Parable of the Budding Fig Tree
The Parable of the Budding Fig Tree is a parable told by Jesus in the New Testament, found in Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"., Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"., and Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".. This parable, about the Kingdom of God, involves a fig tree, as does the equally brief parable of the barren fig tree.
Narrative
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Interpretations
Luke presents this parable as eschatological in nature:Template:Sfn like the leaves of the fig tree, the signs spoken of in the Olivet Discourse of Script error: No such module "Bibleverse". indicate the coming of the Kingdom of God.
As the British scholar and theologian N. T. Wright has written, "Already present in Jesus' ministry, and climactically inaugurated in his death and resurrection, the divine kingdom will be manifest within a generation, when Jesus and his followers are vindicated in and through the destruction of Jerusalem."Template:Sfn
See also
- Figs in the Bible
- Fruit of the Holy Spirit
- Life of Jesus in the New Testament
- Luke 21
- Mark 13
- Matthew 24
- Olivet Discourse
- The Tree and its Fruits
- The Vine
References
Citations
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