\nJohn the Baptist before Jesus
\nreally came along with saying <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:21,900 –> 00:23:27,200
\nexactly the same thing.
\nHe was saying in Luke chapter 3 <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:27,200 –> 00:23:31,700
\nverse 8 and 9 bring forth,
\ntherefore fruits, worthy of <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:31,700 –> 00:23:35,300
\nrepentance and begin, not to
\nsay, within yourselves. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:35,300 –> 00:23:40,500
\nWe have Abraham to Our Father.
\nFor, I say unto you, that God is<\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:40,500 –> 00:23:42,400
\nable of these stones to raise up
\nchildren. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:42,500 –> 00:23:45,200
\nChildren and Abraham.
\nIn other words, you can’t just <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:45,200 –> 00:23:48,900
\nsay because we’re related to
\nAbraham, we’ve got a free ticket<\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:49,400 –> 00:23:52,400
\ninto the coming Kingdom.
\nHe said, you can’t, you’ve got <\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:52,400 –> 00:23:56,400
\nto have fruits worthy of
\nrepentance and look, what look <\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:56,400 –> 00:23:59,700
\nwhat John the Baptist says.
\nAnd this is really Jesus’s <\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:59,700 –> 00:24:03,500
\nechoing John, the Baptist words
\nlater on because John the <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:03,500 –> 00:24:08,600
\nBaptist said and now also the
\naxe is laid unto the root of the<\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:08,600 –> 00:24:12,200
\ntrees, every tree.
\nTherefore, which brings not, <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:12,400 –> 00:24:15,100
\nForth.
\nGood fruit is hewn down and cast<\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:15,100 –> 00:24:18,300
\ninto the fire, so John the
\nBaptist as well. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:18,300 –> 00:24:21,900
\nEven though he doesn’t mention
\nthe Fig Tree is giving an <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:22,200 –> 00:24:26,700
\nidentical message.
\nWhat Jesus does is really <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:26,700 –> 00:24:30,700
\nfocusing, not on the trees.
\nHe focuses in on the specific <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:30,700 –> 00:24:35,600
\ntree which is the Fig Tree,
\nwhich is Israel. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:37,900 –> 00:24:42,800
\nWe then come to the next
\nchronological incident of a fig <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:42,800 –> 00:24:47,000
\ntree and you might well have
\nmissed this one or bypassed it <\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:47,000 –> 00:24:51,600
\nbecause it doesn’t say fig tree
\nas you see there on the slide. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:51,600 –> 00:24:55,900
\nI’ve got Zacchaeus in the
\nsycamore tree but a sycamore <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:56,600 –> 00:25:01,000
\ntree was a type of fig tree.
\nIt was a it was basically a tree<\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:01,000 –> 00:25:05,500
\nthat was full of bitter figs and
\nit was known as the sycamore <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:05,500 –> 00:25:08,800
\ntree.
\nYeah, but it is, as I say a fig <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:08,800 –> 00:25:13,100
\ntree, but there aren’t any figs
\nthat you can eat off this <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:13,100 –> 00:25:15,300
\nparticular tree.
\nAll of them are bitter. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:16,300 –> 00:25:19,300
\nSo we read in Luke 19 verse 2 to
\n6. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:19,300 –> 00:25:23,000
\nIt says, and behold.
\nThere was a man named Zacchaeus,<\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:23,800 –> 00:25:27,600
\nwhich was the chief among the
\npublicans and he was rich. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:27,600 –> 00:25:31,100
\nSo he was basically a tax
\ncollector and he sought to see <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:31,100 –> 00:25:34,400
\nJesus who he was, and he
\ncouldn’t because of the press <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:34,400 –> 00:25:38,000
\nbecause he was little of staff.
\nYeah, and he ran before and <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:38,000 –> 00:25:42,500
\nclimbed up into this.
\nSycamore tree to see Jesus for <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:42,500 –> 00:25:45,900
\nhe was to pass, by that way.
\nAnd when Jesus came to the <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:45,900 –> 00:25:49,000
\nplace, he looked up and saw him
\nand said unto him, Zacchaeus <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:49,300 –> 00:25:53,800
\nmake haste and come down for
\ntoday, I must abide at thy house<\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:54,200 –> 00:25:58,800
\nand he made haste came down and
\nreceived him joyfully. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:59,600 –> 00:26:04,600
\nNow isn’t this incredible that
\nwe’ve got a man sat in a fig <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:04,600 –> 00:26:07,700
\ntree but But full of bitter,
\nfigs. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:08,900 –> 00:26:12,900
\nAnd there is a curious and I
\nwould put it to you that in his <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:12,900 –> 00:26:15,000
\nlife.
\nHe had been a very, very bitter <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:15,000 –> 00:26:17,500
\nfig.
\nHe had been somebody that had <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:17,500 –> 00:26:22,800
\ntaken an extortion amount of
\nmoney off people because he was <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:22,800 –> 00:26:28,100
\na tax collector and not only
\nthat his Allegiance hadn’t been <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:28,100 –> 00:26:32,000
\nto the nation at all.
\nIt had been to the Conquering <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:32,000 –> 00:26:37,300
\nNation, the ruling nation and of
\ncourse, that was the Empire of <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:37,300 –> 00:26:40,000
\nRome.
\nSo here’s Allegiance was <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:40,300 –> 00:26:44,400
\neffectively back to Caesar.
\nAnd so we’ve all the sort of <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:44,400 –> 00:26:46,800
\nthings that you could possibly
\nget in. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:46,800 –> 00:26:51,400
\nIf you’re thinking of a fig as
\nbeing a person either good or or<\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:51,400 –> 00:26:56,100
\nevil in this, you know, there is
\na curious in this tree <\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:56,700 –> 00:27:01,500
\nepitomizing, everything to do
\nwith bitterness and a fruit that<\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:01,500 –> 00:27:04,000
\nwas not one that you could do
\nanything with. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:04,400 –> 00:27:07,800
\nBut of course, there’s a curious
\none. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:08,000 –> 00:27:12,500
\nThing to see Jesus.
\nHe absolutely wanted to see <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:12,500 –> 00:27:16,000
\nJesus and as we’ll see in the
\nnext couple of verses Zacchaeus <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:16,000 –> 00:27:20,400
\ncompletely repented.
\nAnd so Jesus encourage Zacchaeus<\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:20,400 –> 00:27:25,400
\nto come out of that bitter tree.
\nYou notice that he says come <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:25,400 –> 00:27:28,400
\ndown make haste get out of that
\ntree. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:28,600 –> 00:27:31,900
\nJesus is saying and and follow
\nme. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:32,800 –> 00:27:39,800
\nSo when we look at what happened
\nnext, In verse 8 of Luke, 19 <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:40,200 –> 00:27:45,200
\nZacchaeus stood and said unto
\nthe Lord behold Lord, the half <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:45,200 –> 00:27:49,100
\nof my goods, I give to the poor.
