Hello, it's Pastor Steven Anderson from Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. Today
I want to talk about Luke 13 verses 6 through 9. Now in the last video we talked about the
cursed fig tree and how it represented the nation of Israel. We showed how just a few
verses later there were parables given that talked about the kingdom of God being taken
from the nation of Israel and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
The fig tree represented Israel. God came seeking fruit. He sent his own son, the Bible
said, to seek fruit thereof. And when fruit was not found, Jesus cursed that fig tree
and said that there would no fruit grow on it from hence forward forever. This flies
in the face of those who teach that in the end times the nation of Israel is going to
turn back to the Lord Jesus Christ and so forth. Listen to Luke 13 verse 6. We have
another parable of the fig tree which represents Israel. It says, He spake also this parable.
A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard and he came and sought fruit thereon
and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard. Behold, these three years
I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down. Why come birth at
the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also till I shall
dig about it and dung it. And if it bear fruit, well, and if not, then after that thou shalt
cut it down. So here we see another parable pretty much showing the same thing. Remember
all the parables about Israel where he keeps coming and seeking fruit and it's not there.
He keeps sending servants. Finally he sends his own son. Well, here is another parable
about the Lord of the vineyard. He's got a fig tree. It's not producing fruit. He said,
look, three years and it's not producing fruit. The servant intercedes and says to him, let's
just dig around it. Let's dung it. Let's give it one more chance. And if it does not bear
fruit, then, then, you know, we're going to cut it down. And again, this is about Israel
if we compare it with the other parables. And so we see that Israel, because it did
not produce the fruit that God wanted it to produce, was cut down. People want to talk
all day long about the re-blossoming of the fig tree in Matthew 24, you know, when Israel
became a nation in 1948. Matthew 24 says no such thing. There's nothing like that in Matthew
24. Matthew 24 talks about the fall, the stars falling like the, like the, the, the figs
falling out of a fig tree. And then he talks about the fact that when you, when you see
the fig tree, you know, you know that summer's near at hand. So likewise, you, when you see
these things come to pass, you'll know it's at the door. What things? The sun and moon
being darkened and the stars falling, not Israel becoming a nation in 1948. But there's
this whole big made up teaching that you hear over and over again from Zionists about the
re-blossoming of the fig tree, the re-blossoming of the fig tree. According to the teachings
of Jesus, the fig tree would never bear fruit again. It withered away right then and there.
In this parable, the fig tree is cut down. No mention of it being replanted or bringing
forth fruit at a later date. This teaching just doesn't add up with scripture. The kingdom
of God has been taken from the nation of Israel. It's been given to a nation bringing forth
the fruits thereof permanently.
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