The American Wisdom Series

Presents
The Parable of the Fig Tree

The age old question asked by the servants of God both "then" and "now" is,
"When shall the end of this earth age be?

And what signs shall there be that we may know that the return of Christ is "nigh at hand, even at the doors"?

Jesus was ask in Mark 13:4  Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
When asked this question, Jesus answer was:
Mark 13:28
  Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29  So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30  Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31  Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Of course to the scoffers who walk after their own lusts and desires serving only themselves, these are silly questions because they do not believe there ever will be an end to this flesh age (the "end of the world" as they call it) or the return of Jesus Christ.

Note: We lived for millions of years before and during the 1st earth age in celestial bodies; but when our brother Lucifer, now called Satan, rebelled against God he enticed 1/3 of us (that’s approximately 5 billion of us, God's approximately 15 billion originally created children) to side with him in his overthrow attempt and many more of us were sympathetic to his cause. Lucifer wanted to be God. After God put a stop to Lucifer's overthrow attempt, He destroyed that 1st earth age in His fierce anger, sentencing Lucifer to eventually die (lose his soul in "The Lake of Fire" and BE NO MORE).

We are all sinners, some more severely then others, but instead of sentencing us all to also die in "The Lake of Fire" God chose to give each us an opportunity to salvage our soul. That’s the reason for this flesh and blood earth age. We can live a flesh and blood life, experiencing physical death without the loss of our soul, whereby learning that Satan's ways do not work; but through God's Son Jesus', who is God Himself, born into this earth age in a flesh and blood body just like ours, lived for a short while (30+ years) with us without sinning, then sacrificed His flesh and blood life on the cross, shedding His sin free blood to cover over our sins so they can be forgiven, if we repent of our sins and, by our own free will invite His Holy Spirit to come live in our heart to cleanse it and make it righteous; therefore, we will not lose our own soul and we'll live forever in new celestial bodies that never get sick or grow old.

This flesh and blood earth age, which is the 2nd earth age, that we find ourselves in now, will only last for several thousand years. Giving God time to place each of us, His originally created children, here, one at a time, in our turn, with our memory of the 1st earth age temporarily deleted, to learn of our need to follow His ways instead of Lucifer/Satan's ways.     

They believe that the current order of things will just continue on and on because they are ignorant (by choice) of the fact that the Word of God declares that there was an earth age long, long ago when the dinosaurs roamed the land and that there WAS an abrupt end to that first earth age because Almighty God destroyed it by His wrath at Lucifer, now called Satan's, rebellion.

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That's right!

That beautiful heaven and earth age that our Father created in the beginning (Gen. 1:1) to be inhabited (Isa. 45:18) suddenly became void and without form (Gen. 1:2), as in totally and utterly waste and desolate (tohu va bohu in Hebrew), and water completely covered the face of the earth.

Furthermore, the evidence of that cataclysmic event is not hidden from our view as the earth itself visibly displays those layered upheavals of her crust and the earth sciences continue to uncover and categorize the bones and fossils of that aeon gone by!

Here is what the apostle Peter says regarding the scoffers of our day:

2 Peter 3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: [2] That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
Jesus Christ told us in Mark 13 that He has "foretold us all things" (in His Word) so be mindful, as in pay close attention to and study the holy prophets and the commandment of the apostles, i.e. BOTH the Old and the New Testaments.
[3] Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
They're everywhere!   They're everywhere!
[4] And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
"It just isn't going to happen", they say.
[5] For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

2 Peter chapter 3 continued..
[verse 6] Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: (the 1st earth age)
God destroyed the first earth age, in His fierce anger over Lucifer/Satan's overthrow attempt, and all flesh and blood life PERISHED from off the face of the earth and there was NO LIGHT whereby only darkness covered the face of the deep (Gen. 1:2).
 But, beings we were still in our celestial bodies during the 1st earth age, we didn't perish. God just pulled us off that 1st earth age until He restructured it to be livable again for flesh and blood beings and is now placing us back on earth, in animal bodies, one at a time, in our turn, to learn by this experience that Satan's ways don't work. (The summer school of life, I call it; and is God's plan ever working! Have you turned on the evening news lately? We should all soon realize that Satan's ways lead to disastrous results?) Even the non-Christians should soon know that! 

So do not confuse this with the flood of Noah.

Note: This was the 1st flood, the really big one, followed by the ice age; but Noah's Flood did not destroy everything. The purpose of Noah's Flood in this 2nd earth age, was to rid the land of the hybrids, half supernatural angel and half human. (Satan's fallen angels, who came to this 2nd earth age, out of turn, without being born of women, and had children with Adam's and Eve's daughters) That situation became so bad that when there were only 8 pure blood descendants of Adam and Eve (Noah and his family), left in the land, God stepped in and flooded the land ridding the land of all mixed blood beings, to preserve the seed line Jesus would be born into. Read about these ungodly hibrids in Genesis chapter 6 and the book of Jude. But Noah's flood only killed all these hybrid beings from off the land. It did not destroy the earth, per say, as did Lucifer's Flood did.

Lucifer's flood destroyed all flesh and blood life of the whole planet, leaving behind the total destruction of the earth, and creating an ice age. (See Genesis 1:1 to 1:2 in your Companion Bible) In fact, you can read the details of the destruction of the first age in Jer. 4:19-27. Even in  the corrupted, so called easier to read versions of the Bible that are being printed and peddled off on already deceived Christians, you can still find Jeremiah 4:19-27. They haven't removed those verses yet. But they will  (just give them time) like the 17 verses that have already been removed from their new versions. See Live Link to=> The Kenites have already started the famine Amos 8:11 warns us about.

However, the point is that it is written in the Word of God (and evidenced without) that our Father did destroy that first heaven and earth age "by His fierce anger" (Jer. 4:26) and so you can be certain from that same Word that He will bring about the day of judgment to this one as well.

Again, it is clearly written: (in the older uncorrupted, as yet, unaltered versions of the Bible, like the original 1611 King James Version). See the Companion Bible, where the few translation errors found in 1611 KJV version when compared to the Massorah protected original manuscripts have been noted and been corrected in their 1886 reprint. Beware of newer translations such as the NIV, NRV and NKJV.

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See appendix 30 below of the Companion Bible.

This Is Appendix 30 From The Companion Bible.
All the oldest and best manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible contain
on every page, beside the Text (which is arranged in two or more
columns), a varying number of lines of smaller writing, distributed
between the upper and lower margins. This smaller writing is called
the Massorah Magna or Great Massorah, while that in the side
margins and between the columns is called the Massorah Parva or
Small Massorah.
The illustration given below is a reduced facsimile of a Hebrew
Manuscript (16.25 x 12.375), written in a German hand, about the
year A.D. 1120.

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The small writing in the margins in this particular Manuscript is
seen to occupy seven lines in the lower margin, and four lines in the
upper; while in the outer margins and between the three columns is
the Massorah Para.
The word Massorah is from the root masar, to devliver something
into the hand of another, so as to commit it to his trust. Hence the
name is given to the small writing referred to, because it contains
information necessary to those into whose trust the Sacred Text was
committed, so that they might transcribe it, and hand it down
correctly.
The Text itself had been fixed before the Massorites were put in
charge of it. This had been the work of the Sopherim (from saphar,
to count, or number). Their work, under Ezra and Nehemiah, was to
set the Text in order after the return from Babylon; and we read of it
in Nehemiah 8:8 1 (compare Ezra 7:6,11). The men of "the Great
Synagogue" completed the work. This work lasted about 110 years,
from Nehemiah to Simon the first, 410-300 B.C.
The Sopherim were the authorised revisers of the Sacred Text;
and, their work being completed, the Massorites were the authorised
custodians of it. Their work was to preserve it. The Massorah is
called "A Fence to the Scriptures," because it locked all words and
letters in their places. It does not contain notes or comments as such,
but facts and phenomena. It records the number of times the several
letters occur in the various books of the Bible; the number of words,
and the middle word; the number of verses, and the middle verse;
the number of expressions and combinations of words, etc. All this,
not from a perverted ingenuity, but for the set purpose of
safeguarding the Sacred Text, and preventing the loss or
misplacement of a single letter or word.
This Massorah is not contained in the margins of any one
Manuscript. No Manuscript contains the whole, or even the same
part. It is spread over many Manuscripts, and Dr. C.D. Ginsburg has
been the first and only scholar who has set himself to collect and
collate the whole, copying it from every available Manuscript in the
libraries of many countries. He has published it in three large folio
volumes, and only a small number of copies has been printed. These
are obtainable only by the original subscribers
When the Hebrew Text was printed, only the large type in the
columns was regarded, and small type of the Massorah was left,
unheeded, in the Manuscripts from which the Text was taken.
When translators came to the printed Hebrew Text, they were
necessarily destitute of the information contained in the Massorah;
so that the Revisers as well as the Translators of the Authorised
Version carried out their work without any idea of the treasures
contained in the Massorah; and therefore, without giving a hint of it
to their readers
This is the first time an edition of the Authorised Version has been
given containing any of these treasures of the Massorah, that affect
so seriouly the understanding of the Text. A vast number of the
Massoretic notes concern only the orthography, and matters that
pertain to the Concordance. But many of those which affect the
sense, or throw any additional light on the Sacred Text, are noted in
the margin of The Companion Bible.
Some of the important lists of words which are contained in the
Massorah are also given, videlicet, those that have the
"extraordinary points" (Appendix 31); the "eighteen emendations"
of the Sopherim (see Appendix 33); the 134 passages where they
substituted Adonai for Jehovah (see Appendix 32); and the Various
Readings called Severin (see Appendix 34). These are given in
separate Appendixes; but other words of any importance are
preserved in our marginal notes.
Readers of The Companion Bible are put in possession of
information denied to former generations of translators,
commentators, critics, and general Bible students.
For futher information on the Massorah see Dr. Ginsburg's
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, of which only a limited edition
was printed; also a small pamphlet on The Massorah published by
King's Printers.
NOTE
1 The Talmud explains that "the book" meant the original text;
"distinctly" means explaining it by giving the Chaldee paraphrase;
"gave the sense" means the division of words, etc. according to the
sense; and "caused them to understand the reading" means to give
the traditional pronuciation of the words (which were then without
vowel points).
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2 Peter chapter 3 continued..
[7] But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (this 2nd earth age) and in 2 Peter 3:13 (the 3rd and final earth age)
Make no mistake about it!

The Day of the Lord and the return of Jesus Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords shall come whether any man believes it or not.

The question is if you do believe it,
"Would you like to know when it shall come to pass?"

The disciples wanted to know and so they sought Him and they went to Him "privately" and asked Him!

How many Christians do you know who do likewise, i.e. who go to Him privately, to His Word, and seek the answers to their questions?

You see, this is extremely important because herein lies the key as to whether or not you will be able to understand the Parable of the Fig Tree.

How so?

Well, first of all it is a "parable", a teaching by analogy or similitude, the in-depth meaning of which lies beyond the understanding of the multitudes of main stream "churchianity" and is reserved only for those who "seek Him", i.e. who hunger and thirst for the true bread of life and the fountain of living water, the Word of God.

Let's document it.

Mark 4:1 And He began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that He entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
A great multitude came to hear Jesus Christ teach but they did not seek Him afterwards as did His disciples.

We can only imagine that like most good church goers of today, when they departed they likely said to one another "Wasn't that a wonderful message today"!

[2] And He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in His doctrine, [3] Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
Christ taught in parables for two reasons and one of those reasons is because He loves all of us His/God's, originally created children and wishes to protect those of free-will who do not yet have the love of the truth.