\nAnd if I’ve taken anything from <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:49,200 –> 00:27:53,400
\nany man by false accusation, I
\nrestore him fourfold. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:53,400 –> 00:27:56,700
\nWhich is a lot more than even
\nthe law that asked him to do. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:57,100 –> 00:28:01,400
\nAnd Jesus said unto him, this
\nday is salvation comes to this <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:01,400 –> 00:28:07,500
\nhouse for so much as he also is
\na son of a Abraham for the son <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:07,500 –> 00:28:12,800
\nof man is to is come to seek and
\nto save that which was lost. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:13,400 –> 00:28:17,500
\nSo Zacchaeus Was a lost fruit
\nand Jesus through his teaching <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:17,500 –> 00:28:22,700
\nat impacted Zacchaeus to the
\nextent that he completely <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:22,700 –> 00:28:26,000
\nrepented.
\nAnd not only said the words I’m <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:26,000 –> 00:28:29,300
\nsorry said I’m not just going to
\nsay I’m sorry to people I’m <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:29,300 –> 00:28:35,400
\nliterally going to restore what
\nI have taken from them when I <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:35,400 –> 00:28:40,400
\nshouldn’t have.
\nDone. so again, to me, this is <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:41,000 –> 00:28:43,500
\nan amazing thing, especially
\nwhen you can link it back to the<\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:43,500 –> 00:28:48,500
\ntree of knowledge of Good and
\nEvil and all that symbology that<\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:48,500 –> 00:28:52,800
\nwe’ve looked at So, now we move
\non again. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:52,900 –> 00:28:57,200
\nAnd now we’re in Mark chapter
\n11, and we’ve got these very <\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:57,200 –> 00:29:01,300
\ninteresting situation here.
\nNow, this is not just the last <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:01,300 –> 00:29:05,300
\nyear, of Jesus’s Ministry.
\nWe’re now in the last week of <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:05,300 –> 00:29:09,500
\nJesus ministry.
\nAnd what we’ve got here is Jesus<\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:09,500 –> 00:29:14,200
\ncursing and actual fig tree.
\nSo, whereas, before the one that<\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:14,200 –> 00:29:19,700
\nwe looked at was a parable where
\nthe, in the parable, the man <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:19,700 –> 00:29:23,300
\nwanted to Shut the whole thing
\ndown here. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:23,300 –> 00:29:25,600
\nWhat we’ve got is a real fig
\ntree. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:26,900 –> 00:29:31,600
\nSo in Mark 11 verse 11, it says
\nJesus entered Jerusalem and went<\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:31,600 –> 00:29:35,300
\ninto the temple courts.
\nHe looked around at everything <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:35,700 –> 00:29:38,500
\nbut since it was already late,
\nhe went out to Bethany with the <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:38,500 –> 00:29:41,100
\ntwelve the next day as they were
\nleaving. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:41,100 –> 00:29:45,100
\nBethany Jesus was hungry seeing
\nin the distance, a fig tree and <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:45,100 –> 00:29:47,000
\nleaf.
\nHe went out to find if it got <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:47,000 –> 00:29:49,800
\nany fruit.
\nWhen he reached it, he found <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:49,800 –> 00:29:53,300
\nnothing but leaves because it
\nwas not the season for figs. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:53,900 –> 00:29:58,000
\nThen he said to the tree, may
\nknow one, The eat fruit from you<\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:58,000 –> 00:30:02,300
\nagain and his disciples heard
\nhim, say it in the morning. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:02,300 –> 00:30:05,400
\nAs they went along, they saw the
\nFig Tree withered from The <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:05,400 –> 00:30:09,300
\nRoots, Peter remembered and said
\nto Jesus. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:09,300 –> 00:30:15,300
\nRabbi look the Fig Tree, you
\ncursed has withered Now. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:16,900 –> 00:30:20,400
\nThere’s one thing that I’ve
\nhighlighted on their in bold <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:20,400 –> 00:30:23,900
\nthere because it seems a very
\nodd thing to do. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:23,900 –> 00:30:30,000
\nJesus is walking past the Fig
\nTree and looking for figs, he <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:30,000 –> 00:30:32,700
\ndoesn’t find any.
\nBut he actually says there in <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:32,700 –> 00:30:35,900
\nthe Bible that it wasn’t the
\nseason for figs. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:36,900 –> 00:30:40,800
\nAnd Jesus seems to be extremely
\nfrustrated by the fact that <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:40,800 –> 00:30:43,800
\nthere weren’t any figs even
\nthough it wasn’t the season for <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:43,800 –> 00:30:48,500
\nfigs.
\nAnd then he curses The tree and <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:48,500 –> 00:30:51,400
\nsays right well you’re never
\ngoing to grow any fruits again <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:52,000 –> 00:30:55,700
\nand the next day they walk by
\nand lo and behold from the very <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:55,700 –> 00:30:59,400
\nRoots itself.
\nThe whole fig tree had withered <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:59,400 –> 00:31:03,700
\nfrom Top while no, not from top
\nto bottom from pop from bottom <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:03,700 –> 00:31:06,100
\nto top, isn’t it?
\nBecause it was the roots first. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:07,500 –> 00:31:11,800
\nSo the the million-dollar
\nquestion is well why did Jesus <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:11,800 –> 00:31:16,900
\ncurse this fig tree?
\nWhen it wasn’t the season for <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:16,900 –> 00:31:18,600
\nfigs?
\nThat seems a bit of a harsh <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:18,600 –> 00:31:22,800
\nthing to do and the answer is
\nquite remarkable. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:24,800 –> 00:31:28,000
\nBecause what we haven’t covered
\nat all. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:28,000 –> 00:31:31,400
\nIn any of the talks so far is
\nthat there are in fact, two <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:31,400 –> 00:31:38,600
\ncrops of figs, but the first
\ncrop, which is in towards the <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:38,600 –> 00:31:43,800
\nend of March is basically, they
\ncalled Brebeuf figs and they’re <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:43,808 –> 00:31:47,100
\nnot really figs.
\nThey’re, they’re almost like <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:47,100 –> 00:31:51,000
\nvery small really can see there
\nit in the text, that’s on the <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:51,000 –> 00:31:53,400
\nscreen, there’s small little
\nknobs. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:53,500 –> 00:31:58,000
\nThey’re tiny little things that
\nthey’re not real figs at all. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:58,300 –> 00:32:02,100
\nThey’re like as it says there
\nand early Forerunner and they <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:02,100 –> 00:32:05,500
\ngrow to the size of almonds or
\nalmonds. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:05,500 –> 00:32:09,700
\nI should say.
\nAnd what used to happen was that<\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:10,300 –> 00:32:14,900
\npeasants and servants?
\nIf you like, would would take <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:14,900 –> 00:32:18,200
\nthese and eat them because they
\nweren’t ever harvested, they’ve <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:18,200 –> 00:32:22,900
\ngot very, very little value, it
\nwasn’t really the fruit, but he <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:22,900 –> 00:32:27,800
\nis the Very interesting thing.
\nThe interesting thing is that <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:27,800 –> 00:32:32,300
\nthese little tiny green almonds
\nappeared when the leaves <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:32,300 –> 00:32:34,000
\nappeared.
