Does Jesus Hate Trees? »
Posted by: bugluver 8 months, 1 week ago"When Jesus got up the next morning, he was hungry. He started out for the city, and along the way he saw a fig tree. But when he came to it, he found only leaves and no figs. So he told the tree, 'You will never again grow any fruit!' Right then the fig tree dried up." Matthew 21:18-19, CEV
Read Full Story at christianitytoday.com
Join the Discussion 
+ Add Comment
Comments So Far: 11
-
0%
icelander8 months, 1 week ago
So that part about Jesus hating fig trees is just allegory, but the talking snake is absolutely real.
It must be fun to pick and choose which parts of your holy book we should take seriously.
Also, I like how god uses innocent things like trees to teach people a lesson. What did the tree do that warranted its demise? Not bear fruit?
Reply -
0%
vettenut8 months, 1 week ago
Hey, ice:
Where in his post did bugluver or the post's author state that the story found in Matthew 21 was "just an allegory?" If you picked that up, you did not see it in the post--you arrived at that interpretation by yourself.... Are you saying that's your opinion???
Actually, the author was trying to explain how the events of Matt. 21:18-19 WHICH ACTUALLY HAPPENED provide us with a lesson to apply to our lives. The Bible contains a lot of stories that actually happened which can also teach us things we can apply to our lives today.
But what I really want to know is: How DO you decide?
It must be fun to pick and choose which parts of the holy book you smile at, and which parts you just throw out because they provide you with no ammunition to attack people of faithâ;¦..
Reply -
0%
Redneck8 months, 1 week ago
I seriously doubt "ice" will understand it but Jesus "spoke" to the tree. :-) The whole lesson was about faith. Jesus said faith speaks. He told them they could also speak their faith even to telling a mountain to be cast into the sea or to a sycamine tree to be plucked up and cast into the sea. A scyamine tree has the stongest deepest tap root of all trees and therefore difficult to remove by any means. But by faith it would be removed if one believes and speaks one's faith. BTW the tree is a symbol of bitterness in the life of people. The fruit is cheap but yeilds little sweetness or substance even though one chews and chews on it just like holding a grudge and bitterness.
The material world was used by Jesus and Jehovah to teach eternal spiritual lessons. The tree was not "punished" by Jesus. LOL Killing an unproductive tree is not "punishment". God hates barreness. Being unfruitful is an abomination to God.
Reply-
HmacComment removed: User banned.
-
0%
icelander8 months, 1 week ago
"God hates barreness. Being unfruitful is an abomination to God."
One of my wife's cousins has a congenital abnormality that makes it impossible for her to conceive. Is she an abomination to god because she's barren?
And is it her fault she's barren because she's a person - and therefore inherently sinful - or is it god's fault because he allowed her to develop in such a way that she is "unfruitful" even though she had no control over it?
Reply-
0%
Redneck8 months, 1 week ago
Sin is not God's will. The consequences of sin in the human race is barreness. No, she is not inherently sinful due to barreness and it is not God's fault. We have seen many childless couples healed and then bear children after prayer for them. I know of a woman who had cancer with the result of having all her reproductive organs removed and still had extensive active cancer in her body who received ministry in the Name of Jesus. She was healed and declared cancer free by the doctore. Later she bore their first son while in Bible School at the center where she was healed.
God hates barreness.
Reply
-
-
Submitted By:
bugluver
Just a guy passing by so I thought I'd say hi.
Hi!
I’ve heard of a world out side of propeller this may ...
Related Articles:
Why not submit a story?
Also Propping This Article
Groups Watching This
No groups are watching this story. Why not share it with your group?
