We began this series examining an incident of the Lord Jesus cursing a fig tree.
It seemed so unlike the Son of Man who would a few days later sacrifice His own blood as perfect Passover sacrifice for the sins of man.
In the Beginning:
It is in Eden where we first hear of the leaves of the fig tree made to cover sin.
Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
Recall that in the beginning, after the Lord created the heavens and the earth, He walked with man {adam} and the woman {Eve} He had created. He walked with them personally.
Do you despise God? Do you always believe Jesus? I doubt it?
Numbers 14:11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them? (ESV)
Spurgeon asks: Do you add weight to Jesus’ crown of thorns?
I probably do all too often. (Forgive us, Lord.)
What more convicting words do we hear than some from God through Moses, the Prophets, the letter writers of the New Testament and especially Jesus: