12/6/70

DOCTRINE OF FIGS

A.� Fig leaves are associated with the first act of human good, Gen 3:7.

B.� A lump of figs is used to depict the work of Christ on the cross in Isa 38:21. A lump of figs was applied to Hezekiah�s boil and cured him, 2 Sam

20:7.

C.� The falling of a fig from a fig tree is used to depict the destruction of a nation under the fifth cycle of discipline, Isa 34:4-5; Jer 8:13.

D.� The fig tree was used to measure the production of Israel, Mt 21:19. Lack of production destroyed Israel in 70 A.D. Israel is the fig tree and the custodian of divine truth in that parable in Matthew.

E.� The parable of the fig tree in Mt 24:32-33 indicates the pattern of Israel in the Tribulation. �Puts forth leaves� refers to the evangelism by the 144,000 Jewish witnesses. �Coming near of summer� refers to the closeness of the Millennium.

__________________________________________________________________________

R. B. Thieme, Jr. Bible Ministries 5139 West Alabama, Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 621-3740

---------------------------------------------------------------------------