\nSo the leaves would come at the <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:34,000 –> 00:32:37,400
\nsame time as these little bread
\nbe fix. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:38,600 –> 00:32:44,900
\nBut if the if there’s no bread
\nBurrs on the Fig Tree, it will <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:44,900 –> 00:32:49,600
\nnever produce real fruit.
\nWhen the crop is supposed to <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:49,600 –> 00:32:52,400
\ncome, which is in September
\ntime. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:52,400 –> 00:32:57,000
\nSo in March, you get these
\nlittle tiny, almond type figs <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:57,000 –> 00:33:00,300
\naren’t real fruit.
\nAnd then later in September, you<\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:00,300 –> 00:33:06,100
\nget the true figs.
\nBut without the Preppers, you <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:06,100 –> 00:33:12,400
\nwill not ever get the actual fig
\nbecause for some reason they the<\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:12,400 –> 00:33:14,300
\ntwo things are sort of
\nconnected. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:15,600 –> 00:33:19,700
\nAnd so Jesus, when he looked at
\nthis fig tree and it must have <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:19,700 –> 00:33:24,800
\nbeen in the March time and
\nobviously very close to, to his <\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:24,800 –> 00:33:27,000
\nsacrifice.
\nWhich we know was that time for <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:27,000 –> 00:33:30,700
\nthat time of year, he goes and
\nhe is another thing. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:30,700 –> 00:33:35,300
\nOf course, Jesus is a servant.
\nHe was, let’s call him a <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:35,300 –> 00:33:39,500
\npeasant, he was the lowest of
\nthe low and saw himself as a <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:39,500 –> 00:33:43,200
\nservant to everyone and there.
\nHe was looking for these tiny <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:43,200 –> 00:33:47,500
\nlittle brothers to eat and there
\nweren’t And because of that, he <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:47,500 –> 00:33:51,200
\nsaid you’re not going to produce
\nany fruit, they will be no figs <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:51,200 –> 00:33:54,400
\non you and therefore, he cursed
\nit. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:56,200 –> 00:34:01,800
\nNow, of course, this isn’t just
\nJesus falling out with a tree <\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:02,000 –> 00:34:03,800
\nbecause it didn’t have some
\nfruit on. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:03,800 –> 00:34:06,700
\nJesus isn’t walking around
\nthinking I’m fed up with you <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:06,700 –> 00:34:10,000
\ntree because you haven’t got
\nlittle arm and things for me to <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:10,000 –> 00:34:11,500
\neat.
\nAnd I’ve got little brothers are<\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:11,500 –> 00:34:13,000
\nfor.
\nI’m just going to curse you. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:13,000 –> 00:34:16,199
\nThis isn’t what it’s about.
\nAnd of course, we know it’s not <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:16,199 –> 00:34:17,900
\nwhat it’s about, what it’s
\nabout. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:17,900 –> 00:34:23,600
\nIt’s about Israel.
\nJesus has reached the end almost<\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:23,600 –> 00:34:27,900
\nof his whole journey has been
\nall around Israel, top to <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:27,900 –> 00:34:34,400
\nbottom, and is now coming into
\nJerusalem, and he knows that he <\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:34,400 –> 00:34:38,600
\nis going to be condemned and is
\nthe the crowds are going to call<\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:38,600 –> 00:34:42,900
\nfor him to be crucified?
\nAnd it’s the culmination of the <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:42,900 –> 00:34:47,699
\nwithering of the nation of
\nIsrael itself. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:48,900 –> 00:34:53,699
\nThere were Some good figs in in
\nthe land but very very few <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:53,699 –> 00:34:58,100
\ncompared to the masses and
\nthat’s still the case today <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:58,100 –> 00:35:01,400
\nisn’t it?
\nThere’s very very few that truly<\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:01,400 –> 00:35:07,200
\nturned to Jesus and the and the
\nmasses turn against him. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:07,200 –> 00:35:12,600
\nSo when Jesus was cursing, this
\nfig tree, it was basically him <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:12,600 –> 00:35:17,400
\ncursing, the nation itself and
\nthat picture that you can see on<\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:17,400 –> 00:35:23,100
\nthe screen there over tree.
\nIs withered away is exactly what<\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:23,100 –> 00:35:28,900
\nwas going to happen to the
\nentire nation of Israel. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:28,900 –> 00:35:32,300
\nNow, here’s another interesting
\nthing, though, Jesus withered <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:32,300 –> 00:35:36,800
\nit, he didn’t destroy it.
\nHe didn’t actually chop it down.<\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:36,800 –> 00:35:41,100
\nHe couldn T, have commanded for
\nthat tree to be felled, but he <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:41,100 –> 00:35:46,500
\ndidn’t command for the tree, to
\nbe felled, he withered it and it<\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:46,500 –> 00:35:50,800
\nstopped producing fruit and
\nanything that At Withers, as <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:50,800 –> 00:35:54,700
\nalways got the ability to come
\nback to life again. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:55,500 –> 00:36:00,500
\nNow, of course, we know in the,
\nin the New Testament in the <\/p>\n
529
\n00:36:00,500 –> 00:36:05,200
\nOlivet prophecy that Jesus went
\ninto a lot more detail about the<\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:05,200 –> 00:36:11,200
\ncomplete withering of the Fig
\nTree of Israel because he <\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:11,200 –> 00:36:16,800
\nforetold, what was going to
\nhappen in ad 70 when the nation <\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:16,800 –> 00:36:24,200
\nof Israel was going to come.
\nSo an end and they really the <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:24,200 –> 00:36:30,100
\nterrible words, they’re really
\ndisturbing words in Luke 21:20. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:30,100 –> 00:36:34,600
\nThis is Jesus speaking to his
\ndisciples before. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:34,600 –> 00:36:39,800
\nHe was crucified prophesying
\nabout the time when Israel <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:39,800 –> 00:36:46,000
\nitself was going to come to an
\nend and I’ve highlighted some <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:46,000 –> 00:36:49,700
\nphrases are in yellow but our
\nlet’s just read a few You of <\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:49,707 –> 00:36:52,900
\nthese, when you see Jerusalem
\ncompassed with armies, then know<\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:52,900 –> 00:36:57,500
\nthat the Desolation thereof is
\nnigh in verse 22. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:57,500 –> 00:37:03,000
\nIt says these be the days of
\nVengeance, woe to them that are <\/p>\n
541
\n00:37:03,000 –> 00:37:07,100
\nwith child, woe to them, that
\nare pregnant woe to those who <\/p>\n
542
\n00:37:07,100 –> 00:37:09,800
\nare breastfeeding.
\nThere’s going to be great <\/p>\n
543
\n00:37:09,800 –> 00:37:13,600
\ndistress in the land and wrath
\nupon this people. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:14,200 –> 00:37:19,100
\nAnd the Wrath Came Upon all the
\npeople living in the land. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:19,700 –> 00:37:22,700
\nThey shall fall by the edge of
\nthe sword and become taken <\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:22,700 –> 00:37:27,500
\ncaptive into all nations.
