Re: Cursing The Fig Tree
Ian Dorion (dorioni@intellinet.com)
Wed, 02 Apr 1997 11:35:31 -0600
yoel haalmoni wrote:
>
> Izz said-
>
> >Would one of you, such as Rev. McDonald, please explain why the following is
> >not a contradiction in the Bible: In Matthew 21:19 Jesus cursed the fig tree
> >AFTER having cleansed the Temple. In Mark 11:14 he cursed it BEFORE cleansing
> >the Temple. So my question is, is this not a contradiction?
>
> Oh that's an easy one to get around (if you're a Christian inerrantist)!
>
> Why, of course, Jesus did it before AND after he "cleansed" the temple
> (with a whip- it says in one gospel). Jesus was a whip wieldin', fig-tree
> cursin' kind of dude.
>
> He obviously had a hard time getting it through his head that you can't get
> a fig from a fig tree when it is "NOT THE SEASON for figs" (Mark 11:13).
>
> What a wise, caring, compassionate, perfect, omniscient god-man that Jesus was!
>
> yoel
>
> PS - Sorry, Izz- I know that the above was addressed to the Christian list
> members, but since I know what their answer will probably be anyway- I
> figured I'd respond. I guess this must mean that I have the Holy Spirit
> living in me who revealeth these "mysteries" to me.
(Christ-Ian 4/2) Yoel, even I knew the answer to that one and I haven't
even studied it.