Journal Precis: The Catholic Biblical Quaterly

This journal states that the fig tree in parable evokes the the ense that religion of the day was not producing the desired result of mercy and grace for all. It states that the religion of the day was not producing the fruit (figs) that God intended his followers to be. Conclusively, the author uses the fig tree as a metaphor for the sign of God's grace and patience in the person Jesus. The purpose of the community is to bear fruit that blesses the world and that the withered fig tree represents the lack of spiritual fruit by the Jews of the time (and the prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem).






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