\nNow, you might think this is a <\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:27,500 –> 00:37:32,000
\nvery harsh thing to have done
\nbecause, you know, there must <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:32,000 –> 00:37:35,900
\nhave been, you might imagine
\nsome faithful people in the <\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:35,900 –> 00:37:37,700
\nland, they’re clearly.
\nWeren’t that many? <\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:37,700 –> 00:37:43,600
\nBecause the vengeance is upon
\nthe entire on upon the entire <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:43,600 –> 00:37:47,200
\npeople in the entire land.
\nBut here’s the interesting thing<\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:47,200 –> 00:37:49,800
\nbecause in verse 21 that I
\nskipped out, Out. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:50,800 –> 00:37:56,200
\nJesus did give a message to
\nthose who would listen to him <\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:56,700 –> 00:37:59,700
\nthat they could have fled the
\ndestruction that was coming <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:59,700 –> 00:38:03,000
\nbecause in verse 21, it says
\nwhen you see Jerusalem <\/p>\n
556
\n00:38:03,000 –> 00:38:07,600
\nsurrounded by armies, then let
\nthem which are in Judea flee to <\/p>\n
557
\n00:38:07,600 –> 00:38:11,200
\nthe mountains, let those which
\nare in the midst of it, depart <\/p>\n
558
\n00:38:11,200 –> 00:38:15,000
\nout and let them not that are in
\nthe countries enter their into <\/p>\n
559
\n00:38:15,000 –> 00:38:16,800
\nit.
\nSo in other words, you know, <\/p>\n
560
\n00:38:16,800 –> 00:38:20,400
\nwhen you see Jerusalem,
\nsurrounded I’m Thank you, you <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:20,400 –> 00:38:23,000
\nneed to get out because the days
\nof Vengeance are coming. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:23,000 –> 00:38:25,300
\nThere’s going to be Roth.
\nPeople are going to be killed <\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:25,300 –> 00:38:30,400
\nand led away captive and very,
\nvery, very few people. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:30,400 –> 00:38:34,500
\nHistorically looking back.
\nFled, when Jesus told them to <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:34,500 –> 00:38:38,800
\nflee, it was a miniscule
\npercentage that he did his words<\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:38,800 –> 00:38:42,800
\nand the vast, but majority
\nstayed in the land and the <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:42,800 –> 00:38:46,600
\nVengeance Came Upon them.
\nAnd again, it’s a lesson to us, <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:46,600 –> 00:38:48,600
\nall, to listen, to the words of
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:49,000 –> 00:38:53,100
\nAnd of course, Is all of these,
\nthe Desolation, the Vengeance, <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:53,100 –> 00:38:59,100
\nthe Wrath, The Killing, and the
\nCaptivity of people came about <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:59,100 –> 00:39:06,300
\nbecause of God holding them, the
\nnation accountable for the <\/p>\n
572
\n00:39:06,300 –> 00:39:09,200
\nsacrifice and the killing of his
\nson. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:39:09,200 –> 00:39:12,400
\nThat’s why they’ve days of
\nVengeance and wrath. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:12,900 –> 00:39:15,900
\nAnd that’s what Jesus knew was
\ngoing to happen. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:15,900 –> 00:39:19,900
\nAnd of course, we know that even
\nA day. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:19,900 –> 00:39:23,200
\nI mean, this is an old map.
\nIt goes back to 1991 but even <\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:23,200 –> 00:39:27,700
\nnow you can see that people have
\nbeen scattered into the Jews. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:27,700 –> 00:39:31,500
\nSorry of been scattered into all
\nnations on Earth exactly. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:31,500 –> 00:39:36,700
\nAs Jesus said that they would be
\nbut of course it didn’t end <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:36,700 –> 00:39:39,300
\nthere.
\nWe know it didn’t the Fig Tree <\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:39,300 –> 00:39:43,700
\nwas withered it wasn’t destroyed
\nentirely forever and there’s the<\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:43,700 –> 00:39:46,500
\nlittle clue as to that.
\nAt the end of that little <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:46,500 –> 00:39:49,100
\npassage that we’ve just been
\nlooking at in Luke 21. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:49,500 –> 00:39:53,300
\nThe end of verse 24, it says
\nthat Jerusalem will be trodden <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:53,300 –> 00:39:57,800
\ndown of the Gentiles non Jewish
\npeople until the times of the <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:57,800 –> 00:40:02,000
\nGentiles be fulfilled.
\nAnd so there was going to come a<\/p>\n
587
\n00:40:02,000 –> 00:40:05,600
\npoint since Jesus.
\nWhen actually, the Fig Tree is <\/p>\n
588
\n00:40:05,600 –> 00:40:11,500
\ngoing to Blossom again because
\nJerusalem won’t be trodden down <\/p>\n
589
\n00:40:11,500 –> 00:40:14,800
\nof the Gentiles.
\nAnd the logic says therefore <\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:15,000 –> 00:40:20,400
\nthat it would be controlled in
\nthe future once again, when <\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:20,400 –> 00:40:27,200
\nIsrael’s back in the land and of
\ncourse what we then linked to Is<\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:27,200 –> 00:40:33,300
\nalmost the last few passages
\nabout the Fig Tree, because in <\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:33,300 –> 00:40:36,000
\nLuke 21 at the end of the
\npassage that we’ve just been <\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:36,000 –> 00:40:41,100
\nlooking about looking at Jesus
\ntells a parable of the budding <\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:41,100 –> 00:40:44,200
\nfig tree.
\nSo we’ve had the withering of <\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:44,200 –> 00:40:52,900
\nthe physical tree a week ago or,
\nyou know, when the instance that<\/p>\n
597
\n00:40:52,900 –> 00:40:57,100
\nwe just looking at and now we’ve
\ngot Jesus telling a Bullet the <\/p>\n
598
\n00:40:57,100 –> 00:41:01,600
\nbirding fig tree and Jesus said
\nto them a parable and he said, <\/p>\n
599
\n00:41:01,600 –> 00:41:05,200
\nbehold the Fig Tree and all the
\ntrees when they now shoot forth,<\/p>\n
600
\n00:41:05,200 –> 00:41:08,800
\nwhen you see them birding, you
\nsee and know of your own selves <\/p>\n
601
\n00:41:08,800 –> 00:41:10,600
\nat Summers.
\nNow, nigh at hand. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:41:10,900 –> 00:41:15,200
\nSo likewise, ye when you see
\nthese things come to pass know <\/p>\n
603
\n00:41:15,200 –> 00:41:17,800
\nthat the kingdom of God is nigh
\nat hand. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:18,100 –> 00:41:23,100
\nSo when you see the fig tree
\ngrowing again and sprouting <\/p>\n
605
\n00:41:23,100 –> 00:41:26,400
\nagain and putting forth its
\nleaves again shooting forth. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:41:26,700 –> 00:41:29,100
\nThe kingdom of God is is about
\nto come. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:29,100 –> 00:41:32,900
\nIt’s nigh at hand verily.
