Tag: fig_tree
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for it was not the season for figs – 1
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,and he who guards his master will be honored. – Proverbs 27:18 Consider the Creator of the garden approaching a fig tree before its season. Who will guard the Son of Man as He enters the Temple and fast-approaches the reproach of the Cross? Prologue to this series…
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for it was not the season for figs – prologue
Lost in the glory of the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday we find a brief story much overlooked. The story of Jesus cursing a fig tree not only seems much out of character for the Lord, but relatively insignificant. I cannot recall ever hearing it preached simply on its own merits. In…
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