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Episode 253: Matthew 21 Part 2 Why Did Jesus Curse the Fig Tree?
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English - April 06, 2023 20:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBChristianity Religion & Spirituality Health & Fitness Mental Health jesus christ endure grind keep going quit death life heaven throw in the towel Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It’s day 2 of being in Jerusalem. As Jesus was coming into town he is hungry. Hungry people look for something to eat and that’s what Jesus did. He sees a fig tree and goes to get some figs off it but there aren’t any. Jesus knew there wouldn’t be any figs on that tree and instead of miraculously producing figs on the tree, he cursed it and it immediately withers! Why did he do this? Because he wanted to remind the disciples of his power over nature and he wanted to teach them a lesson on faith...something the religious leaders would not have at all as we see at the end of chapter 21. They were so mad at Jesus because of the stories he told them, they wanted to arrest him immediately!