Lessons from the fig tree Flashcards

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Jesus was hungry and saw that a fig tree had its leaves. He goes over to the tree to eat and fines no fruit. What happens?

A

He curses the tree and it ends up dying immediately. He is the Lord and can do so as he pleases

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Temple moneychangers

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Ripping off gods people is sinful. Ultimately, hindering true worship

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Every mailed you had to pay a temple tax of half of a shekel. Explain

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Represent it two days worth of wages.

If they didn’t have the exact amount of half a shekel, then they had to go to the moneychangers table and pay an additional fee to get the exact amount of half of the shekel

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Purchasing a dove outside of the temple would cost you about two days of wage. What about inside the temple?

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It was a risk; will it be good enough? The dove had to be perfect to be excepted as a sacrifice.

The doves in the temple could cost up to 15 days worth of wages

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Jesus quotes Jeremiah chapter 7 verse one through 11. What does it say?

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“Has this house, which bear is my name, become Aden of robbers to you?“

The glory has departed

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What is the only thing that can get Jesus to swear?

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Hypocrisy

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Jesus knew that it wasn’t the season for fix to be produced, but he saw from a distance that it had leaves. What did he do?

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A Prophetic, dramatic action by Jesus.

In Palestine, it was a well-known fact that when fig trees had leaves on them that would be fruit on it as well.

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What does this tree resemble about the condition of Israel

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The truest condition of Israel and his fruitless condition. Baron. They were called to represent God, but their actions were fruitless 

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Israel looked like it had the fruit of holiness. What did it have?

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It only looks holy, but it did not produce fruit. Jesus wept for the city

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Why was the fig tree curse prophetic?

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Because it was just seven years later that Jerusalem had fallen. God gave them multiple opportunities to change but they chose not to

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What was the condition of the fig tree after Jesus cursed it?

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It was dried up from the roots and not just the leaves

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