While that's true I also like to think about how some things may be seen for our benefit or comfort, so much is unseen but still felt in reality, God actually cares and is always present which still blows my mind.
12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.”
Why would God curse a tree for not carrying fruit out of season?
Great question! As for the out of season, there were leaves on the trees but no fruit, I think there was an expectation of the first budding fruits for Passover. Moreover this is symbolic of looking 'alive' but being 'dead', it really comes together when you take the whole chapter onto account, Jesus drives out the money changers in the temple too this chapter, He is calling out bad stuff and showing us it will not work in His Kingdom.
The fig tree died, by God's will and God was explaining how those that appear to be alive but bear no fruit (fruits of the Spirit) they will also die (and are dead already). The Lord cannot abide it, He cannot be with a soul determined to stray from the vine of life, herein lies freewill. The Lord has control over the tree and made it the right condition to illustrate this human condition to which we are prone, we are prone to death and averse to life. Sucks.
"Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand." In this case it was an action serving as a parable. There's a lesson about fruitfulness and the importance thereof in that event, but you're missing it.
First responders are some of the finest well trained eye witnesses u can get in a situation involving detail. No way did they all just imagine a man coming out of nowhere that absolutely dominates the scene with serenity and calmness only to vanish without a trace as mysterious as he appeared.
Wow! That's amazing! God legitimately has the coolest stuff going on!!!
Lol! Just the slightest tip of the iceberg of greatness God has for us
I have no doubts!
I'm sure stories such as this are for confirmation of our faith so we keep pushing for the things that are good
While that's true I also like to think about how some things may be seen for our benefit or comfort, so much is unseen but still felt in reality, God actually cares and is always present which still blows my mind.
The Abrahamic god is extremely uninteresting. He acts like a petty little child all the time and has not a single original idea.
Would you be willing to pick an instance for discussion? Edit: and by what comparison, if you please.
Why would God curse a tree for not carrying fruit out of season?
Great question! As for the out of season, there were leaves on the trees but no fruit, I think there was an expectation of the first budding fruits for Passover. Moreover this is symbolic of looking 'alive' but being 'dead', it really comes together when you take the whole chapter onto account, Jesus drives out the money changers in the temple too this chapter, He is calling out bad stuff and showing us it will not work in His Kingdom.
How do you know that? The text presents it as something that really happened. Are you saying the episode with the fig tree did not actually happen?
The fig tree died, by God's will and God was explaining how those that appear to be alive but bear no fruit (fruits of the Spirit) they will also die (and are dead already). The Lord cannot abide it, He cannot be with a soul determined to stray from the vine of life, herein lies freewill. The Lord has control over the tree and made it the right condition to illustrate this human condition to which we are prone, we are prone to death and averse to life. Sucks.
That's not what the text says.
So if this is just allegorical and didn't happen as described in the bible, how do you know that this doesn't apply to everything else in the bible?
"Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand." In this case it was an action serving as a parable. There's a lesson about fruitfulness and the importance thereof in that event, but you're missing it.
This isn't Jesus telling a parable. It's a description of an event involving Jesus.
Whoosh. I'll try explaining again. The action taken held a lesson in it, like how a parable does.
So, did the event happen as described in the section or did it not?
How about posting this in Positive? Miracles do happen
I don't go to that .win. Feel free to do so.
Pray out loud!
There's an episode of outer limits or twilight zone same kind of story. I'll look it up.
Story is from 2013. The priest is now known, and wasn't an angel. That makes the power of prayers more obvious. You don't need to see your saviour. You just have to believe! https://abcnews.go.com/US/mystery-priest-missouri-car-accident-identified/story?id=19943412
Indeed.
I wonder why he was dressed as a priest? I've known them to be evil.
Look at the pope, the supposed "leader" of the church.
The church is corrupt yet I believe Jesus to be who one should follow, organized religion is all infiltrated.
Maybe we should pray for you.
The pope is in the red shoe club. The Vatican has been corrupted for quite some time.
Well, the freemason's entered the church in the 1950s and 1960s, it sucks. They are all dying off now, Francis is hopefully the last gasp.
But as for red shoes, popes have traditionally worn red shoes for zero reasons related to freemasonry.
First responders are some of the finest well trained eye witnesses u can get in a situation involving detail. No way did they all just imagine a man coming out of nowhere that absolutely dominates the scene with serenity and calmness only to vanish without a trace as mysterious as he appeared.