The New Testament is filled to the brim with symbolic acts, but the Christian messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, was a master of this tactic. Jesus answered the toughest philosophical questions with stories and miracles to help each follower find spiritual fruitfulness and lead a fruitful life. You may then wonder, ? The answer goes far beyond his "hangry" lashing out at a fruitless fig tree on the road and should instead be seen through the lens of his curriculum surrounding the concept of bearing fruit.
Short answer: No. The fig tree cursing appears in the Book of Mark but has all the outward appearance of a vengeful, godly act that would fit more perfectly in the Old Testament. However, if you read on in the passage, you can begin to make the connection that Jesus isn't truly angry at the that produces fig leaves without any fruit.
Jesus sees the path of Israel's fruitfulness (or path toward enlightenment) and the ability of all the nations of the world to bear spiritual fruit in direct correlation with their ability to accept Jesus and follow his teachings. If Israel is "God's ," then the tree with luxuriant leaves is a metaphor for someone who gives the impression of righteousness but does not act nobly. When Jesus tells the barren fig tree, "No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever" ( ), he is really speaking to the chief priests and money changers of the temple complex who benefitted financially and were corrupted to choose wealth over charity during the occupation.
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