You see, if and when they are ready in this 2nd earth age and truly "believe in Jesus Christ", they will come to Him privately, through His Word and ASK for wisdom and understanding, and they will be saved by their faith in Him prior to His return, by grace; if not saved before His return, they may still be saved by their works before the end of the Millennium, still by His shed blood, but no longer by faith because He will, be here to see for the whole 1000 years!

They will become doers of the Word and not hearers only (Rom. 2;13, James 1:22) and they will obey His commands because they love Him (John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments.").

 One of those commandments is the very subject of this study which is to "learn the Parable of the Fig Tree (Mat. 24:32 )".

Have you taken the time to do as He commanded you?

Let's skip ahead to verse 10 of Mark 4:

Mark 4:10 And when He was alone, they that were about Him with the twelve asked of Him the Parable. 11] And He said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
You will also find this documented in Matthew 13:10-11 where the disciples asked Jesus face to face, "Why speakest thou unto them in parables?"

His answer was twofold:

Mat. 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
(1) To simplify and make easy to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven to His disciples. (2) To hide the mysteries of the kingdom to those who do not seek Him and do not have eyes to see nor ears to hear.
Until they are truly "converted" and turn and repent from forsaking Him, from forsaking His Word and not coming to Him privately, they shall remain unable to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.

Here are Christ's own words:

Mark 4:12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Then Jesus Christ told His disciples (which means you if you are one) that unless they understood the Parable of the Sower
they would not be able to understand any of His parables.
[13] And He said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

Live Link to=>> The Parable of the Sower
Therefore we better take some time and lay some groundwork and make sure we understand the Parable of the Sower
else per Christ's own words we cannot understand the parable of the fig tree, right?

You see, the Parable of the Sower has to do with "seeds" and "planting" and "fruit", etc., all of which we shall be discussing in this study of the Parable of the Fig Tree which actually begins in the "Fig Grove", in the Garden of God called Eden, where the first "sowings" took place and the "cover-up" by the fig leaves themselves have kept hidden what really happened in that grove.

Do you know?

Let us therefore go to the parable of the sowing in the beginning and learn the truth from the words of Jesus Christ Himself.

Matthew 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: [25] But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
What are "tares"?
Live Link to=>> The Parable of the Tares

We need to know and understand the horticulture of "tares" which is zizanion (dziz-an'-ee-on) in Greek (#2215) and means "darnel" or false grain :- tares.

Here is Dr. Smith's explanation:

Tares: A noxious plant, of the grass family, supposed to mean the darnel. It grows among the wheat everywhere in Palestine, and bears a great resemblance to it while growing - so closely that, before they head out, the two plants can hardly be distinguished. The grains are found, 2 or 3 together, in 12 small husks, scattered on a rather long head. The Arabs do not separate the darnel from the wheat, unless by means of a fan or sieve, after threshing (Mat. 13:25-30). If left to mingle with the bread, it occasions dizziness, and often acts as an emetic. ("Smith's Bible Dictionary", A. J. Holman Company, pg. 301.)
[26] But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
Only a trained person can distinguish the toxic tares from true wheat while they are growing together in the field. However,
at harvest time the two are easily distinguishable.

The bearded darnel (Lolium temulentum) is a poisonous grass, almost indistinguishable from wheat while the two are only in blade, but which can be separated without difficulty when they come into ear (cp. mat. 13:29,30). ("Davis Bible Dictionary", Baker Book House, pg. 759.)
Do you understand that most people would not be able to tell the difference between a tare and a wheat plant?

This is important to our understanding of the parable of the fig tree, very important!

[27] So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
The "servants" of the house knew there were tares, toxic look-alike false wheat plants, in the field!

You could call them anti-wheats!

[28] He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Hmmm, it seems the sowing of the tares was the deliberate covert activity of the enemy.

Should we go round those suckers up?

[29] But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Let the tares alone! That's an order!
[30] Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
The reapers, whoever they are, will handle those tares, whoever they are, at harvest time, whenever that is!
JOHN'S NOTE: BOY, DOES THIS VERSE EVER DISPROVE THE 'RAPTURE THEORY'
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We are about to learn the mystery.

You see, what we have just read from Mat. 13:24-30 is an actual parable, which is a truth expressed in similitude using symbols with characteristics analogous to something else.

Next, notice again the emphasis on the fact that Jesus Christ spoke unto the multitudes in parables.

In fact, He didn't speak anything to them that was not in parable form.

Matthew 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: [35] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
This is a quote and a fulfillment of Ps. 78:2:
Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Are you able to see and understand from what we have learned so far that contained in this parable of the sower of the tares is a "secret" which has been kept from the "foundation of the world"?

Do you understand that the multitudes do not understand it?

They cannot tell the difference between tares and wheat in the field!

Now notice what happened next.

Jesus sent everyone away and went into the house, but those eager-to-know-His-Word disciples followed Him and ASKED HIM to "explain the parable of the tares of the field"!

[36] Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Jesus granted their request to seek knowledge from the Living Word of God and He answered and EXPLAINED the parable!

Therefore, what you are about to read is NOT A PARABLE!

It is the simple EXPLANATION of the parable by Jesus Christ to His disciples who want to KNOW the parable of the tares.

[37] He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Remember, this is not a parable nor a spiritual analogy!

It was God Himself who placed the "good seed" in the field, when He formed the individual man .'eth ha adham and his help meet Eve.

What is the field?

[38] The field is the world;
The world is just that, the world, i.e. good old mother earth which He Himself created. What or who are the "good seed"?
[38 cont.] ... the good seed are the children of the kingdom;
The "good seed" are the children (real people) of the kingdom, i.e. the children of the kingdom of God which He placed in the field, which we now know is the world.
You MUST understand that Christ is giving an explanation here of the parable. It is not a continuation of the parable nor is it a parable of the parable.
The "good seed" is simply symbolic terminology for His children which should not be a complicated thing to understand at all.
Editor's note We know that on the sixth day God created mankind in His own image, both male and female created he them. (The Hebrew word translated "man" is adam.), i.e. the races and in Genesis 1:31 he declared that everything he had made was very good.) (as in good seed)

In the manuscripts adam is not preceded by the definite article 'eth and so it does not refer to a specific person, i.e. the word adam means human being or mankind, and no gender is implied.   

On the seventh day (1000 years) He rested while those good seed (the races) were being fruitful and multiplying on the earth.

Then on the eighth day,(we call it the eighth day only because it happened after the day of rest, which is the seventh day. How long after we are not told) knowing He needed to provide a way for all of mankind to salvage their souls, He planted a garden and He formed the individual man Adam (The Hebrew word translated "man" is adam but this manuscript refers to one specific man) and Eve from this man Adam and placed them in the garden. Why God chose the white race for this the Bible doesn't say, only God knows.

In the manuscript it is preceded by the definite article 'eth and so it does refer to a specific person, i.e. the word  "'eth ha adham" means a specific human being, a man.

Eve was not just any women, was she? She had a special purpose, as did Adam  See Live Link to->Pamphlet #1069

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2 Cor. 11:3 "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ". --- II Corinthians 11:14 "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light". --- Yes, Satan appeared to Eve as a beautiful and charismatic charming young man, truly DISGUISED as a glorious "angel of light". --- Log unto and read "Absolute Must Read" above.  

God's plan being that from a virgin descendant, of pure pedigree, of "'eth ha adham" (Adam and help meet Eve) His own Son, as in Jesus Christ who is God Himself, born of a pure pedigree female (the virgin Mary) descendant of "'eth ha adham" and his help meet Eve  would be born to become the sacrificial lamb who would be crucified and rise again from the dead; thereby defeating death (Satan); Therefore Satan, knowing he must not let this happen as God planned it, will do everything he can to disrupt God's plan, i.e. even plant tares in the garden.

It is that simple and any attempt to "spiritualize" it into something other than what Christ just said, above and is saying below is to change His explanation.
In other words "children" means "children" as in offspring.

[38 cont.] ... but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Uh oh!

This is where we separate the men from the boys or you might say the tares from the wheat.

It seems that many are willing to accept that the "good seed" are the children of the kingdom but that the "tares", the "bad seed", are not really the children "of" the wicked one, the devil himself.

Note: The particular man, Adam planted the good seed, Abel, who Cain murdered.   Satan planted the bad seed, Cain when he seduced Eve in the garden.

Live Link to=>> The Parable of the Tares

Let us see and read from Christ's own words who it was that "sowed his wild oats" and produced these tares, which we now know are also children (real people).

Matthew 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;
HOLD IT right there! Is Jesus Christ saying that Satan actually has progeny "of" his own, as in his own offspring?

Yes, that is EXACTLY what He is saying and as we read on we will document it even further.

Remember, this has been hidden as in covered with figs leaves from the beginning, and those who still "sleep" (vs. 25) will continue to look at the field and see no tares.

It is time to wake up, Christian!

The hour is late and harvest time is nigh indeed!

What is harvest time anyway?

[38 cont.] ... the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
What will eventually happen to the tares?

They shall be "burned in the fire" at the end of this world age.

[40] As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
[41] The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; [42] And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. [43] Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Do you have eyes to see and ears to hear?

Well get them on because we will learn the minute details of when, where, and how the devil "sowed the tares" in the field.

It is the foundation and the beginning of wisdom in learning the Parable of the Fig Tree and therefore we are going to cast out the traditions of men (as taught in most so-called Christian churches) which have for so long obscured the truth of God's Word and we are going to learn what REALLY happened in the fig grove in the midst of the Garden of God!

Keep in mind that what you are about to read and hear may be so completely different than this illustrated "tradition" handed down by the churches for many generations that it might "set you on your heels".

One of Satan's most effective and subtle tools in covering up the truth of God's Word is to take that which is expressed figuratively
and cause people to take it literally, and vice versa.

And since it is of such extreme importance to understand what happened in the beginning of any book in order to place that which follows in proper context, you can be certain that Satan has worked real hard on the first few chapters of God's Word to make sure it is misunderstood thereby throwing people off track, by covering up his own tracks from the very start. see Live Link to-Genesis chapters 1 - 11

In other words (and never forget this):

If you do not know what really happened in the first few chapters of Genesis and especially in garden of Eden you will never truly understand the rest of God's Word.
That is why Jesus Christ said that if you do not understand the Parable of the Sower you will not understand any of His other parables.

That is why we now come to the Book of Genesis in order that we might understand the sowing of the "seeds", both the good and the bad, so that we might then be able to understand the Parable of the Fig Tree for it requires this understanding as background.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words", so let us "see" a visual of the typical "fairy tale" Satan would have the "little children" believe happened in the garden:

Garden art

The narrative at the bottom of the picture reads:

"Adam and Eve were told by God not to eat apples from a certain tree in the garden. An evil serpent tempted Eve and she and Adam both ate the forbidden fruit. Because they disobeyed God, they were forced to leave the Garden of Eden."
What is said in the narrative and illustrated in this picture is as far from the truth of what happened in the garden as night is from day,
for it is the very twisted "interpretation" of God's Word by the prince of darkness himself, i.e. Satan.

It is an image created by "that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world (Rev. 12:9)" to keep you in darkness, from learning the truth.

We intend to shed the "light" on this "snake" and expose him as the liar and fraud that he is.

Keep in mind that what you are about to read and hear may be so completely different than this illustrated "tradition" handed down by the churches for many generations that it might "set you on your heels", which is a figure of speech meaning it might astound you.

