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For you will always have the poor
Why mention the poor? Once again, Jesus makes what appears to be an offhand remark about the poor. Jesus often criticized the leaders of Temple and Pharisees for their treatment of the poor; doesn’t this remark catch you off guard? It would be easy enough to lose the context of Jesus’ apparent ambivalence toward the…
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for it was not the season for figs – 8
The Fig Tree Languishes In this concluding part of our 8-part series we draw our conclusions of why JESUS on his way to Jerusalem cursed the fig tree. [circa 835 BC] The Prophet Joel: 1:3 Tell your children of it,and let your children tell their children,and their children to another generation… Generations recall what has been…
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for it was not the season for figs – 6
When I would gather them, declares the LORD,there are no grapes on the vine,nor figs on the fig tree;even the leaves are withered,and what I gave them has passed away from them.” Jeremiah 8:13 Jesus’ Lament over Jerusalem’s crowds Recall the fig tree and all the symbols of Jerusalem. You can almost hear Jesus lamenting:…
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