Power for Abundant Living

Believing Equals Receivingyou think that Jesus would go to a fig tree if He knewit was not the right season? What is the situation?There are two trees in the Bible designated as thepeople's trees: the coconut palm and the fig tree. Itwas never stealing to take fruit off either of thosetrees no matter on whose land the tree stood. If I hada fig tree in my front yard, you could walk over andhelp yourself to the fruit of the tree anytime becauseit was a people's tree. In the record of Mark 11, Jesuswas coming from Bethany to Jerusalem and He washungry. That does not mean that He was starving todeath. He was hungry as we get hungry for a snack.He wanted a little bit to nibble on, so he saw a figtree and he walked over hoping to find something.The time of figs was not yet and Jesus knew that.However, as the leaves come out on this species of figtree, there are little buds which are as sweet as candy.It was not time for the mature, ripe figs; but if thetree did not have any buds, Jesus knew that it wouldnot have any figs later on. Now watch the story develop."And Jesus answered and said unto it" - Jesus wasspeaking to the fig tree. Can you imagine the neighboyslooking at Jesus, can you imagine the apostlesscratching their heads wondering what Jesus wasdoing talking to that old fig tree? Let's look at therecord.33