So do not say I didn't warn you!

Of course, if you are willing to believe fairy tales like the one in this picture then perhaps you can believe some reality and truth which may appear stranger than fiction.

Go for it!

First of all, would it surprise you to know that the word "apple" is not even mentioned anywhere in the Book of Genesis?

Check it out for yourself. You see, Satan wants you to believe that the "forbidden fruit" Adam and Eve partook of was literal fruit just like an apple. This is a prime example of taking that which is used figuratively to be the literal thing (or place or person) used symbolically to graphically depict something else.

Figures of speech are so overlooked in God's Word that I'm sure if we were to read in the New Testament that the apostle Paul "got into hot water" that there would be churches teaching that in order to be in good standing among their members you would have to "get into hot water" yourself. Of course there would be division and disagreement among the denominations and "scholars" as to what temperature actually constitutes "hot" as opposed to just "warm" and how much hot water a person should actually get into, i.e. should one step into hot water just up to his knees or waist or should one become totally immersed in hot water. And if you looked up the word "water" in any Greek dictionary it would certainly mean H2O, like rain. Yet the phrase he "got into hot water" has absolutely nothing to do with water! It is a figure of speech which means he "got into trouble"!

Maybe this hot water scenario sounded a bit ridiculous to you but you should just see some of the ludicrous things churches teach and have their people do because of their ignorance of His Word. Do you not think Satan would be laughing his fool head off at watching Christians getting into pools of "hot water"? Well guess what? He is laughing his fool head off at Christians who think Eve was deceived by a snake who talked her into eating an apple from a fruit tree! Good grief Charlie Brown!

You see, the word "serpent" is simply one of the symbolic names of Satan that describes him according to his low-life character. He is also called the dragon, the little horn, the vile person, the son of perdition, the Devil, Satan, Lucifer, the morning star (Isa. 14), etc. Spiritually speaking, he is a "snake" alright!

He is a sneaky, no-good, low-down, yellow-bellied, lying, conniving "serpent"!

Rev. 20:2 "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years."

But you know what? He is also the most beautiful and charismatic individual you will ever encounter, a charming one indeed! You can read all about this highly intelligent glistening one, "perfect in beauty", in the 28th chapter of Ezekiel.

He'll look like A Handsome Preacher when he returns to earth claiming to be God, and so will his 7000 fallen angels be disguised as preachers.

Someone ask me the other day if the 6th seal has already happened , and it made me think, could it be that some of those people manning the pulpits in our so-called Christian churches might indeed be fallen angels.  

But he'll really have all the characteristics of his true self, a scorpion:   

If you listen to him and believe he is Christ
he will turn your mind into mush just like a scorpion turns a physical victim into mush! And you will not have remained a chaste virgin as the bride of Christ is expected to be,
enduring until the end when the real Christ returns to take over his kingdom.
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Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Ok, then what about the fruit and the trees? They are also symbolic. Trees are used throughout the scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, to symbolize people. God's elect are called "Cedars of Lebanon" because the roots of the cedar go as deep as the tree is tall and therefore those trees cannot be easily shaken or uprooted. Jesus Christ is symbolized by the "Tree of Life" and the Vine, the branches of which bring forth good fruit. And as we shall see, Satan is symbolized by the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" and he and his branches bring forth corrupt and evil fruit which we are NOT to EAT. And so depending on what kind of "tree" you are determines what kind of fruit you produce. Here are words of Jesus Christ:

Luke 6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
In God's nature there is no such thing as a literally corrupt tree, because you see, trees have no brains and no knowledge of good and evil. However, people do!
[44] For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
If you eat the fruit from that "corrupt tree", which brings forth no good fruit, you are going to be in big trouble. Where should you get your fruit? Here is what your Father says:
Hosea 14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Imagine that! God even likens Himself to a tree, an evergreen fir symbolic of eternal life! You get your fruit from Him and from His Word and from NO ONE ELSE, no other tree!
[9] Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
The question is "Who is wise, and understands these things?" Are you wise, or do you believe in fairy tales about snakes and apples?

Let's go to Genesis and see what happened in the garden.

Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
You now know who this "serpent" is who was more subtle, meaning cunningly wise, than any "beast" of the field, which means any other living, created being, human or otherwise! So the PICTURE you now need to place in your mind is one of a very smart, good looking, handsome young man who is very, very charming and likeable and intelligent and well spoken. Got it?

That old serpent has perpetuated a lie, a tradition, about the "snake" and the "apple" long enough. Do not let him have the victory any more! Again, it is his diabolical plan to deceive a Biblically ignorant people, "because it ministers to the acceptance of his lie, the hiding of God's truth, the jeers of the infidel, the opposition of the critics, and the stumbling of the weak in faith." (Companion Bible, appendix 19, last paragraph.)

By the way, the apostle Paul also refers to this "serpent" in the garden in 2 Cor. 11:3:

2 Cor. 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
The Greek word for "serpent" is ophis, which means "an artful, malicious person; (figuratively a snake).
serpent = –öéò  ophis  of'-is   Strong's #3789 Probably from G3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan:—serpent.
Again, Satan appeared to Eve as a beautiful and charismatic charming young man, truly a glorious "angel of light" (2 Cor. 11:14).

Let's repeat Gen. 3:1.

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Notice that Satan is about to tempt Eve with God's Word and He is quoting the Word of God, though he has slightly twisted what was actually said! God told Adam that he could freely eat of every tree of the Garden. See what a subtle twist this is, from a positive to a doubtful questionable negative?
Genesis 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
There was only one "tree" that he was "NOT to eat of" and that was the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" in midst of the garden, the corrupt one who bore "bad fruit" which ultimately causes "death".
[17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Have you ever read Ezekiel chapter 31 concerning the Assyrian (the te ashshur  meaning "box cedar") who was in Eden?
Ezekiel 31:3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
This is not a literal "tree" as we will see, any more than the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was a literal "fruit" tree!
[4] The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
"Waters" are symbolic of people (Rev. 17:15). They made this tree great!
[5] Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
His influence extended worldwide, even unto all the nations (next verse).
[6] All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
All nations cannot "dwell" under an actual tree, can they? Of course not! And the fowls of heaven are those "dirty birds" which we learn more about in our study of the fig tree parable.
[7] Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
The "great waters" are the children of God, the House of Israel represented by the 12 stones that the Levite Priests wore. In Ezek. 28 you will find that Satan, called the king of Tyre, wore those same stones on his breastplate in the first earth age (before his rebellion) and walked up and down in the midst of them (called the stones of fire. God is a consuming fire (Heb. 12:29).
[8] The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
He was something else, this handsome intelligent preacher and leader of God's people! Did you know that he drew a third of God's children, us, while we were still in our angelic bodies in the 1st earth age, away from Him and caused us to follow and participate in his liberal ways! (Rev. 12:4). Many, many people just love this guy! Yes, the Devil, the serpent!
[9] I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
Trees do not envy other trees. Remember they have no brains and no knowledge of good and evil. Satan WAS the tree in the midst of the garden of Eden, both in the first earth age as shown here, and in this earth age in Gen. 3! It was Satan, that old serpent the devil, who tempted Eve and beguiled her.

Satan also tempted Jesus Christ in the wilderness with God's Word by misquoting and twisting the scriptures to read and mean the "letter" of what is written, instead of the "truth" of what is written. Most Christians do not even know that Satan misquoted the Word of God when he tempted Jesus Christ. Do you?

Let us go back to the garden.

Genesis 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Notice Eve also did not accurately quote God's Word for she left out the word "freely", probably due to the now negative tone Satan has injected into God's words.
[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Eve again has not gotten it right! God did not say "LEST ye die!" There is no "lest" or "perhaps" about it! It is not "questionable" at all! God said "thou shalt surely die!" She also added "neither shall ye touch it"! However, she will end up "touching" this tree who will literally "touch" her as in wholly seduce her. Yes, she will lose her "virginity" to the serpent, to this handsome, smart young man! Have you ever looked up the word "touch" in a Hebrew dictionary?
touch = òâ‡ðˆnaòga€naw-gah'  Strong's #5060 A primitive root; properly to touch, that is, laythehandupon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication to reach (figuratively to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.):—beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
I wonder why Eve added that? Had Satan already been putting the make on her?

That is why Paul talks about presenting the church as a chaste virgin unto Christ, unlike Eve who was "seduced" by the serpent and lost her virginity to him!
2 Cor. 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
The analogy is that you are to stay spiritually true as a "chaste virgin" and wait for your bridegroom, Jesus Christ. Do not be like Eve who was "beguiled" by the handsome young intellectual preacher in the midst of the garden!
[3] But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

beguiled = dîáðáôÜùexapataoex-ap-at-ah'-o Strong's #1818 From G1537 and G538; to seduce wholly:—beguile, deceive.

Let us continue with the discussion in Genesis chapter 3:
Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Satan has now brought the Word of God into question and after leading a twisted discourse he smiles at Eve and tells her that God didn't really mean that you will actually die! This is the first of many, many lies, for he is the father of lies (John 8:44).
[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof (believe Satan's lies), then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
It is their "spiritual eyes" that will be opened! In other words they will become enlightened through the expansion of their minds! You see, what Satan is saying is that you do not need God's Word to be your standard for right and wrong. No, you can be liberated, as in a "liberal", and you can determine for yourself what is right and wrong! Yeah, that only makes good sense, doesn't it? I mean, who is to say what is really right or wrong? Furthermore, the argument goes, what right do you have to impose your beliefs on someone else?

Go by what "feels good", baby! Live for today! (Baby Boomers know the song, "Sha la, la, la, la, la, live for today!")

Note: If a person gets really filled with the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good an evil he or she can become an arrogant condescending liberal politician who believes he or she can also determine in his or her own "godly wisdom" what is best for other people (of lesser intelligence). Of course what is good for others would obviously have to exclude God's Word, any reference of which must be stricken from the halls of justice and any and all government and public institutions, especially those schools where the children go to learn.

[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,...
Yeah baby! It looks real good! "Come on Eve, think about it! What harm can come to you? God is not going to "kill you" just for having a little fun!"
Now Think: When is the last time you saw an apple tree and said to yourself, "You know self, if I eat the fruit from this tree it will instantly make me wiser. I'll bet these are some kind of smart apples". Get apples and grapes out of your mind. It is the "leaven", the doctrine of Satan, his bad fruit, that Eve listened to. In other words, she "ate up" Satan's philosophical reasonings and "interpretations" of God's Word as he began to appeal to her ego and "desire". It all started to make sense to her and she told Adam all the things she was learning and he began to eat it up also. And before long, they were had!
[6 cont.] ... she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Thus was Eve "seduced" by the serpent in garden, the truth of which has been hidden for a long time to those who cannot tell the difference between trees and people, to those who have allowed the deceptive stories of the traditions of men to blind their eyes, that in seeing they don't see and in hearing they don't hear.

Yes, Cain was Satan's son!
Read John 8:44, 1 John 3:12 and Matthew 13:36-39.
And note:
Adam's Lineage in Genesis chapter 5 does not include Cain; because Cain was Satan's son, not Adam's.

Christian, Do you "See Men as Trees Walking" 

Live link to- If you are going to get any benefit from reading your Bible, you had better have Christ spit on your eyes like the blind man from Bethsaida!

[7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Their eyes were opened all right and they experienced something new, NAKEDNESS, both spiritually and physically! But why in the world do they now "know they're naked"? You will find it is because of the SHAME they have brought upon themselves, for disobeying God, yes, but in a much more perverted way than biting bad apples.