\nI say unto you this generation <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:32,900 –> 00:41:38,000
\nshall not pass away till all be
\nfulfilled and of course the <\/p>\n
609
\n00:41:38,000 –> 00:41:43,500
\nWonder of it all is is that
\nIsrael came to an end in ad 70 <\/p>\n
610
\n00:41:43,500 –> 00:41:48,400
\nbut in 1948 Israel was born
\nagain. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:41:48,400 –> 00:41:53,300
\nThe Fig Tree did reappear on
\nplanet earth once again almost <\/p>\n
612
\n00:41:53,300 –> 00:41:59,100
\n2000 years later Israel.
\nBorn again, which is, which is <\/p>\n
613
\n00:41:59,100 –> 00:42:02,800
\nabsolutely astounding.
\nIsn’t it to think that these <\/p>\n
614
\n00:42:02,800 –> 00:42:06,900
\nthings have happened, which must
\nput us in the territory of the <\/p>\n
615
\n00:42:07,100 –> 00:42:10,600
\nkingdom of God, being night at
\nhand. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:42:11,400 –> 00:42:14,400
\nNow, there’s a little phrase
\nthere, which a lot of people <\/p>\n
617
\n00:42:14,400 –> 00:42:17,900
\nhave thought about and know I
\nhave over the years where it <\/p>\n
618
\n00:42:17,900 –> 00:42:21,100
\nsays this generation shall not
\npass away. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:42:21,100 –> 00:42:25,400
\nSo the generation that sees the
\nFig Tree coming to life again <\/p>\n
620
\n00:42:25,700 –> 00:42:28,100
\nwill not pass.
\nUs away until everything’s been <\/p>\n
621
\n00:42:28,100 –> 00:42:31,100
\nfulfilled and I’m just going to
\nplay you a little video clip. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:42:31,100 –> 00:42:33,600
\nIt lasts about two minutes.
\nHopefully we’ve got a bit of <\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:33,600 –> 00:42:35,900
\ntime.
\nJust going to play this little <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:35,900 –> 00:42:38,900
\npart video.
\nIt’s not a christadelphians <\/p>\n
625
\n00:42:38,900 –> 00:42:42,300
\nvideo, but I think it puts
\nacross very well. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:43,400 –> 00:42:46,800
\nWhat?
\nAll of this might mean in terms <\/p>\n
627
\n00:42:46,800 –> 00:42:59,500
\nof this parable, One of the most
\nenduring prophetic perspectives <\/p>\n
628
\n00:42:59,500 –> 00:43:03,300
\nis popularly, called the Fig
\nTree prophecy which some <\/p>\n
629
\n00:43:03,300 –> 00:43:06,500
\nChristians believe the Lord
\nrevealed as an end times. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:43:06,500 –> 00:43:11,200
\nParable in a nutshell, many
\nprophetic students of the Bible <\/p>\n
631
\n00:43:11,200 –> 00:43:14,400
\nwho seek to understand the
\nmystery of this Parable revealed<\/p>\n
632
\n00:43:14,400 –> 00:43:18,600
\nby Jesus, at the end of his
\nministry, conclude that if the <\/p>\n
633
\n00:43:18,600 –> 00:43:22,300
\nFig Tree represents Israel, then
\nthe parable is meant to notify <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:22,300 –> 00:43:26,100
\nus that the generation that
\nWitnesses The Rebirth of Israel <\/p>\n
635
\n00:43:26,400 –> 00:43:28,800
\nwill.
\nNot pass away until the time <\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:28,800 –> 00:43:32,900
\nwhen Christ comes again to set
\nup as literal, 1000 year kingdom<\/p>\n
637
\n00:43:33,100 –> 00:43:36,600
\nhere on the earth.
\nThe key to understanding this <\/p>\n
638
\n00:43:36,600 –> 00:43:41,400
\nParable is to First understand
\nthat in a parable, one thing <\/p>\n
639
\n00:43:41,400 –> 00:43:45,600
\nstands for another thing in this
\nParable, It is believed that a <\/p>\n
640
\n00:43:45,607 –> 00:43:48,900
\ntree isn’t really a tree, but
\nrather a tree stands for a <\/p>\n
641
\n00:43:48,900 –> 00:43:52,600
\nnation, the solution to the
\nparable is not based on trying <\/p>\n
642
\n00:43:52,600 –> 00:43:54,400
\nto figure out the length of
\ngeneration. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:43:54,800 –> 00:43:58,000
\nBut by understanding that
\nthough, Those the generation <\/p>\n
644
\n00:43:58,200 –> 00:44:02,000
\nthat was born coincidental to
\nthe miracle birth of Israel on <\/p>\n
645
\n00:44:02,000 –> 00:44:08,500
\nMay 14th. 1948 will not pass
\naway until Jesus returns. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:44:08,700 –> 00:44:13,700
\nAfter the 7-year Great
\nTribulation upon his coming, he <\/p>\n
647
\n00:44:13,700 –> 00:44:16,400
\nwill destroy the enemies of
\nIsrael administer. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:16,400 –> 00:44:19,900
\nThe sheep and goat judgment and
\nestablish his 1000 year kingdom <\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:19,900 –> 00:44:23,600
\nhere on the Earth.
\nWe read in the Psalms that a man<\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:23,600 –> 00:44:27,400
\nis given a life span of 70 years
\nand if by reason of strength 80 <\/p>\n
651
\n00:44:27,400 –> 00:44:32,200
\nyears this is the general time
\nperiod of man’s longevity and it<\/p>\n
652
\n00:44:32,200 –> 00:44:37,600
\nis true to this day.
\nIf you add 80 years to 1948 the <\/p>\n
653
\n00:44:37,600 –> 00:44:41,500
\nyear, Israel became a nation.
\nYou may end up with the <\/p>\n
654
\n00:44:41,500 –> 00:44:46,100
\nexpectation that Jesus will
\nreturn in 2028. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:44:47,100 –> 00:44:51,600
\nWhile the birth of Israel is a
\ndate fixed is it Possible. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:44:51,600 –> 00:44:56,900
\nThat Jesus might return in 2030.
\nWill there still be a remaining <\/p>\n
657
\n00:44:56,900 –> 00:44:59,600
\npart of the generation that
\nwitness a rebirth of Israel <\/p>\n
658
\n00:45:00,200 –> 00:45:06,500
\nalive at the age of 82?
\nWhat about 2033 will there be a <\/p>\n
659
\n00:45:06,500 –> 00:45:09,500
\nremnant of the generation that
\nwitnessed Israel, becoming a <\/p>\n
660
\n00:45:09,500 –> 00:45:12,000
\nnation who have reached the age
\nof 85. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:45:12,600 –> 00:45:16,400
\nIt is not impossible to imagine,
\nalthough I believe it is both <\/p>\n
662
\n00:45:16,400 –> 00:45:20,600
\nunlikely and not the correct
\nunderstanding of the parable. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:20,700 –> 00:45:23,700
\nSo while these dates are all
\npossible, the one that matches <\/p>\n
664
\n00:45:23,700 –> 00:45:27,800
\nthe biblical Revelations Seems
\nto be the 80 years beginning in <\/p>\n
665
\n00:45:27,800 –> 00:45:34,600
\n1948 and ending in 2028.
