Jesus was not only our example, a Priest, a Teacher, a King, He was also a Prophet and everything that He did was not only recorded for us to learn from but it also was either a fulfillment of prophecy or a prophecy in itself.
The fig tree is symbolic of the Jewish nation. The Jewish nation had been raised up to bear the Savior of the world and now they were about to kill Him. Cursing of the fig tree was symbolic of the end of the legal system and the introduction of the faith system. That is why Jesus went on to teach about faith and this scripture has become the most famous along with Hebrews 11 as the basis of the teaching on faith.
Mark 11:13-14 “And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he (Jesus) came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves. And Jesus answered and said unto it, ‘No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.’ And his disciples heard it.”
Mark 11:20-22 “And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter . . . saith unto him, ‘Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.’ And Jesus answering saith unto them, ‘Have faith in God.’”
The fig tree is symbolic of the Jewish nation. The Jewish nation had been raised up to bear the Savior of the world and now they were about to kill Him. Cursing of the fig tree was symbolic of the end of the legal system and the introduction of the faith system. That is why Jesus went on to teach about faith and this scripture has become the most famous along with Hebrews 11 as the basis of the teaching on faith.
Mark 11:13-14 “And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he (Jesus) came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves. And Jesus answered and said unto it, ‘No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.’ And his disciples heard it.”
Mark 11:20-22 “And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter . . . saith unto him, ‘Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.’ And Jesus answering saith unto them, ‘Have faith in God.’”
Matthew 24:32-33 “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.”
Luke 21:31-32 “So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation (of the fig tree putting forth leaves, i.e., the new nation of Israel being established in 1948) shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.”
Luke 21:29-33 “And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree (Israel), and all the trees (the surrounding nations); When they now shoot forth (leaves not spiritual fruit), ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation (of the people who were alive and helped Israel become a nation in 1948) shall not pass away (shall still be alive), till all be fulfilled (at the return of Jesus). Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.”
Luke 21:34-36 “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”
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