"And they sewed FIG LEAVES together, and made themselves aprons." Do you suppose these were itty bitty little aprons that they sewed together to cover their mouths because they just ate a bad apple? How stupid the traditions of men! Learn to think for yourself and stick to God's Word, not the traditions of men.

Does YOUR church teach this stuff
WHY DO YOU STILL ATTEND and support THAT CHURCH IF THEY DO.
[8] And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Uh oh! There's big trouble in paradise now! Adam and Eve hear their Father walking in the garden in the "ruach" (cool)! And now that they know good and evil, they know they've done evil! So they did what most people do, they HID THEMSELVES! Today we would call it "FigGate". You can read their excuses for disobeying God in verses 9 through 13 on your own. Let us now see what judgment was made by our Father:
Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
"Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life" are Hebraisms, figures of speech, which are simply statements of "degradation" and have nothing to do with snakes crawling! In English we might say you will always be "lower than a snake's belly" and "eat dust" all your life! Remember, the rotten snake seduced mother Eve right there in the fig grove! And you know what? She conceived! We will document that.

Here we have it! The two seeds of the Parable of the Tares!

Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: [15] And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Here we have it! The two seeds of the Parable of the Tares in Mat. 13! REMEMBER? God is NOT talking about "apple seeds" here! He is talking about progeny, children, the same thing Christ was talking about in Mat. 13!
Matthew 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; (Satan)
That's right? Eve is about to give birth and one of those children will be the offspring of the Devil.                    
Matthew 13:9 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Satan sowed his "seed" right there in the fig grove! How? He seduced Eve and she participated in the "conception" of that bad seed!

Now notice the sentence of "sorrow" (travail) related to child birth that Eve receives because of what she has done.

Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Well, how are you doing? Are you still with us
or have you decided to stick with "snakes and apples"?

"How long until the end when He returns?"

Now, let's get back to "The Parable of the Fig Tree"

The Parable of the Fig Tree is just that, a parable, and Jesus Christ instructed us to "learn from it", for when we see its tender branch set out and put forth leaves we will know that "the heat is on", as in the summer (season) has begun which will culminate in the harvest at the end of this flesh age.

He then told us that during the generation that began at that "historic" moment, ALL of the prophecies of Mat. 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 would ALL come to pass.

Additionally, as we see those prophecies come to pass one by one during that season we shall know that we are drawing closer and closer to end of this flesh age when the doors of heaven open and Jesus Christ returns as the King of kings and Lord of lords.

Here is what the disciples asked Jesus Christ when they came to him "privately":

Mark 13:3 And as He sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him privately, [4] Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
Jesus Christ "began" (Mk. 13:5) to answer their questions by telling them all seven of the events that would take place before He returned.

Few know that those seven events He explained are exactly the same as the Seven Seals and the Seven Trumps of Revelation.

Then Jesus answered their specific questions of "When" will they be, as in begin, and "What sign" would mark the "When all these things shall be fulfilled", in other words, "How long until the end when He returns?"

Here is their first question:

Mark 13:4 Tell us, when shall these things be?... In other words, when do these things begin to take place? He told them that the answer was contained in learning a Parable of, or from, the "Fig Tree".
Mark 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
The season begins (and the fig tree begins to grow) when we SEE a tender branch set out and put forth leaves. We will discuss more about the fig leaves in a latter in this study.

So we know that we will observe a "planting" come to pass because "in like manner", just as we observe the "history" of the planting of the fig tree, when we observe the other "things" come to pass we will know that the end is very near and the doors of heaven are about to open!

[29] So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
Mark 13:4... and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? In other words, how long shall it be from the planting until Christ returns?

The answer is:

[30] Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
That's right! Christ shall return during the generation that began when the branch of the fig tree was set out. You can count on it (next verse)! Hint: We shall soon discover this means there will be "Baby Boomers" who will see the return of Christ!
[31] Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.


And we now KNOW from history the exact "day" when the fig tree was planted, for it has already come to pass.

We even KNOW where it was set out. However, before we disclose that day and location we need to learn more about the "fig tree" and learn that there are both "good figs" and there are "bad figs". Therefore, let us continue our study from the beginning and come forth through history to our present era.

We learned that both the good seed and the bad seed were planted in the garden because Adam failed to dress and keep it according to the Word of God. No, it wasn't the flowers and the veggies he was to dress and keep! He was to "serve God" and be an husbandman, a farmer, a laborer in the field, a doer and protector of His Word "watching" over and "protecting", as in building an hedge about the people in the garden beginning with his own wife Eve!

Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Here are the Hebrew definitions for "dress" and "keep".
Dress = H5647 ãáòÈ€aòbadaw-bad' A primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication to serve, till,(causatively) enslave, etc.:— Xe, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service,compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep,labour (-ing man), bring topass, (cause to, make to) serve (-ing, self), (be, become) servant (-s), do (use)service, till (-er), transgress [from margin], (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper.
Adam's family was to serve God and bring forth truth and knowledge and "till the ground, the field, i.e. the world (Mat. 13:38)" with knowledge and truth from His
 Word
! That is precisely why God "formed him" (Genesis 2:5). You see, God had created all the races on the sixth day (Gen. 1:26) and made them to be hunters and fishers, but after He rested on the 7th Day He declared that had "no man to till the ground". Gen. 2:5 "And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground." So He formed Adam and placed him in the garden to dress it and keep it on the a later day (which we call the eighth day, only because it happened after day seven).
Keep = H8104 øîÇLÜshaòmarshaw-mar' A primitive root; properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard;generally to protect, attendto, etc.:—beware, be circumspect, take heed (to self),[which is discipline] keep (-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe,reserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch (-man).
That's right! Adam was to serve God by observing His Word himself and being a "watchman" over the garden, i.e. to protect those in the garden (Eve) from eating bad fruit!
Note: The analogy of "flesh" food, such as fruit, bread, meat, etc., to spiritual food is used throughout the Word of God. Take a look around today and see what man has done to pollute God's creation (the natural foods) by "forcing" the ground with toxic chemicals (false doctrines) and by then removing the "natural nutritious elements" (truth) from his food through what he calls "refining"! The point is that even as the descendants of Adam today do not "dress and keep" the "earthly fields" according to God's natural laws, nor do they bake the "whole grain wheat" into bread without "bleaching it" and adding "fluff", they have also allowed the "spiritual fields" in our land to be filled with poisonous doctrines and the "bread of life", His Holy Word, to become polluted! Your Father doesn't like it!
Malachi 1:6  son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
[7] Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
Therefore, in following the analogy set forth let us compare the "processing" of the earthly "bread" our people eat to the "processing" of the spiritual "bread" they eat daily, which should be the unadulterated "bread of life", the pure natural Word of God, but unfortunately it is not in most cases. You see, oh-so-smart-and-worldly-wise man takes the whole grain wheat and removes the substantive outer coat and literally strips it of all nutrition while he bleaches it with a toxic poison to make it "white" as snow and a "loaf to be desired". Students of Ezek. 13 would say the bread is "whitewashed". Then man beats "air" (like his own hot air) into the dough spiced with "leaven" to make the loaf nice and "fluffy" when it is baked and to make its texture more "palatable" to the ignorant consumer. One should ask, "How DARE he call that wicked stuff bread?" Yes, the "traffickers" of bread have made it look real good and made it taste real good, a loaf to be desired, so people "flock" to eat that "junk" and then they wonder why they are unhealthy and why Preparation H is such a big seller? Go figure.

We could go on and on with junk food analogies but let us make just one more observation. Look out across the purple mountains majesty and across the fruited plains of this "bread basket" of the world and observe our "eating habits" today and "take heed" to the "junk foods" that so many of our people are eager and willing to consume. We can learn a great deal about our "spirituality" from a close observation of "food" in this final generation of the "Baby Boomers", who would better be called the "Big Babies", spiritually speaking that is (Heb. 5:11-14).

For instance, we find "fast food" restaurants serving instant gratification fries and hamburgers and "Happy Meals" scattered all over our land and at every exit and entrance to our "highways and byways", analogous to the paths we follow. These "glistening" facilities serve so few nutritious items (if any) that their so-called food is commonly referred to as "junk food", amazingly even by those who eat it! One should be forewarned that if this "stuff" is consumed as a steady diet it will make you sickly indeed!

By the way, the original "fast food" restaurants were set out under "golden rainbow-like arches". Since then, other fast food denominations have come along and strived to be the burger king by preparing or grilling the same junk food in diverse manners or by adding a few sesame seeds to the big white fluffy buns encompassing the king's idolatrous meat. Take a lesson from Daniel and his friends when they were offered the king's meat (analogous to Satan's false doctrine... you know... like fruit from the bad tree). Stick to "pulse", the pure "bread of life" and your countenance will be much fairer! (Understand we are speaking in a spiritual sense.) Daniel 1:12-13 "Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. [13] Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants."

You know, it should come as no surprise to anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear that the pioneers of the "fast food" restaurant and the pioneer of the "fast salvation" doctrine, I speak of the any-moment Rapture Theory, have the same last name, M(a)cDonald! Though it may offend some, the truth of the matter is that the any-moment Rapture Theory is nothing more than a spiritual fast food "Happy Meal"! You keep eating that stuff long enough and you will be spiritually sick indeed! I guarantee you that "junk food" from MacDonald's fly-through window is not served at the table of the Lord, i.e. it is not to be found ANYWHERE in the Word of God! Christ foretold us all things (Mark 13:23), even in the exact order in which they shall occur! Have you not read His Word? Where do you eat?

Let us return from the Parable of the Big Mac to the Parable of the Fig Tree. What we need to learn from the planting of the good and the bad seeds in the garden is that the "bad seed" are the children, the very offspring, of Satan the Devil and that his son was named Cain who would soon become the first murderer. In fact, murder would become a "family trait" that would follow Cain's progeny down through the ages, even to this very day! It was the son's of Cain who murdered Jesus Christ, not the children of our brother Judah. Now let us understand the birth of the twins, Cain and Abel. Oh, you didn't know they were twins? They were.

Genesis 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man* from the LORD.
*The Hebrew the word "man" in this verse is not "adam" but rather "ish". Of course Eve knew and recognized from her instructions and experience of labor pains that giving birth was ordained of God.

Yes, Adam also "knew" his wife and she conceived to him also. She then bore "fraternal twins" to two different fathers. In other words, she bore Cain, who was the firstborn and the son (seed) of Satan, and then continuing in labor (next verse) she bore his brother Abel, the firstborn son of Adam.

