23rd May 2015
“May no one ever eat your fruit again!”
- Jesus
Mark 11:14 (NLT)
Jesus was in a bad mood on this day. Later this same day He was chasing people out of the temple with a whip, and turning over their tables for buying and selling in the temple complex (at least He had a good reason). First thing in the morning, though, Jesus is heading into town when He spots a fig tree in the distance. Starving hungry, He makes His way over to the tree…
Nada.
Turns out it’s not even fig season.
Jesus vents His frustration with a botanical curse, and the fig tree promptly withers.
Practical applications of this passage:
- Upsetting greengrocer’s
