Okay. A great many people do not understand this story found In Mark 11.
Jesus had most certainly not 'got out of the wrong side of the bed' that morning!
This was a demonstration of The Judgement of God; His power; His righteousness and vitally in this context - the symbolic destruction of the 'spiritually fruitless' Jewish nation. Indeed, the fig tree was a well-known symbol of Israel.
This act seems to forewarn of the impending destruction of Jerusalem a few decades later in 70AD by the Roman Titus who of course, went on to become Emperor.
Many of the Jews heeded the Gospel certainly, but a great many more refused the 'free gift' of God's salvation under The New Covenant.
God is full of compassion and forgiveness and love and righteousness BUT He is not the 'indulgent parent' as claimed throughout the liberal church today.
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