[2] And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Here is the Hebrew word for "again" which means to continue to do a thing. In Eve's case she "continued" to "bare", as in continued in labor, and gave birth to Cain's brother Abel:
again óñ—éˆyaòsaphyaw-saf' H3254 A primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbially to continue to do a thing):— add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give moreover, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be [strong-] er, X yet, yield.
You see, Cain was NOT Adam's son. That may come as a shock to those who have listened to the traditions of men about "apples and snakes" for so long that the truth from God's Word sounds strange. Again, the truth about the "seed" in Eve's womb has been "hidden" from view, covered up by the "fig leaves" sewn together. Nevertheless, that is why you will NOT find Cain listed in Adam's genealogy in chapter 5 of Genesis. He was not Adam's son and so he has his own genealogy in chapter 4!
This is what the Parable of the Tares in Mat. 13 concerning the "bad seed" is all about and although you may not quite understand it all at this point, before we conclude with our study of the Parable of the Fig Tree you should have a really good understanding of who they are, even today. By the way, if you take the time to study the two undeniably "separate" genealogies in Gen. 4 and Gen. 5 you will notice that the names of Cain's offspring in chapter 4 are very similar and in some cases the same as the names of Adam's offspring in chapter 5. Just make note of the fact that you cannot go by "names" alone in distinguishing a Cainite(Kenite) from an Adamite. Below is a simple chart comparing the similarity of some of the names:
Cain's Lineage (Kenites)   (Gen. 4)
Adam's Lineage (Adamites) (Gen. 5 - Not in order)
Enoch Enos
Irad Jared
Mehujael Mahalaleel 
Methusael Methuselah
Lamech Lamech
We shall not review the murder of Abel by his brother Cain in this study, but we shall read the prophetic sentence Cain received for his wicked deed:
Genesis 4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; [12] When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Even in the physical sense, to this very day the ground does not produce well for the sons of Cain and so they continue to live parasitically off the labors and production of others.

Next we shall briefly trace the sons of Cain through the Word of God and even "listen in" on a conversation between them and the Lord Jesus Christ. Hey, talk about a bunch of "snakes and vipers"! They are going to "lie through their lion's teeth" right to the face of Messiah! But don't worry! They cannot fool Him! Can they fool you? We shall see!

What ever happened to Cain after he "went out from the presence of the LORD"?

Do you know? And why is it we are given the beginning of his posterity* in chapter four of Genesis? The answer to the latter question is so that the wise of this final generation would be able to pick up on that genealogy and know who the enemies of Christianity are? Remember, God said to the serpent in Gen. 3:15 "I will put enmity between your seed (children) and her (seed)"! That enmity exists to this day!

Note: If every human being on earth except Noah and his family were wiped out during the Flood of Noah, as is so commonly believed and erroneously taught, there would be no posterity of Cain after that event, would there? Yet we shall see in this study that his offspring did survive because they are found to be alive and well throughout the scriptures continuing to do the work of their father the devil, even to this very day. If you would like to learn more about the Flood of Noah, why God brought it upon the earth, and learn from scriptural documentation how it is that all the races including the sons of Cain survived that flood, then log unto our Genesis pamphlets 1 through 11.
Live link to- >>> Genesis chapters 1 through 11 and Read what happened in the beginning.

So how is it that the wise are to know and understand who Cain's descendents are in this final generation? We are simply to trace them throughout the scriptures, and if we do, they will become visible to the discerner in secular history as well! This is important because their identity is crucial in order to understand the in-depth meaning of the Parable of the Fig Tree. That is why we have spent so much time documenting who the tares are! Because you see, tares are also very "naughty figs" (Jer. 24:2). Yes, there are two types of figs, good figs and bad figs, both of which are part of the "planting" as we will see when we get to Jeremiah 24.

Let us now see what happened to Cain and trace his children throughout the scriptures.

Lets take a look at Cain and his children throughout the scriptures.

Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Have you ever read in secular history about Sargon I of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Magnificent? If not, you might wish to obtain a copy of Mrs. Sidney Bristowe's compelling book titled "Sargon the Magnificent" in which she identifies Sargon as none other than Cain of Genesis who went forth into the land of the Sumerians and subdued them and founded the city of Babylon.

[17] And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
One of the most common questions people ask is "Who did Cain marry?" The answer is that he married one of the women from the 6th day creation of Gen. 1:26. Again, if you would like to know more about the events in the beginning including the creation of the races, the formation of Adam and Eve, the fallen angels, the flood of Noah, etc., then see our studies on Genesis.

Let us now take our Strong's Concordance and look up the word "Cain". Cain = ïP÷­qayinkah'-yin Strong's #7014 The same as H7013 (with a play upon the affinity to H7069); Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe:—Cain, Kenite (-s).

The word "Kenite", a child of "Kayin", is a "transliteration" which is simply when you convert the letters of one language into the letters of another language. That differs from a "translation" where you convert a word to its meaning. The meaning of "Kenite" comes from the Hebrew word "Qayin" or "Kayin" who is known to us English speaking peoples as "Cain". You see, the letter "Koph" (÷) in Hebrew which is the first letter in the name Kayin, Qayin, Cain, has the sound of a "K" or a "Q" or a hard "C", just like the "K" and "C" in the names Kathy and Cathy are pronounced exactly the same way in English. A Cain-ite, or Ken-ite in English, is therefore a son of, or descendent of, Cain (not to be confused with a Canaanite).

Here is Strong's definition of "Kenite": kenites = éð„é÷« éð„é÷"qeòynŒòy qŒòynŒòykay-nee', kee-nee'  Strong's #7017 Patronymic from H7014; a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin:—Kenite.

So do not make this difficult. The children of Cain are simply called "Ken-ites" just as the children of Israel are called Israel-ites or the descendents of Moab are called Moab-ites. Got it? Then let's go to 1 Chronicles 2 and check out some descendants of both Israel and Kayin, i.e. Israelites and Kenites respectively.

1 Chron. 2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, [2] Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
You can read the rest of the genealogies of the Israelites in chapter 2 on your own but when you get to the last verse (55) notice that there are some Non-Israelite families listed that are "affixed to" the house of Israel:
1 Chron. 2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Do NOT overlook what "duty" these sons of Cain have among the tribes! They are scribes!
scribe = øôÇñ˜saòpharsaw-far' Strong's #5608 A primitive root; properly to score with a mark as a tally or record, that is, (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively to recount, that is, celebrate:—commune, (ac-) count, declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
By the way! You may be interested to know that by tracing the Kenites through the scriptures we are actually doing what Rev. 13:18 instructs us to by "counting" the number of the beast, who is Satan himself, whom you now know is the father of the Kenites who became scribes!
Want some wisdom? Here is how to get it:
Rev. 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T COUNT THEM UNLESS YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE!
Notice how close the definition of the word "scribe" in Hebrew is to the word "count" in Greek. count = øçößæùpseôphizoôpsay-fid'-zo Strong's #5585 From G5586; to use pebbles in enumeration, that is, (genitive case) to compute:—count.
"Count" comes from the Greek word "psephos".
øyöïò  = pseôphos psay'-fos Strong's #5586 From the same as G5584; a pebble (as worn smooth by handling), that is, (by implication of use as a counter or ballot) a verdict (of acquittal) or ticket (of admission); a vote:—stone, voice.

To count the number of the beast is to "enumerate" pebbles, or "stones" worn smooth through handling, i.e. over a long period of time or service. Of course the number 666 gives it away and makes it very obvious that what we are to do is trace the Kenites as we are doing. Here is the Greek for 666 which is Satan's number (see appendix 10 in the Companion Bible):

666 =  ÷îòchi xi stigma khee xeestig'-maStrong's #5516
The 22nd, 14th and an obsolete letter (G4742 as a cross) of the Greek alphabet (intermediate between the 5th and 6th), used as numbers; denoting respectively 600, 60 and 6; 666 as a numeral:—six hundred threescore and six.
Let us read again 1 Chron. 2:55.
1 Chron. 2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
These "scribes" who affixed themselves to the tribes of Israel (especially to the tribe of Judah) would eventually work their way into the temple and ascend from the position of temple "servants" to that of the Levitical Priesthood, including the office of the High Priest. That is why Jesus Christ would say to the disciples in Mat. 23 that the scribes and Pharisees were in charge, meaning they now sat in the seat of authority!
(In other words, decendants of Cain not only survived Noah's flood, but they now run the church of the people we call Jews today.)
Note: We did not say all of the people we call Jews today are Kenites
Matthew 23:2 Saying,The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
It is even worse today, in this 21st century. Satan has gotten his grandkids, the Kenites, into a position where they are influencing, if not running most so-called Christian churches, seminaries, and publishing houses. Yes they are responsible for the corrupting of most of the so-called easier to read Bible published since the 1970s.
 
In other words, the Kenites were "running the church"!
How in the world could that have happened?
Let's review some history and find out:
Following Cyrus' decree in 426 BC to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, Ezra and Nehemiah went back to Jerusalem, but they took with them only a REMNANT from the House of Judah. The rest of Judah, the majority of them, went north over the Caucasus Mountains with the other tribes of Israel and to this very day most of true Judah and Israel do not know who they are. The 10 so-called "lost" tribes of the House of Israel basically comprise the Christian nations of the world today, the largest being the USA, yet in their ignorance they call themselves gentiles.

It was during the trip back to Jerusalem that at one point Ezra stopped and gathered the people together and took a census. And guess what he found, or better yet, what he didn't find?  Read it yourself:

Ezra 8:15 And I gathered them together to the river than runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
There were no Levitical priests among them. NONE! So Ezra sent some Nethinims, who were temple helpers, back to Babylon to get some Real Ministers, some genuine Levites, for the house of God.
[17] And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
It was king Solomon who built the first temple and who first brought those non-Israelite temple workers, the Nethinims, into God's House. You can look up the definition of "Nethinim" in your Strong's Concordance, but here's a few excerpts from "The Dictionary of the Bible", John D. Davis, pg 537.
Nethinim, in A.V. Nethinims [given].
Temple servants or slaves given by David and the princes for the service of the Levites (Ezra 8:20). Prior to their appointment, similar functions seem to have been discharged by the Midianites, whom Moses gave over to the Levites (Num. 31:47), and at a subsequent period by the Gibeonites, whom Joshua assigned as hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of God (Josh. 9:23). Even after the Nethinim were associated with them or superceded them, the number of the Nethinim may have been too small for the elaborate temple services instituted by David's son and successor, and been increased; for we find in the books of Ezra (2:55-58) and Nehemiah (7:57-60) the children of Solomon's servants, i.e. slaves, mentioned after and numbered with the Nethinim.  Although they were organized by David, it was probably under a different name; for the word Nethinim occurs only in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, with a solitary passage in 1 Chron. 9:2. They discharged the more menial duties required by the temple worship. Of the Nethinim and the children of Solomon's servants, 392 returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:58; Neh. 7:60), and 220 more with Ezra (Ezra 8:17-20).
Now pay close attention to these next two sections.
The Nethinim seem to have been naturalized foreigners rather than people of true Israelite descent (1 Chron. 9:2. Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61), and several of the names on the list of their leading men have a foreign aspect (Ezra 2:43-54; Neh. 7:46-56)...

The children of Tabbaoth and Keros, and of Solomon's servants the children of Sophereth (Ezra 2:43,44,55), which mean the children of rings, of the weaver's comb, and of the scribal office, apparently denote the official duties in the temple which the men of these classes discharged.

That's correct. Foreigners, i.e. kenites, became the scribes for the lazy Levites. It would be these scribes that would work their way "up the ladder", so to speak, and eventually sit in the seat of Moses by the time Christ arrived at His first advent.
Some of them lived on Ophel, a southern prolongation of the temple hill...
The tower of Ophel, where these kenites lived, was above the conduit through which the water from the Virgin Fountain flowed into the Pool of Siloam. So even though these false shepherds of the sons of Cain were in charge of the temple, the Living Water flowed right beneath them. Talk about symbolic?
Holding an official position at the temple, although the office was menial, they were exempt from imperial taxation (Ezra 7:24).
Now there's a surprise! Kenites avoiding taxes! Just shows there is nothing new under the sun.
They seem to have adopted with some cordiality the covenant made at the instance of Nehemiah to worship Jehovah (Neh. 10:28,29).
They embrace the gods of money, power and ego! But at least now you should have a little better understanding of the mixing in of the kenites into the temple. This is important because although they were "foreigners" the major portion of these kenites would later falsely claim to be of Judah, of the seed of Abraham!

