Is tree cursing a spiritual gift?
Fig Tree (Ficus Carica) - detail - geograph.org.uk - 562736 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Matthew 21:18–22 “Seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it…. And He said to it, ‘May no fruit ever come from you again!’ And the fig tree withered at once” (v. 19). Anti-Christian philosophers often misuse this passage to defame Jesus and deny that He is God incarnate. How can a good man curse an “innocent” fig tree? they ask. And, if Jesus is omniscient, why does He expect figs when it is not fig season (Matt. 21:18–19; Mark 11:12–14)? These objections are easily answered.First, Christ , as God the Son , has defacto authority over His creation and the sovereign right to do with it what He wills. Jesus, therefore, can curse the fig tree if He so desires. Second, understanding what it means for figs to be in season shows us how Jesus can expect fruit when it is not fig season. During springtime, Palestinian fig trees begin producing taksh — Arabic for immatu