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Obvious But Ignored

Matthew 24:32-35

'Now learn this lesson from the fig-tree: as soon as its twigs become tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. (NIVUK)

Jesus used the fruiting cycle of a fig tree to illustrate the certainty of His prediction of the Temple’s destruction (it happened in AD70) and His Second Coming (Matthew 24:3). Fig trees, like all other plants, have a recognisable cycle of growth and producing the next generation. Each fruit, although we like to eat the fleshy parts, is really the container of the seeds which will eventually grow into new plants. In an agricultural community, getting the timing right makes the difference between a commercial profit and a loss.