Let us go one more verse in Ezra:

Ezra 8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
Well, they did what Ezra asked them to. The Nethinim brought back some Levites, but they did not come back with very many. And although these Levites would serve in the temple for some time, by the time Christ would walk this earth the sons of Cain will have taken over. In fact, Caiaphas the high priest would actually be appointed by the Roman governor.
 
The Nethinim brought back some Levites, but they did not come back with very many.

Ezra 8:15 And I gathered them together to the river than runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

[17] And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

Ezra 8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
Well, they did what Ezra asked them to. The Nethinim brought back some Levites, but they did not come back with very many. And although these Levites would serve in the temple for some time, by the time Christ would walk this earth the sons of Cain will have taken over. In fact, Caiaphas the high priest would actually be appointed by the Roman governor.

Again, so that we understand the conversation that is about to take place in John between Jesus and the scribes and Pharisees, we need to know that during the 400 year period from the time of Malachi, the last book in the Old Testament, to the time of Christ, the "great synagogue" would come forth. And many of the ruling authorities of the temple, those religious leaders in charge, would not be of the seed of Abraham, i.e. true Israelites or Levitical Priests, but would be the wicked sons of Cain, who are called "Kenites" (pronounced Cain-ites) in the Bible. They will plot and bring about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for they are murderers just like their father, the very first murderer.

We will now see the kenites try to convince Jesus that they are of the "seed" of Abraham, BY BIRTH! But remember, we know they are not and so did Jesus! They are liars and are of the synagogue of Satan (Rev. 2:9, 3:9). We pick up the conversation in John chapter 8:

John 8:31
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, (From the True Tribe of Judah, no doubt) If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
The Greek word for "continue" is meno and is better translated "abide". The "flip side" of what Jesus just said is that if you don't abide in His Word, you are not one of His disciples, i.e. a person who is disciplined in His Word.
[32] And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
AND, THEREFORE, IF you abide in His Word, THEN you shall know the truth! Jesus Christ, the Word of God, is the truth that shall make you free. Not only will you be free from sin, but you will be free from worry, anxieties, etc., not to mention free from the traditions of men. This verse does not say that abiding in church will make you free for church is actually a bondage for many.
[33] They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
The word "seed" in Greek is sperma and means by implication offspring. By the way, their statement is totally in error for not only are they NOT of Abraham's seed, but Abraham's seed (the Israelites) were in bondage in Egypt for 400 years, weren't they?
[34] Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
They just committed sin. They just LIED to Jesus Christ, right to His face, and of course He knew it! They were NOT of Abraham's seed. Now for a little salvation message from Yeshua:
[35] And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
The servant of sin will not abide forever. Of course not. Remember that the wicked, the unrepentant servants of sin, shall be consumed in the lake of fire and perish? So ultimately, by the time of the great white throne judgment at the end of the Millennium, if one doesn't abide in Him, they are history! No, actually they will be completely blotted out of history! They will be consumed by fire and remembered no more!
[36] If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
Only the Son who paid the price can set you free from death!
John 8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
 Read this verse, "I know that you say you are Abraham's seed...".

Note: If you check out the Greek word for "know" in this verse you will find "it denotes mediate knowledge, e.g. from hearsay (see "A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament", E. W. Bullinger, pg. 435.)"

[38] I speak that which I have seen with my Father:(Father God) and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. (father Satan)
Notice there are two "fathers" in this verse. One is capitalized and the other is not.
[39] They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
The works of Abraham would be to serve God, abide in His Word, and follow the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
[40] But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. [41]Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
"We are not illegitimate!", they retorted. "We have one Father - God." (Phillips)
[42] Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. [43] Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Jesus now identifies the origin of their family "tree".
[44] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
We are told this also, that Satan was Cain's father in 1 John 3:12 and Matthew 23:27-33.

It doesn't get any plainer than these words of Jesus Christ
. These particular scribes and Pharisees were not who they claimed to be, i.e. they were not children of Abraham, neither by birth nor by works, and so by default they could not even be of Judah. They were descendants of Cain, the first son who was of Satan, the first murderer. It was Cain's offspring, the kenites, who were responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, though our brother Judah has been falsely blamed for it.

Be forewarned that most preachers and ministers and commentaries will try to "spiritualize away" this 44th verse in John 8, and say Christ wasn't talking about "sperma", i.e. seed and offspring. But let me ask you, is there not a group of people who run around TODAY claiming that they are "God's chosen people" by descent?

Those Christians who belong to the end time church of Smyrna know they are not!

Rev. 2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; [9] I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Those Christians who belong to the end time church of Philadelphia know they are not!
Rev. 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; [8] I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. [9] Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
The question is, "Does your church know who they are?" If not, your church is not in good standing with Jesus Christ, for you will find that only two out of the seven 21st. century churches listed in Rev. 2-3 are found to be without fault. They are the church of Smyrna and the church of Philadelphia.
Stay with us through the rest of this study! We are about to bring prophecy and history together to document the planting of the Fig Tree!

The Israelites are TWO STICKS, not one!

So far we learned that there was a group of scribes and Pharisees who tried to tell Jesus Christ that they were of the "seed of Abraham" by birth.

However, He didn't "buy it" and straightway identified them as being of, as in the offspring of, their father the first murderer who is ALSO the father of these Kenite liars who today have infiltrated the ranks of Judaism even more so then when Jesus confronted them. Plus most of our 21st. century so-called Christian churches and their publishing houses, I might add. 

Here is Christ confronting a group of Kenites and exposing them as liars:

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
What one must understand is that there is still a group today who continually tell Biblically illiterate Christians that they are also of the "seed of Abraham", even of Judah who was Abraham's great grandson, and therefore they claim they are "God's chosen people" by birthright!
When will our people quit being so naive and learn that just because someone "claims" to be something, like a descendant of Judah or even a Christian minister, doesn't make it so?

The Kenites today speak the very same lie "about their own" (i.e. their ancestry) that they tried to "pull over" the eyes and ears of Messiah in John chapter 8. Sadly though, most Christians today, except those of the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia, "believe their lie"!

Of course most Christians do not even know the difference between an Hebrew, an Israelite and a Jew.

While it is true that Judah was a son of Jacob (whose named was changed to Israel) he was only one out of 12 sons, i.e.

Judah had 11 brothers!

You see, all true Jews (Judahites) are of Israel and all Israelites are of Isaac and of Abraham, but as the chart below clearly shows it certainly does NOT work the other way around.

In fact, most Hebrews and most Israelites are not of Judah, i.e. they are not Jews!

Biblical and secular history both show that following the reign of Solomon, the last king of Israel to rule over all 12 tribes, the southern tribe of Judah along with the tribe of Benjamin and their share of the Levites split from the northern 10 tribes.

Thus the northern 10 tribes with their capital at Samaria became known as the House of Israel while the southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin became known as the House of Judah.

This should be very common knowledge given that most Bibles have a map in their appendix which pictorially displays the division of the two houses.

To this day the two houses (branches) of the House of Judah and the House of Israel remain divided and furthermore, they will NOT be joined back together into "one stick" until Jesus Christ returns at the 7th Trump.

Your documentation is found in Ezek. 37:

Ezekiel 37:15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, [16] Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: [17] And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. [18] And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
Ezekiel was to openly display before the people the joining together of two sticks into one and he was to tell the people who ask the meaning thereof, the following explanation from the Word of God:
[19] Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
The Houses of Judah and the House of Israel will be reunited (restored) under one house when Jesus Christ returns.

Until then, do not let some Biblically illiterate preacher from one of the five churches Christ has problems with in Rev. 2-3 tell you that the tribe of Judah IS the same as the House of Israel.

It is most definitely NOT for they are TWO STICKS, not one!

You see, that little nation in the Middle East that calls itself Israel and its citizens Israelis (not Israelites) is NOT the House of Israel but rather the House of Judah, and then only in part which is what this study reveals to those who seek understanding!

The question is "Just who are those today who claim to be Jews (of Judah) but are NOT?"

Take the time to learn the history of the House of Israel, those 10 "Lost" Tribes who were taken captive by the Assyrians and went north over the Caucasus Mountains (hence called Caucasians) and who settled in western Europe, and many of them later migrated as Pilgrims and sojourners to the Americas. You will also discover that most of Judah migrated to the west as well for it is written that only a small remnant of all of Judah returned to Jerusalem with Ezra and Nehemiah.

*Note: If you do not know who the so-called lost 10 tribes of the House of Israel are and where they dwell today, go to Pamphlet #1064 or Pamphlet #1020 under Table of Contents "Wisdom" on the this American Wisdom Series site.

Here again are Jesus Christ's own words to the only two churches who are knowledgeable of and teach about those who claim to be of our brother Judah but are NOT!

By the way! The seven churches Christ addresses in Rev. 2-3 are all present on the Lord's Day, which is the first day of the Millennium, the day the Lord returns. You see, it was the future time known as the "Lord's Day" (see note in Companion Bible) that John was taken to in the Spirit to witness the events of Revelation. Those events occurred before, on, and after that great day and he was told to give his witness in writing to the seven churches of today.

Rev. 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, [11] Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
To the church of Smyrna:
Rev. 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
That's right! The sons of Cain, the kenites, are NOT descendants of Abraham, Judah's great grandpa! They are a bunch of liars and they are of the synagogue of Satan, though they claim to be "God's chosen people"!

To the church of Philadelphia:

Rev. 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Note: We do not teach against our brother Judah. However, in today's ever darkening atmosphere of political correctness (which amounts to the oppression and suppression of freedom of speech, religion, and even opinion of thought), most preachers wouldn't teach the truth concerning those who lie about being of Judah even if they knew it for fear of being "stung by the scorpion" (Rev. 9) and labeled an anti-Semite and "hung out to dry" by the main stream media and/or a corrupt judicial system. Well, Jesus Christ taught the truth and identified the kenites and guess what? They had Him crucified! Of course that should come as no surprise because they are responsible for the persecution and murder of God's prophets and servants from Abel onward! Here is Christ speaking to those same scribes and Pharisees who claim to be of Abraham.
Matthew 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. [32] Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. [33] Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? [34] Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: [35] That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
The question is "Just who are those today who claim to be Jews (of Judah) but are NOT?"

First of all, if you look up the word "Jew" (Ioudaios in Greek) as used in the New Testament you will find it has two meanings: (1) A person who is actually of the tribe of Judah, and (2) A person who resides in the land of Judea. In other words, just as a resident of Texas would be called a Texan or Tex, likewise a resident of Judea would be called a Judean or Jew.

What we are now going to document from the pages of history is that there are truly many today who call themselves Jews, meaning of Judah, who are in fact NOT from any of the tribes of Israel, much less from our brother Judah. What we learn from this is simply that Judah has been greatly "infiltrated" with non-Judahites who are not merely gentiles but actually the bad "seed", i.e. the "tares"! And since our purpose here is to simply document that Judah is MIXED with non-Judahites we suggest that you do an independent study on your own knowing first that the Jews of our times fall into two main divisions: the Sephardim Jews and the Askenazim Jews.

In your research you will find what has been called by some "an embarrassment to historians" and even "the most cruel hoax which history has ever perpetuated". It is the history of the powerful pagan Khazar Empire which flourished from the seventh to the eleventh century A.D. You see, history shows that the entire nation of Khazars beginning with the Kagan (akin to Kajin), their ruler, and the ruling classes were converted to Judaism!! They later migrated to Poland and Russia and formed the cradle of Western Jewry! How about that?

