Thankyou Lighthouse.....but that is a parable, and it doesn't answer my questions.
Not that there's anything wrong with a parable....it's just that people can interpret it in so many different ways.
Hi , and a Parable were written for a purpose , so that Israel would not know its true meaning , but the disciples understood !!
Is the Parable in Luke 16:19-31 , just a contrast , or just Interpreted many different ways , I don't think so !!
Israel is spoken as a Fig Tree , as Branches and branches from the Olive tree !!
In Isa 5:1-7 , Israel is the vineyard of the Lord !!
Here is the meaning of Luke 13:6-9 :
verse 6 , He ( Jesus ) spake this Parable , A certain man ( the
FATHER ) had a a FIG TREE planted in His Vineyard , which is Israel , and came and sought Fruit thereon , and found None .
Verse 7, Then the FATHER said to the DRESSER , which is Jesus ,
of His Vineyard , Behold , these 3 Years , which is Jesus earthly ministry , I come seeking Fruit on this FIG TREE , which is Israel ,
and find None , Cut it DOWN , why let take up Space .
Verse 8 , Then Jesus answers , said unto the FATHER , LORD , let it
alone this year also , till I DIG about it and Fertilize .
Verse 9 , And if it bear Fruit , well , and IF not , then after that ,
thou SHALT CUT IT DOWN >
#1 , In verse 6 , " He spake " is in the Imperfect Tense which means Continuous Action in Past Time
#2 , " Planted " in verse 1 , is in the Greek Perfect Tense which means it Past tense , and also in the Continuous in the present .
#3 , This then means , that Luke is talking about the Near View in Jesus time .
#4 , Israel is set aside with Jesus death , but the FAR VIEW , happens to Israel , when God then beginning Dealing with Israel after
the Departure/Rapture of the Body of Christ in Rom 11:25 when the
" FULNESS OF THE GENTILES BE COME IN ".
And other verse is in Matt 3:10 , where Matthew says that the AXE is LAID unto the Roots of the Trees !!
DAN P
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