2006-07-26 04:35:03 · 8 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think the cursing of the fig tree is a parable to teach us that all things serve a purpose. The tree was barren so was NOT serving it's purpose. The tree was planted, it grew, but it had no fruit, so was therefore, useless. So it is with people. If we serve no purpose, we are useless. There is another bible verse that goes along well with this parable. "Faith, without works, is dead".
2006-07-26 09:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by sparkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible gives a rather literal account of Jesus' cursing a fig tree and the lesson that followed for the Disciples.
Jesus only performed miracles that demonstrated His love and ministry-authenticating power. Although He could've kept a furnace hot without timber, He would not have.
The reference in John 11:35 to Jesus' weeping demonstrates to us today His humanity. He was moved to sadness by the unbelief of people who should have known better by that point in His ministry.
Thanks for asking.
2006-07-26 04:43:49 · answer #2 · answered by chdoctor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The barren fig tree represented Israel, God's chosen people, who failed to live up to their potential.
Instead of sharing their knowledge of the one, true God with the world, they kept it to themselves, refusing even to associate with Gentiles, turning ever more inward, and becoming steeped in their own corruption.
The Jewish apostles asked for a "stay" of judgment for the fig tree, suggesting that a "season" of good nurturing and proper care would turn things around.
This "stay" symbolized the 40 years between Christ's death and the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, where God gave the apostles time to "turn things around" for the Jews, by converting them to Christianity.
As Jesus predicted, the "fig tree" still failed to bear fruit, and was finally uprooted and burned.
In the year 70 AD the Jews were chased out of Jerusalem (uprooted) by the Romans, and the Temple was destroyed by fire.
All this happened exactly one biblical generation (season) after Christ's death.
For the most part, the Jews, to this very day, still refuse to accept Jesus Christ, and many Jews practice no religion at all.
A Muslim mosque, complete with a golden dome, stands on the old Temple site, today.
2006-07-26 05:12:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sister blessy sammy, he needed the wood to make you a better set of teeth, made from wood.
Keep asking Why Jesus wept, the more you ask those questions, the more you will know how wrong you are by asking those kind of questions.
Jesus wept for people like you will weep no more.
2006-07-26 05:53:22 · answer #4 · answered by Sierra Leone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did curse a fig tree, he did weep, About needing timber that's a new one. He is long dead & decomposed.
2006-07-26 04:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No-- try studing the bible more carefully --- Satan is the one who has the lake of fire.
He(Jesus) is weeping with those who weep (Rom 12:15) because he loves them. The grief caused by death is one facet of death's evil that caused his anger. He is angry at death and saddened at grief.
2006-07-26 04:50:07 · answer #6 · answered by jaimestar64cross 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone feels spiteful and mean sometimes.
2006-07-26 04:40:23 · answer #7 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what drug are you on?
2006-07-26 04:37:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