James 3:12
King James Version
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren,
bear olive berries?
either a vine, figs?
so can no fountain both yield
salt water and fresh.
From the previous post, we know how figs figured as food.
We also called tree "witness" in another post.
It's true, they may not be able to speak, but boy, the stuff they "hear".
Here's a lovely story of what one fig tree "heard".
The fig tree was witness to the power of JESUS.
Here's what the tree witnessed:
John 1:47-51
King James Version
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him,
and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed,
in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him,
Whence knowest thou me?
Jesus answered and said unto him,
Before that Philip called thee,
when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him,
Rabbi, thou art the Son of God;
thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Because I said unto thee,
I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou?
thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open,
and the angels of God ascending and descending
upon the Son of man.
Now, that's a precious prophecy, from the LORD JESUS.
Did He give us more, with fig trees around, or at least, about them?
Let's find out from Scripture.
Mark 13:28-33
King James Version
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When her branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves,
ye know that summer is near:
29 So ye in like manner,
when ye shall see these things come to pass,
know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you,
that this generation shall not pass,
till all these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away:
but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man,
no, not the angels which are in heaven,
neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray:
for ye know not when the time is.
I do love how SPIRIT leads me to the life that is GOD's WORD.
As is the life in these seemingly everyday trees:
Through Scripture, we learn about their symbolism.
How did fig trees figure in Bible prophecy?
What was their significance?
Jeremiah 24:1-2
King James Version
24 The Lord shewed me,
and, behold, two baskets of figs
were set before the temple of the Lord,
after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
had carried away captive Jeconiah
the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,
and the princes of Judah,
with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem,
and had brought them to Babylon.
2 One basket had very good figs,
even like the figs that are first ripe:
and the other basket had very naughty figs,
which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
Jeremiah 24:3
King James Version
3 Then said the Lord unto me,
What seest thou, Jeremiah?
And I said, Figs;
the good figs, very good;
and the evil, very evil,
that cannot be eaten,
they are so evil.
Jeremiah 24:4-7
King James Version
4 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel;
Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them
that are carried away captive of Judah,
whom I have sent out of this place
into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good,
and I will bring them again to this land:
and I will build them, and not pull them down;
and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
7 And I will give them an heart to know me,
that I am the Lord:
and they shall be my people,
and I will be their God:
for they shall return unto me
with their whole heart.
Jeremiah 24:8-10
King James Version
8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten,
they are so evil;
surely thus saith the Lord,
So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah,
and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem,
that remain in this land,
and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
9 And I will deliver them to be removed
into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt,
to be a reproach and a proverb,
a taunt and a curse,
in all places whither I shall drive them.
10 And I will send the sword,
the famine, and the pestilence, among them,
till they be consumed from off the land
that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Habakkuk 3:17-19
King James Version
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom,
neither shall fruit be in the vines;
the labour of the olive shall fail,
and the fields shall yield no meat;
the flock shall be cut off from the fold,
and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The Lord God is my strength,
and he will make my feet like hinds' feet,
and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.
To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Revelation 6:12-17
King James Version
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal,
and, lo, there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,
and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth,
even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs,
when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed
as a scroll when it is rolled together;
and every mountain and island
were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men,
and the rich men, and the chief captains,
and the mighty men, and every bondman,
and every free man,
hid themselves in the dens
and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks,
Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him
that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come;
and who shall be able to stand?
And we all thought trees were just trees.
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As SPIRIT guides us each day.
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