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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 530
The Parable of the Fig Tree
Jesus spoke of his return in Matthew 24. He instructed us to “learn a parable of the fig
tree”. Jesus said: “When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer
is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” (Matthew
24:32-34) Scripture does not reveal whom the fig tree represents but the Apocalypse of Peter, a
non-canonical manuscript from approximately A.D. 120, does. This manuscript was only
discovered in 1910. This manuscript reveals that the early Christians or Peter himself believed
the fig tree to represent Israel and the fig tree putting forth leaves to represent the rebirth of the
nation of Israel in the last days prior to Christ’s return.
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Therefore, Jesus would return within a
generation of the rebirth of Israel. The text of The Apocalypse of Peter reads:
“And ye, receive ye the parable of the fig tree...” And he answered and
said unto me: “Dost thou not understand that the fig tree is the house of Israel?”
...Verily I say unto you, when its boughs have sprouted at the end, then shall
deceiving saviors come and awaken hope, saying: “I am the Savior who am now
come into the world.” And when they shall see the wickedness of their deeds
(even of the false saviors) they shall turn away after them and deny him to whom
our fathers gave praise, the first Messiah whom they crucified and thereby sinned
exceedingly. And this deceiver is not the messiah. And when they reject him he
will kill them with the sword, and there shall be many martyrs...”
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The Jews were allowed to return to Israel in 1917 as a result of the Balfour Declaration
and in 1948 the Nation of Israel was established by the United Nations. I believe 1917 is when
the fig tree (Israel) began to put forth leaves. The longest period of time the Bible considers a
generation is one hundred years (Genesis 15:12-16). Therefore, if 1917 is the correct year,
according to Jesus in his parable of the fig tree, we should expect Jesus to return prior to 2017.
There is a possibility that the fig tree (Israel) began to put forth leaves when Israel became a
nation is 1948 and in that case Jesus would return prior to 2048.
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If it is true that Israel is the fig tree and that the Balfour Declaration in 1917 was when
the fig tree (Israel) began to put forth leaves, then we should begin to see some of the other signs
Jesus spoke of beginning to happen at this same time. These included “wars and rumours of
wars”, and “famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places” (Matthew 24:6-8).
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not
troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation
shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be
famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the
beginning of sorrows. (Matthew 24:6-8)
A sorrow comes from the Greek word “Odin” which literally means “the pain of
childbirth”. Anyone who has experienced childbirth or witnessed it knows that as the woman
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