The Signs
and the Fig tree: Part 1. 1 Pages
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Today, I’m going to begin the topic of the ‘signs’ that Jesus gave us to watch
for in the end time, and then the ‘parable of the fig tree’ that Jesus Himself commanded
all Christians to learn in Matthew 24:32 and Mark 13:28. It is specifically this parable that gives God’s people the
season of the last generation, which is also the generation that Jesus Christ
appears back on earth, in person. It is correct that no
man knows the day or hour of His coming, but that excludes the season.
We can know the season, which is to say, the last generation. It is
given in God’s Word, not man’s. We ask a Word of Wisdom from our Father in
Christ's Name, Amen.
What are the signs of Christ's coming;
can we know the season?
Mark
13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet
tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
This verse was spoken by Jesus after He had given His Apostles, in private,
the seven events or signs leading up to His return on earth, which are also the seven seals of Revelation.
Notice here, in this verse that He says to ‘learn’ the parable of the
fig tree. He didn’t say maybe, He said learn it! That is equal to a direct
command from Jesus. Let’s continue.
Mark
13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things
come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30:
Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
What generation is Jesus talking about? The
generation that will experience ‘these things’, or the seven signs of...
Matthew 23:
Mark
13: Read All.
Luke 21:
...that’s
who. Well, you might wonder why He threw in "...learn
a parable of the fig tree" between the verses
covering the seven events or signs of the end time, and the verse about ‘this
generation’. (This is very important. Check me out
on this.)
Jesus could not have been talking about the generation
living when He walked on the earth during His first Advent. Why? Because that
generation has already passed, and not all of the events, or these seven signs
which He foretold are passed, and He has not returned yet. So what generation
is He referring to? The generation of the ‘fig tree’ Jesus gave a lot of
information in these three verses, and once properly understood; it becomes
very simple.
First, let’s go to the 13th Chapter of the Book of Mark and study about those seven signs that
Jesus gave us, then we'll get into an understanding of the ‘parable of the
fig tree’, and you will be given proof from God’s Word, (not this man’s, or any other man’s word),
that the seven events are unfolding right before us, documenting that we are
in that last generation today.