I saw this short little documentary recently about two women who raised up a fig tree from Jesus time. I'll link it down below.
I always grew up hearing about the fig tree being a prophecy, but when I looked it up I didn't see that.
…Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.30 When they are sprouting leaves already, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. 31 So in like manner, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 “Truly, I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are fulfilled.” Luke 21:29-32
I'm still thinking about it but it sounds like an example.
The message being you can see things happening that are signs of the Kingdom of God being near, like when you know summer is coming soon, because of the signs on the tree- not that the fig tree itself symbolizes anything.
The similar example of signs given in nature also shows up in Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, if the sky is dark and red, you say that it will be a rainy day. These are signs of the weather. You see these signs in the sky and know what they mean. In the same way, you see the things that are happening now. These are also signs, but you don’t know their meaning.
I think if you can understand the way a speaker communicates, and patterns of speech, you would understand what he is saying.
BUT WHAT SIGNS..?
Not the tree. All of the signs from Luke 21:7 and onward that he was describing after the disciples asked " Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?"
Verse 29-32 comes after.
I always grew up hearing about the fig tree being a prophecy, but when I looked it up I didn't see that.
…Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.30 When they are sprouting leaves already, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. 31 So in like manner, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 “Truly, I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are fulfilled.” Luke 21:29-32
I'm still thinking about it but it sounds like an example.
The message being you can see things happening that are signs of the Kingdom of God being near, like when you know summer is coming soon, because of the signs on the tree- not that the fig tree itself symbolizes anything.
The similar example of signs given in nature also shows up in Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, if the sky is dark and red, you say that it will be a rainy day. These are signs of the weather. You see these signs in the sky and know what they mean. In the same way, you see the things that are happening now. These are also signs, but you don’t know their meaning.
I think if you can understand the way a speaker communicates, and patterns of speech, you would understand what he is saying.
BUT WHAT SIGNS..?
Not the tree. All of the signs from Luke 21:7 and onward that he was describing after the disciples asked " Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?"
Verse 29-32 comes after.
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