When He came
to it,
He foung nothing
but leaves,
for it was not
the season
for figs.
[Mark 11:13]
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"It happened, again,
tonight,
LORD!"
"What,
My precious."
(Ornery shout.)
"The CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL GETTIN'
SMACKED!"
[JOYFUL SMILE!]
[GENTLE CHUCKLE.]
"Read It,
to Me."
(Impatient tossing
of pages,
to and fro.)
"It was about that
FIG TREE,
again. Here it is:
Now the next day,
when they came...
from Bethany,
He was hungry.
And seeing from
afar a fig tree,
without leaves....
He found nothing...
Jesus said to it,
Let no one eat
fruit from you
ever again.
[Mark 11:12-14]
I thought it
was BECAUSE,
JESUS was
in a bad MOOD!"
[PATIENT NOD.]
[SMILE!]
"But....in CLASS,
they SAID,
it was ABOUT
JESUS CURSING
ISRAEL!"
[PATIENT SILENCE.]
(Shout.)
"WELL?
WHICH WAS IT?"
[PATIENT PAUSE.]
"Read My Word,
child."
(Whiny screech.)
"I HAVE!"
[PATIENT GAZE.]
"Good,
My child.
Now,
read It,
again."
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Now,
in the morning,
as they passed by,
they saw the
fig tree
dried up
from the roots.
[Mark 11:20]
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