Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Fig tree is a symbol of the Temple, for its ritual is spiritually barren

Matthew 21:1-22
It was spring, and people from far and near were crowding into Jerusalem for Passover, the great feast commemorating the nation's liberation from Egypt. Not all could find lodgings in the city itself. Jesus and his friends stayed at nearby Bethany, where Martha, Mary and Lazarus had their home. Each day they walked the two miles into Jerusalem. over the shoulder of the Mount of Olives and down through the thick groves of trees.
Jesus sat on donkey(the colt) to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet of Zechariah 9:9
"Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted.
My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of robbers. Jesus at the temple drove out all who were buying and selling there.
From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise? (Psalm 8:2)
The fig tree withered : When Jesus was hungry,  he found nothing on it except leaves. Jesus said to it, "May you ever bear fruit again." If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
Having entered the city in triumph as the Messiah. Jesus shows his authority in the Temple, the nation's central shrine.
His dramatic overturning of the money-changers' tables is a major demonstration against the commerce and big business that had taken over 'God's house of prayer'.
Why?
Prepare ourselves when Jesus needs to use us. Serve the Lord sometimes in our inconvenience time.
Jesus name are be proclaimed among Gentiles and Children.
Church is the house of prayer not for business.
The blind and lame are welcomes and healed by Jesus. And children recognize what the religious officials are blind to, as they chant the earlier tributes of the crowds.
The fig-tree: Jesus' action is generally taken as symbolic. The fig which bears no fruit is good for nothing but destruction. From the context, it seems we are meant to see the tree as a symbol the Temple which, for all its ritual, is spiritually barren. Jesus uses the incident as an object lesson on the power of faith, God is able to do the impossible.
How?
Check my life and my faith, does it like ritual lacks love and fruits?








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