The following are a few short excerpts taken from the subject titled "Khazars" in the " Encyclopedia Britannica", 1973, pgs. 328-330.

KHAZARS

"... Khazar civilization shows a fairly complex texture and their religious life raises more than one problem. Christianity, Islam, Judaism and some sort of "pagan" worship are all attested by sources. About 740 the Khazar ruler - and probably the greater part of the ruling classes - were converted to Judaism. The circumstances of their conversion remain obscure, the depth of the Jewish layer difficult to assess; the fact itself is, however, undisputed and unparalleled in the history of central Eurasia.

"The story of this conversion of the Khazars had a considerable and lasting impact on the western world. The first to record it was Druthmar of Aquitaine (9th century), but circumstances of the conversion are related in greater detail in various Hebrew documents such as the so-called "Khazar Correspondence." This consists  in a letter (c. 955) from the Spanish Jew Hasdai ibn Shaprut to the Khazar king and in a reply (of contested authenticity) sent by Joseph, king of the Khazars.

Most people have never heard of the Khazars or their empire which at one point "exacted tribute" from 23 nations. Of course the "seed of the serpent" has been marked with "cover-ups" ever since the fig leaves were sewn together in the garden of Eden. Hence the last two sentences of the Britannica article should come as no surprise:
"Extensive excavations brought to light the remains of the Khazar fortress Sarkel, on the lower Don, built in the 9th century with the help of Greek architects. This site, which clearly revealed the mixed character of Khazar civilization, unfortunately had to be inundated during the construction of the Volga-Don canal."
You know what? It is now time to "pause for the cause" and learn the horticulture of figs and understand that there are both good figs and bad figs, as in edible figs and non-edible figs! Why? Because in Jeremiah 24 the prophet is going to see two baskets of figs set out in the land of Judea. Here is a sneak preview of what he saw: Jeremiah 24:2 "One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first
ripe
: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad." Next in our study of the Parable of the Fig Tree we will document when and where the fig tree was set out, signaling as Christ said, the beginning of the final generation when all these things He foretold us of (i.e. prophetic events) would come to pass!

Understand, there are both good figs and bad figs, as in edible figs and non-edible figs!

You know what? It is now time to "pause for the cause" and learn the horticulture of figs and understand that there are both good figs and bad figs, as in edible figs and non-edible figs! Why? Because in Jeremiah 24 the prophet is going to see two baskets of figs set out in the land of Judea. Here is a sneak preview of what he saw: Jeremiah 24:2 "One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad."  We will document when and where the fig tree was set out, signaling as Christ said the beginning of the final generation when all these things He foretold us of (i.e. prophetic events) would come to pass!

The following information is taken from the:

Extension Horticulture Information Resource
The Agriculture Program of the Texas A&M University System

"The fig fruit is unique. Unlike most fruit in which the edible structure is matured ovary tissue, the fig's edible structure is actually stem tissue. The fig fruit is an inverted flower with both the male and female flower parts enclosed in stem tissue. This structure is known botanically as a syconium. At maturity the interior of the fig contains only the remains of these flower structures, including the small gritty structures commonly called seeds. Actually, these so-called seeds usually are nothing more than unfertilized ovaries that failed to develop. They impart the resin-like flavor associated with figs."

Fig Types

Caprifig. The Caprifig produces a small non-edible fruit; however, the flowers inside the Caprifig fruit produce pollen. This pollen is essential for fertilizing fruit of the Smyrna and San Pedro types. The pollen is transported from the Caprifig to the pollen-sterile types by a Blastophaga wasp. Commercial growers hang baskets of Blastophaga-infested Caprifigs so that the wasps can effectively fertilize the fruit. Caprifigs were grown successfully at Del Rio before 1901.

Though it is not as common a term today as it once was, the word WASP stands for White Anglo Saxon Protestant. Isn't that interesting? Now consider the Smyrna Fig.
Smyrna. The Smyma fig varieties produce large edible fruit with true seeds. The Blastophaga wasp and Caprifigs are required for normal fruit development. If this fertilization process does not occur, fruit will not develop properly and will fall from the tree. Smyrna-type figs are commonly sold as dried figs.
Here is some more on the pollenation process of the Smyrna fig by the Caprifig from http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/Ficus/
"The story of the Smyrna fig must include the story of the caprifig. Briefly stated, for fruit development to occur, the Smyrna fig needs pollen from the caprifig. Kadota and other common figs do not need the caprifig, even though they lack pollen, because syconium development is "parthenocarpic," i.e., it proceeds directly without pollination and fertilization (see also pineapple and banana).

Fig pollen is transferred from male flowers (stamens) to female flowers (pistils) by an insect called a fig wasp (Blastophaga). Entomologists have learned that fig wasps overwinter as larvae in the pistils (as galls) of the fruit from the winter crop of caprifigs. Caprifig produces three crops of figs per year, and the winter one is called the mamme crop. In April, the larva changes into an adult. A male emerges from the pistil and promptly impregnates a female, while she is still in her pistil. Soon after the wingless male dies; most male carcasses remain in the syconium. Meanwhile, the winged, gravid females emerge and leave the fig through the ostiole. Eventually a female flies to a new, young, flowering caprifig of the spring crop (profichi crop) and enters through the ostiole. The female oviposits eggs in some of the pistils, one per ovary, and then carries pollen to the other pistils for seed set. This enables the fruit to mature, and her young therefore to receive nourishment. The female dies within the developing fruit. After a short period, the new generation of fig wasps emerges; males impregnate females and die while gravid females escape to colonize new flowering figs. However, the profichi caprifig has many male flowers near the ostiole, and the wasp thereby carries much pollen with her to the next syconium.

In the case of fruit set for Smyrna figs, branches with profichi figs of the caprifig are collected and hung in the late afternoon within the fig tree canopy. The next morning the fig wasps emerge from the profichi figs and then transfer pollen to the young Smyrna pistils. Enough fertilization takes place to promote Smyrna fruit development. This process is called caprification. Caprification was practiced for centuries in the Old World without understanding the pollination mechanism; but the process had to be verified and understood in California (by Eisen in the 1890s) before it could be accepted as sound horticultural practice. Caprifigs were imported to California from Algiers in 1899, which began the western Smyrna fig industry. Three to five caprifigs are grown at fig orchards for every 100 Smyrna fig plants, to provide the necessary pollen and fig wasps."

Though we have sufficiently documented the edible and the non-edible figs, the following information continued from Texas A&M may be of interest to those who like to dig a little deeper.
Planting

Do not apply fertilizer at planting time. Fig trees survive better if set 2 to 4 inches deeper than they were grown in the nursery. Cut them back when transplanting. This "heading back" develops lateral branches and reduces water loss from the above-ground portion. Since the root system may be damaged during transplanting operations, water uptake may be reduced greatly for a short time.

Fig trees planted at the beginning of the dormant season often develop root systems before leafing out in the spring. This can be advantageous; however, young trees are more susceptible to cold injury. In areas where cold damage may occur, it is often advisable to delay transplanting until just before dormancy is broken in late winter.

Young trees to be transplanted should be dug with care to prevent root damage. Inspect trees bought from nurseries to ensure that roots are healthy and are not damaged. Remove any broken or dried roots. Dig a hole deeper and wider than necessary for the root system. Place the tree upright at the proper depth. Crumble the soil around the roots, and pack it down several times during the filling operation to bring all roots into contact with moist soil. After planting, water the tree to settle the soil firmly around the roots. If conditions are extremely dry, watering before the hole is completely filled is beneficial.

Harvesting

For top quality, allow figs to ripen fully on the tree. But they must be picked as they ripen; otherwise, spoilage from the dried fruit beetle can occur. On-the-tree spoilage or souring is caused by microorganisms in the fully ripe fruit. These organisms are usually carried into the open eye of the fig by insects, particularly the dried fruit beetle. Daily harvests and the removal of overripe, spoiled figs can greatly reduce spoilage problems. This is particularly true of varieties which have an open eye.

This next section on common causes of "fruit failure" should be especially interesting to those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. Check out the first condition.

COMMON CAUSES OF FRUIT FAILURE

 
Condition Probable cause Suggested remedies
All fruit drops when one-third full size. Wrong variety for area (requires pollination) Destroy tree and replant with recommended variety.
Leaves drop when mature; fruit withers and fails to mature. Fig rust or other leaf-spot diseases, or a twig blight Use neutral copper spray. Rake up and burn old leaves.<
Fruiting is poor; tree growth is retarded. Roots have knots or galls and are distorted. Nematode damage, poor soil conditions or excess water Mulch and keep moisture level adequate.
Fruit fails to mature; leaves are small. Vigorous new wood arises from the base. Low temperatures have killed some stem tissue. Cut tree back to ground level and develop a new top from suckers.
Fruit sours and many split. unsuitable variety or unusually wet year If unsuitable variety, replant or pick fruit before maturity and preserve.
Fruit is tough and falls prematurely during hot, dry weather. (Celeste only). Excessive heat No control
Other pests-Birds, such as blue jays, mockingbirds and grackles, cause fruit losses each year. There is no suitable control methos; however, early morning harvests prevent loss to some extent. Also, there are a number of synthetic nettings available which may be used to cover trees during the ripening season.

Who are the kenites of the house of Hemath?

As I write this in 2017 It has been 69 years since the May 15, 1948 planting of the fig tree in the land of Judea! That means that the eldest members of the final generation, the generation that will "not pass away" until all prophecies leading up to the return of Christ are fulfilled, have reached retirement  age.

Earlier we learned the horticulture of certain varieties of figs and discovered that there really are both "good and edible figs" (Smyrna figs) as well as "bad and inedible figs" (Capri figs), which are sometimes called "goat" figs.

Let us now go to the 24th chapter of Jeremiah and see where our Father uses these two types of figs symbolically to show Jeremiah (and us) that there are "two separate peoples" of Judah!

Jeremiah 24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Two different baskets of figs were set before the "temple of the LORD" which is in Jerusalem in the land of Judea!

Keep this in mind because we are going to go to the New Testament and see Jesus Christ go into that temple of the LORD and overthrow the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of them who sell "doves"!

He shall even cleanse the temple, the house of God,
and cast out the bad figs.

Now notice the distinction between the contents of the two baskets (vessels):

[2] One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
The LORD will now ask Jeremiah what he sees.

Why do you suppose He asks him?

To show us that those whom "He sends forth" in these last days can tell the difference between good and bad figs, not the literal fruit itself (oh ye apple and snake believers), but those good and bad people who are represented symbolically by the good and bad figs!

Here is the question:

[3] Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
The Hebrew "ra" is translated into the three English words "naughty", "bad", and "evil" in this chapter.
H7451 òø‡ äòÈøˆ ra€ raò€aòh rah,raw-aw'
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun:—adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease (-ure), distress, evil ([-favouredness], man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief (-vous), harm, heavy, hurt (-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief, (-vous), misery, naught (-ty), noisome, + not please, sad (-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked (-ly, -ness, one), worse (-st) wretchedness, wrong. [Including feminine ra’ah; as adjective or noun.]
"Ra" is a fitting adjective for "bad" figs since they do "afflict" our people. That is because we have allowed them to enter in!
Amos 6:14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath
 unto the river of the wilderness.
Yes, we have allowed the kenites, the sons of Cain, to enter into our house and take over, both naturally and spiritually, the former being the manifestation of the latter if you have understanding.