\nIn other words, the generation <\/p>\n
666
\n00:45:34,600 –> 00:45:37,500
\nthat was born the same day.
\nIsrael was born. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:45:38,000 –> 00:45:41,700
\nThey will reach the age of 80 in
\n2028. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:45:42,500 –> 00:45:46,000
\nWhat I have just described is
\nthe most common and times <\/p>\n
669
\n00:45:46,000 –> 00:45:50,300
\nprophetic understanding of the
\nparable of the fig tree. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:45:51,400 –> 00:45:54,000
\nThat’s quite interesting.
\nIsn’t it to think about this? <\/p>\n
671
\n00:45:54,000 –> 00:45:56,700
\nAnd what we do?
\nAnd to do is put dates on it. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:45:56,700 –> 00:46:01,000
\nBut clearly Jesus is saying if
\nwhen you see Israel being <\/p>\n
673
\n00:46:01,000 –> 00:46:05,300
\nrecreated in the Fig Tree
\nsprouting forth, then a <\/p>\n
674
\n00:46:05,300 –> 00:46:09,700
\ngeneration will not pass away,
\nand I think that’s a really <\/p>\n
675
\n00:46:09,700 –> 00:46:12,800
\nimportant point for us to make
\nthe generation will not pass <\/p>\n
676
\n00:46:12,800 –> 00:46:14,700
\naway.
\nIn other words, it is going to <\/p>\n
677
\n00:46:14,700 –> 00:46:18,900
\ncome back before the generation
\nhas passed away. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:46:19,200 –> 00:46:25,000
\nSo it might be before 20:28,
\nmaybe it’s after, but something,<\/p>\n
679
\n00:46:25,400 –> 00:46:29,100
\nIs definitely putting us in the
\nvery, very last days, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
680
\n00:46:29,100 –> 00:46:33,800
\nThis Parable, that Jesus is
\ntalking about what, however, we <\/p>\n
681
\n00:46:33,800 –> 00:46:36,400
\nwant to Crunch the numbers, what
\neveryone to think about, in <\/p>\n
682
\n00:46:36,400 –> 00:46:41,900
\nterms of dates, we know with
\nabsolute assurity, that all <\/p>\n
683
\n00:46:41,900 –> 00:46:48,300
\nthings will be fulfilled for the
\ngeneration that saw G the <\/p>\n
684
\n00:46:48,500 –> 00:46:53,000
\nIsrael, being reborn on the 14th
\nof May 1948. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:46:55,200 –> 00:46:59,200
\nSo, we must be in the very,
\nvery, very last days. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:46:59,800 –> 00:47:02,600
\nBecause, as we say, the
\ngeneration shall not pass away <\/p>\n
687
\n00:47:02,600 –> 00:47:04,600
\ntill all these things, be
\nfulfilled, which puts the <\/p>\n
688
\n00:47:04,600 –> 00:47:09,600
\ncurrent turmoil in the world
\nwith covid and then lurching <\/p>\n
689
\n00:47:09,600 –> 00:47:12,600
\nstraight into potentially world
\nwar. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:47:12,600 –> 00:47:15,900
\nThree, many of people are
\ntalking about that at the moment<\/p>\n
691
\n00:47:16,000 –> 00:47:19,600
\nwith the events in Ukraine.
\nAnd Russia you know, all of this<\/p>\n
692
\n00:47:19,600 –> 00:47:23,400
\ncertainly shows us that we
\nreally are at the very end of <\/p>\n
693
\n00:47:23,400 –> 00:47:25,500
\ntime now.
\nThere’s one of the Quick thing, <\/p>\n
694
\n00:47:25,500 –> 00:47:28,400
\nI wanted to mention in relation
\nto this Parable because it isn’t<\/p>\n
695
\n00:47:28,400 –> 00:47:31,700
\njust the Fig Tree.
\nNotice, it says, behold the Fig <\/p>\n
696
\n00:47:31,700 –> 00:47:36,300
\nTree and all the trees.
\nSo Jesus is saying, don’t just <\/p>\n
697
\n00:47:36,300 –> 00:47:40,500
\nlook for the birth of Israel
\nlook for other trees that are <\/p>\n
698
\n00:47:40,500 –> 00:47:44,700
\nstarting to sprout forth.
\nHave a look at this, the <\/p>\n
699
\n00:47:44,700 –> 00:47:49,800
\naddition of Jesus statement
\nregarding all the trees, makes <\/p>\n
700
\n00:47:49,800 –> 00:47:54,100
\nthe prophetic Parable even
\nclearer and more compelling. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:47:55,300 –> 00:47:58,700
\nA book could be written and
\nperhaps it has about what <\/p>\n
702
\n00:47:58,700 –> 00:48:00,900
\nhappened at the end of World War
\n1. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:48:01,200 –> 00:48:05,000
\nWhen the Ottoman Empire that had
\nruled the entire Middle East, <\/p>\n
704
\n00:48:05,000 –> 00:48:10,300
\nwith an iron hand for over 400
\nyears came to an end. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:48:11,100 –> 00:48:16,100
\nAnd the first part of the 20th
\ncentury, the Ottoman Empire <\/p>\n
706
\n00:48:16,100 –> 00:48:19,400
\nsupported Germany, in the first
\nworld war and when Germany lost <\/p>\n
707
\n00:48:19,400 –> 00:48:23,800
\nthe war, the Ottoman Empire was
\ndismantled and reassembled by <\/p>\n
708
\n00:48:23,800 –> 00:48:26,700
\nthe French and the English.
\nSuch a way that they hope the <\/p>\n
709
\n00:48:26,700 –> 00:48:30,500
\nEmpire would never rise again.
\nLet me paint these events with <\/p>\n
710
\n00:48:30,500 –> 00:48:33,600
\nthe broad brush in order that
\nyou might appreciate that. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:48:33,600 –> 00:48:38,200
\nThe parable of Jesus was
\nactually a forecast of one of <\/p>\n
712
\n00:48:38,200 –> 00:48:41,000
\nthe most earth-shaking events in
\nall human history. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:48:41,300 –> 00:48:45,200
\nThe end of the Ottoman Empire
\nand the re-establishment of a <\/p>\n
714
\n00:48:45,200 –> 00:48:48,000
\ndozen, new nation states, with
\nnew borders drawn by the <\/p>\n
715
\n00:48:48,000 –> 00:48:50,900
\nEnglish, and the French to keep
\nthis simple. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:48:51,000 –> 00:48:54,200
\nLet’s look at the nation states
\nthat were re-established. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:48:54,200 –> 00:48:59,100
\nThat border Did ancient Israel.
