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.
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?
It really happened, the fig tree was barren and then God made it to wither, it is a physical illustration, I'm not sure how else to say it.