\nThe date palm tree began to <\/p>\n
718
\n00:48:59,100 –> 00:49:05,600
\nBlossom as the modern Kingdom of
\nSaudi Arabia was founded in 1932<\/p>\n
719
\n00:49:06,300 –> 00:49:09,200
\nthe cedar tree began to Blossom,
\nas the French protectorate <\/p>\n
720
\n00:49:09,200 –> 00:49:14,000
\nLebanon became a Sovereign
\nNation in 1943. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:49:14,400 –> 00:49:17,400
\nThe palm tree began to Blossom,
\nas Jordan became a sovereign <\/p>\n
722
\n00:49:17,400 –> 00:49:23,900
\nKingdom in 1946 and the Olive
\nTree began to Blossom as Syria <\/p>\n
723
\n00:49:24,200 –> 00:49:31,800
\nbecame a Auburn Kingdom in 1943.
\nThe Fig Tree began to Blossom on<\/p>\n
724
\n00:49:31,800 –> 00:49:35,900
\nMay 14th, 1948.
\nAnd if there is any question <\/p>\n
725
\n00:49:35,900 –> 00:49:39,700
\nabout the Fig Tree being a
\npicture of Israel, one only need<\/p>\n
726
\n00:49:39,700 –> 00:49:44,300
\nread the gospel narrative.
\nThe cursing of the fig tree is <\/p>\n
727
\n00:49:44,300 –> 00:49:46,800
\nnot to be confused with the Fig
\nTree prophecy. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:49:47,100 –> 00:49:51,200
\nThey are two separate events.
\nWhat links them together is a <\/p>\n
729
\n00:49:51,200 –> 00:49:55,400
\nsimple fact that Jesus picked
\nthe Fig Tree as a picture of <\/p>\n
730
\n00:49:55,400 –> 00:49:58,100
\nIsrael.
\nThe cursed fig tree was a <\/p>\n
731
\n00:49:58,100 –> 00:50:03,100
\npicture of Israel that Fruitless
\nand therefore useless it was <\/p>\n
732
\n00:50:03,100 –> 00:50:06,000
\ncursed.
\nThe parable of the Fig Tree, on <\/p>\n
733
\n00:50:06,000 –> 00:50:09,100
\nthe other hand is a picture of
\nthe Fig Tree coming back to <\/p>\n
734
\n00:50:09,100 –> 00:50:11,500
\nlife.
\nIn other words, Israel is reborn<\/p>\n
735
\n00:50:11,800 –> 00:50:15,600
\nand will produce fruit and be a
\nlight to the nation, just, as <\/p>\n
736
\n00:50:15,600 –> 00:50:18,400
\nprophesied.
\nWhen does this happen? <\/p>\n
737
\n00:50:19,000 –> 00:50:22,000
\nThe answer is immediately.
\nAfter the time of Jacob’s <\/p>\n
738
\n00:50:22,000 –> 00:50:26,800
\ntrouble, when Christ sets up his
\nkingdom in Jerusalem, and Israel<\/p>\n
739
\n00:50:27,100 –> 00:50:30,200
\nis no longer the tail.
\nBut the Head of all the nations <\/p>\n
740
\n00:50:30,200 –> 00:50:33,100
\nof the world.
\nJesus, clearly was identifying <\/p>\n
741
\n00:50:33,100 –> 00:50:36,100
\nIsrael as the Victory.
\nAnd so the cursed fig tree is <\/p>\n
742
\n00:50:36,100 –> 00:50:39,100
\none book end.
\nAnd the fruitful fig tree is the<\/p>\n
743
\n00:50:39,100 –> 00:50:44,700
\nother bookend met.
\nA guy, the cast is one end and <\/p>\n
744
\n00:50:45,000 –> 00:50:48,300
\nthe Revival of the Fig Tree is
\nthe other book end. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:50:48,600 –> 00:50:53,800
\nIn fact, of course, we read in
\nZechariah 8:23 that in the <\/p>\n
746
\n00:50:53,800 –> 00:50:56,000
\nfuture.
\nThis is what’s going to happen. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:50:56,000 –> 00:50:59,200
\nThis is what the Lord Almighty
\nsays in those days. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:50:59,500 –> 00:51:03,600
\nThis is when Jesus is back, 10
\npeople from all the languages <\/p>\n
749
\n00:51:03,600 –> 00:51:08,500
\nand Nations will take firm hold
\nof one Jew by the Hem of His <\/p>\n
750
\n00:51:08,500 –> 00:51:10,400
\nrobe.
\nAnd say, let’s go with you <\/p>\n
751
\n00:51:10,400 –> 00:51:13,000
\nbecause we’ve heard that God is
\nwith you. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:51:13,300 –> 00:51:16,500
\nAnd that’s exactly what that
\nperson was just saying on that <\/p>\n
753
\n00:51:16,500 –> 00:51:21,100
\nvideo, that this is going to be
\nthe case that and this is now, <\/p>\n
754
\n00:51:21,300 –> 00:51:27,300
\nthe Fig Tree fully bearing fruit
\nand people recognizing that the <\/p>\n
755
\n00:51:27,300 –> 00:51:30,700
\nvery last reference to As though
\nisn’t here. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:51:30,700 –> 00:51:35,000
\nIt’s actually in the Book of
\nRevelation and in Revelation we <\/p>\n
757
\n00:51:35,000 –> 00:51:38,100
\nread about the final Judgment of
\nthe world. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:51:38,100 –> 00:51:43,000
\nBe being like falling, figs,
\nremarkably because in Revelation<\/p>\n
759
\n00:51:43,000 –> 00:51:49,100
\n6 verse 13, it says the stars of
\nHeaven fell unto the Earth, even<\/p>\n
760
\n00:51:49,100 –> 00:51:53,600
\nas a fig tree casts, her
\nuntimely figs when she is shaken<\/p>\n
761
\n00:51:54,000 –> 00:51:58,000
\nof A Mighty Wind and the heaven
\ndeparted as a scroll, when it is<\/p>\n
762
\n00:51:58,000 –> 00:52:00,300
\nrolled together and Every
\nMountain Mountain and Island <\/p>\n
763
\n00:52:00,300 –> 00:52:03,000
\nwere moved out of their places
\nand the kings of the earth and <\/p>\n
764
\n00:52:03,000 –> 00:52:06,200
\nthe great men and the rich men
\nand the chief captains and the <\/p>\n
765
\n00:52:06,200 –> 00:52:10,500
\nMighty Men And every bondman and
\nevery free man hid themselves in<\/p>\n
766
\n00:52:10,500 –> 00:52:14,100
\nthe dens and in the rocks of the
\nmountains and said to the <\/p>\n
767
\n00:52:14,200 –> 00:52:18,000
\nmountains and rocks fall on us
\nand hide us from the face of him<\/p>\n
768
\n00:52:18,300 –> 00:52:22,100
\nthat sits on the throne and from
\nthe Wrath of the lamb. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:52:22,400 –> 00:52:26,000
\nAnd when it says untimely figs
\nthere that are falling. <\/p>\n
770
\n00:52:26,300 –> 00:52:31,000
\nIt basically means unwrite, or
\nI’m pollinated figs. <\/p>\n
771
\n00:52:32,000 –> 00:52:36,700
\nIn other words, what’s going to
\nhappen is anybody that is not <\/p>\n
772
\n00:52:36,800 –> 00:52:40,400
\npollinated by Christ.
\nIn other words, hasn’t accepted <\/p>\n
773
\n00:52:40,400 –> 00:52:43,000
\nhis sacrifice.
\nRemember, we come back to the <\/p>\n
774
\n00:52:43,000 –> 00:52:46,600
\ntree and we said that the tree
\nof knowledge of Good and Evil is<\/p>\n
775
\n00:52:46,600 –> 00:52:51,000
\ngot two different types of figs.
\nThere are those who are evil <\/p>\n
776
\n00:52:51,000 –> 00:52:54,800
\nthat have, just wholesale
\nrejected, God and Christ and <\/p>\n
777
\n00:52:54,800 –> 00:53:00,000
\nthere are others that are green
\nand good but to be a good <\/p>\n
778
\n00:53:00,000 –> 00:53:05,100
\nfigure, you’ve got to have it.
\nAccepted the sacrifice of Jesus,<\/p>\n
779
\n00:53:05,800 –> 00:53:10,500
\nand anybody that hasn’t will
\nwither and will fall, and that <\/p>\n
780
\n00:53:10,500 –> 00:53:15,300
\nis the final judgment.
\nAnd what is left, is purely, <\/p>\n
781
\n00:53:15,500 –> 00:53:19,100
\ngood, figs, that’s all that’s
\nleft on the tree after the <\/p>\n
782
\n00:53:19,100 –> 00:53:23,500
\nJudgment when all the bad things
\nhave fallen and all those who <\/p>\n
783
\n00:53:23,500 –> 00:53:27,400
\nhave rejected Jesus of Fallen,
\nall you’re left with are good. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:53:27,600 –> 00:53:32,800
\nFigs and the final slide here,
\nIs a picture that I showed you <\/p>\n
785
\n00:53:32,800 –> 00:53:37,300
\nbefore because this is quite an
\namazing passage because it talks<\/p>\n
786
\n00:53:37,300 –> 00:53:42,400
\nabout Jesus being back on this
\nEarth and all the world going to<\/p>\n
787
\n00:53:42,400 –> 00:53:46,300
\nhear about the truth about God’s
\nword. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:53:46,300 –> 00:53:48,600
\nAnd it says, in the last days,
\nit will come to pass. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:53:48,600 –> 00:53:51,700
\nThat the mountain of the house
\nof the Lord shall be established<\/p>\n
790
\n00:53:51,900 –> 00:53:54,400
\nin the top of the mountains.
\nAnd it be exalted above the <\/p>\n
791
\n00:53:54,400 –> 00:53:58,800
\nhills and people will flow unto
\nit, and many nations shall come.<\/p>\n
792
\n00:53:58,800 –> 00:54:02,600
\nAnd say come, let’s go up to the
\nMountain of the Lord and to the <\/p>\n
793
\n00:54:02,600 –> 00:54:06,000
\nhouse of the god of Jacob and he
\nwould teach us of his ways. <\/p>\n
794
\n00:54:06,000 –> 00:54:09,500
\nAnd we will walk in his paths
\nfor the Lord shall go forth of <\/p>\n
795
\n00:54:09,500 –> 00:54:13,200
\nZion and the word of the Lord
\nfrom Jerusalem and he shall <\/p>\n
796
\n00:54:13,200 –> 00:54:17,500
\njudge among many people and
\nrebuke, strong Nations, afar <\/p>\n
797
\n00:54:17,500 –> 00:54:21,000
\noff, and they shall beat their
\nswords into plowshares and their<\/p>\n
798
\n00:54:21,000 –> 00:54:24,400
\nSpears into pruning.
\nHooks Nation shall not lift up a<\/p>\n
799
\n00:54:24,400 –> 00:54:27,900
\nsword against Nation.
\nNeither shall they learn War <\/p>\n
800
\n00:54:28,200 –> 00:54:30,000
\nanymore?
\nAnd you know what? <\/p>\n
801
\n00:54:30,000 –> 00:54:37,900
\nThe next verse says But they
\nshall sit every man under his <\/p>\n
802
\n00:54:37,900 –> 00:54:43,500
\nVine and under his fig tree and
\nNone Shall make them afraid for <\/p>\n
803
\n00:54:43,500 –> 00:54:46,800
\nthe mouth of the Lord of hosts
\nhas spoken it for all. <\/p>\n
804
\n00:54:46,800 –> 00:54:50,000
\nPeople will walk, every one in
\nthe name of his God, and we will<\/p>\n
805
\n00:54:50,000 –> 00:54:54,000
\nwalk in the name of the Lord,
\nOur God forever and ever and <\/p>\n
806
\n00:54:54,000 –> 00:54:58,100
\nsaid, the final picture that we
\ngiven is of you and me, God <\/p>\n
807
\n00:54:58,100 –> 00:55:02,200
\nwilling who’ve put their faith
\nand trust in Jesus accepted his <\/p>\n
808
\n00:55:02,200 –> 00:55:05,400
\nsacrifice.
\nStill being on that tree of <\/p>\n
809
\n00:55:05,400 –> 00:55:08,500
\nIsrael at the very end as a good
\nfig. <\/p>\n
810
\n00:55:08,700 –> 00:55:11,900
\nNot because we are good, but
\nbecause we’ve accepted his <\/p>\n
811
\n00:55:11,900 –> 00:55:14,700
\nsacrifice.
\nThe final picture is that we sit<\/p>\n
812
\n00:55:14,700 –> 00:55:19,600
\nunder a fig tree under his fig
\ntree in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
813
\n00:55:20,100 –> 00:55:25,800
\nNo more being afraid and living
\nfor ever and ever in a perfect <\/p>\n
814
\n00:55:25,800 –> 00:55:28,500
\nworld.
\nAnd that is why at the very <\/p>\n
815
\n00:55:28,500 –> 00:55:32,900
\nbeginning I call this, the Fig
\nTree assign for all time because<\/p>\n
816
\n00:55:32,900 –> 00:55:36,900
\nit truly Is a sign for time.
\nWe started in Genesis and went <\/p>\n
817
\n00:55:36,900 –> 00:55:41,000
\nright the way through the whole
\nhistory of Israel and even <\/p>\n
818
\n00:55:41,000 –> 00:55:47,100
\npoints to the Future when Jesus
\nis here and there is a time of <\/p>\n
819
\n00:55:47,100 –> 00:55:51,000
\ngreat peace and righteousness
\nand that is the time, surely <\/p>\n
820
\n00:55:51,300 –> 00:55:55,100
\nthat we all long for and surely
\nwith the parable of the Fig <\/p>\n
821
\n00:55:55,100 –> 00:55:57,800
\nTree.
\nIt shows us that we are so very,<\/p>\n
822
\n00:55:57,800 –> 00:56:01,100
\nvery close.
\nSo that day coming, thank you <\/p>\n
823
\n00:56:01,100 –> 00:56:01,700
\nfor listening.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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