For instance, they entered into the storehouse of our treasury on Dec. 24th, 1913, and have now consumed away the wealth of Jacob (the elimination of the United States gold standard) and stripped bare the vineyard. (our dollar bill no longer has any value except the piece on paper it is printed on!)

By the way, the phrase "unto the river of the wilderness" is an expression in Hebrew that means "all the way to the river's end" as in "all the way unto the end of this age", meaning right up to the return of Jesus Christ when He shall wither that bad fig tree for a thousand years before it is bound and cast into the lake of fire to be consumed away forever, i.e. perish.

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Jeremiah 24:4 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
We are now going to learn who the good and the bad figs represent.

You must "see' that they are both named of Judah!

[5] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
The good figs are the actual descendants of the children of Judah and many of them were also taken captive by Assyria 135 years earlier, along with some of the bad figs, (so we know there are also some Kenites mixed into our Christian churches of this 21st. century) and followed the path of the house of Israel over the Caucasus Mountains and into the isles of the west.
Note: We remind you once again that if you do not know where the "Lost" tribes of the House of Israel reside today go to  pamphlet  #1064 "Israel's Lost Tribes"
[6] For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
This is yet future and will occur at the "planting of the Lord" (Isa. 61:3) when Jesus Christ, the true "Branch" returns to Jerusalem.
[7] And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
They certainly have NOT yet returned to the LORD their God with their whole heart, have they?

Now what of the "evil figs" which cannot be eaten?

[8] And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
The evil figs are the "residue of Jerusalem" who are mixed in with Judah.

Remember we read how the "Nethinim" worked their way into the temple to eventually sit in the seat of Moses?

[9] And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
The word "deliver" is "nathan" in Hebrew which means to be of service and it is the prime root of the word "Nethinim" which means "given to service".

They became the scribes for the House of Israel, remember (1 Chron. 2:55)?

Nevertheless the residue of Jerusalem, who are the kenites of the house of Hemath, have fulfilled verse nine throughout history, and if you are a student of history you know that every monarchy of Europe at one time or another has ousted them.

However, in these last days they have become a taunt and curse to "all the kingdoms of earth" in bringing forth the beast of Rev. 13:1, i.e. the New World Order.

It should also be pointed out that the phrase "to be removed into" means "to be tossed to and fro among" (see note in the Companion Bible).

Of course we know who their leader (father) is who likes to go "to and fro" and "up and down" in the earth!

Job 2:2 "And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou?

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."

All one needs to do is listen to the "traditions of men" taught in most so-called Christian churches, and he or she will be "tossed to and fro" (confused) along with them.

God's elect are not "tossed to and fro" because they adhere strictly to His Word and BELIEVE HIM,
not preachers and ministers.

The majority of those "who come in the name of Christ" (preachers) actually eat bad fruit, served up by their denominations, and therefore deceive our people
by passing it along to our people (Mat. 24:5).

Here is Paul speaking of the strength of God's elect who know His Word:

Ephes. 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
So the bad figs have become a taunt and a curse to all nations in these last days.
Jer 24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
In fact, they are responsible for carrying the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, for they fulfill the negative part of the Plan of God.

That is why we in this final generation who know who the "tares" are have been instructed to leave them alone (Mat. 13;29) and let them grow along with the wheat until harvest time!

Then their toxic fruit shall appear evident to all and they shall be consumed from off the land by the reapers, who are the angels, who are the children of God, i.e. His saints.

Let us now go to the New Testament a learn from the Teacher of teachers.

We pick it up in Mark chapter 11 where Jesus is with the 12 disciples and is now going to teach them (and us) concerning the Fig Tree:

Mark 11:11
And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when He had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
Christ entered into the temple and took a good look "round about" at what was happening (i.e. upon all things) and THEN went out and took the disciples to Bethany to teach them! Notice that it was eventide, meaning the hour was already "late in the day", when Christ went out unto the Bethany* with the twelve!

* Bethany [house of the afflicted one; in Talmud, house of non-maturing dates]. (see "Davis Bible Dictionary", Baker, pg. 87.)

[12] And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, He was hungry:
What to eat! What to eat!
[13] And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He came, if haply He might find any thing thereon: and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
As Dr. Bullinger notes in the Companion Bible, summer was not "near" at that time and Christ knew it. You see, the harvest time for figs is reserved for our day. Therefore, this teaching is for us!
[14] And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
No matter how hungry you get, never eat the fruit from the bad fig tree, which is none other than that tree of the knowledge of good and evil! Why not? You know why! You shall surely DIE (eternal death)! Surely you know there is a time coming when that tree shall be withered away and eventually bound and cast into the lake of fire. That is the fate that awaits all "unfruitful trees": Every Jew/Kenite who does not believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, come to save the world. Matthew 3:10 "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." 

Well, are you sure we are talking about the bad figs here? Absolutely! Check out what Jesus did next:

Mark 11:15
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
Jesus cleansed the temple and "cast out them" and got rid of the corruption and filth that had entered in.
[16] And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
Christ would not permit that which is not sacred, like a basket of bad figs, to be brought in and carried throughout "the temple". Remember, He is teaching His disciples here! The question is, "What kind of vessels do you permit to come into your church and be carried about?" In another account Christ instructed His disciples to beware of the "leaven" of the scribes and Pharisees, their bad "bread"! Of course He was speaking a parable, or symbolically, about their doctrine! Matthew 16:11-12 "How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? [12] Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."

Jeremiah, the servant of God whose name means "whom Yahveh launches (sends) forth", could tell the difference between good figs and bad figs and knew what could be eaten and what could not be eaten! The question is, "Will your Father send you forth in these last days to give witness?" I don't know the answer to that question but I would make sure I knew who the good and the bad figs were. So pay close attention here because Christ told us to learn the parable of the fig tree and here He is teaching us about it! He now gives witness unto those He cast out:

[17] And He taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Christ gave "witness" unto those money grabbing "religious thieves" and told them that their mite-infested doves were not an acceptable sacrifice (anymore that was the sacrifice of their father Cain acceptable). Like father, like sons! You see, our Father desires "love" from His children (Hos. 6:6) and not their sacrifices and burnt offerings (and doves they pick up on the way into the temple). Common sense alone should prompt one to ask "What good is an offering to the LORD if he or she who presents the offering does not love Him?" Here is where it is written concerning the "house of prayer"!
Isaiah 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
So let us see how the bad figs respond to Christ's cleansing of the temple:
Mark 11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
Imagine that! The "religious leaders" are plotting to "destroy", as in murder, Jesus Christ the Messiah!

What do we learn from this? Well, we learn that we are dealing with "the murderers", those "tares" who are the offspring (bad seed) of their father who was the first murderer! In other words, they are kenites, bad figs, who have mixed in and claim to be of Judah (Rev. 2:9 & 3:9). We also learn that if you teach who these bad figs are and you teach against their leaven (doctrine), then you can expect persecution. You see, it is written that there shall be some of you who shall be cast into prison for Christ's name sake:

Luke 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. [13] And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
You shall give testimony speaking the Words of Jesus Christ which He shall give you at that time:
[14] Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: [15] For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
If your church does not teach who those liars really are who claim to be of Judah, then your church has big problems because your lady is not a discerner of trees nor does she know how to tell good figs from bad ones. That means by default she must be eating from the bad fig tree in the midst of the garden! Worse yet, the church (the woman) is giving the bad "fruit" unto Adam's children to eat also! Well, there is nothing new under the sun and allowing "vessels" of traditions and lies to be carried though the church is not good my friend, not good at all! Woe! (It is absolutely amazing to hear a Christian minister or preacher say that the Israelis are "God's chosen people"!)

Let us return to Mark 11 and to the teaching concerning the fig tree.

Mark 11:19 And when even was come, He went out of the city.
Yes, Christ would eventually be crucified by those murderous evil figs and "leave the city" and go to sit at the right hand of the Father until the hour of darkness is past.
[20] And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
When Christ returns the bad fig tree shall be found all dried up from the roots (Mat. 3:10)!
[21] And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
The whole purpose of the exercise regarding the fig tree is that Christ was teaching His disciples (you and me) a parable about the fig tree! Those with eyes to see and ears to hear know that the bad fig tree was actually cursed way back in Gen. 3:14 because they know who "the tree" was which was in the midst of the garden. Can you call that to remembrance? We covered this back in our second study: Genesis 3:14 "And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:"
[22] And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Have faith in God and BELIEVE HIM. "When you are hungry" do NOT eat the fruit from the bad fig tree which is in the midst of the garden. It brings about DEATH, don't you know? Again, the bad tree is CURSED, even from the beginning (Gen. 3:14), and his children bear enmity against God's children.

Of course the choice is yours, for both trees from the garden of God are available to you! You decide from which one to get your fruit!
Deut. 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
So learn the Parable of the Fig Tree as Christ instructs us and learn it WELL! Why? Because the hour is late and there is a mountain to be moved out of the way! (The New World Order) You see, the kingdom of God is coming and we are taking over, or didn't you know? see Live Link to- "Mystery Babylon"
Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
The "mountain" is that one world political system we call the New World Order which is brought about by the kenites exercising the power of the four hidden dynasties of Politics, Economics, Religion, and Education. The point Jesus is making in verse 23 is that it shall be removed and it shall be removed as a result of His disciples in this final generation who believe the unleavened Word of God who shall allow the Holy Spirit to speak through them when they are delivered up to give testimony!
OK, that does it! We have enough scripture and history that you should now know who those wicked ones are who claim to be of Judah, but are liars and are of the synagogue of Satan. Remember, this is knowledge that only the two churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia know and teach (Rev. 2:9 & Rev. 3:9), and they are the only two churches that Christ approves of!

Now let's check out some modern history and observe when the good and bad figs were set out in Jerusalem!  On this day in history the following event occurred:

THE DECLARATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
May 14, 1948

On May 14, 1948, on the day in which the British Mandate over a Palestine expired, the Jewish People's Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, and approved the following proclamation, declaring the establishment of the State of Israel. The new state was recognized that night at 11:00 AM Israel time by the United States and three days later by the USSR.

Text:

"ERETZ-ISRAEL [(Hebrew) - the Land of Israel, Palestine] was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and gave to the world the eternal Book of Books.

After being forcibly exiled from their land, the people kept faith with it throughout their Dispersion and never ceased to pray and hope for their return to it and for the restoration in it of their political freedom.

This right was acknowledged by the Balfour Declaration of November 2, 1917, and re-affirmed by the Mandate of the League of Nations, which gave explicit international recognition to the historic connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and their right to reconstitute their National Home.

The Nazi holocaust, which engulfed millions of Jews in Europe, proved anew the urgency of the re-establishment of the Jewish state, which would solve the problem of Jewish homelessness by opening the gates to all Jews and lifting the Jewish people to equality in in the family of nations."

THE DECLARATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL may be read in its entirety at http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/israel.htm

It all began in the year 1897 with the convening of the First Zionist Congress as documented in the following sentence (which is also contained in the above Declaration):

"In the year 5657 (1897), at the summons of the spiritual father of the Jewish State, Theodore Herzl, the First Zionist Congress convened and proclaimed the right of the Jewish people to national rebirth in its own country."
Again, this was the beginning of what has come to be known as Zionism, the movement by the kenites to establish a state of their own and call it Israel! It came to pass on May 15, 1948, when for the first time in over 2500 years the nation of Israel was established (even though God's elect know it is not the house of Israel but rather the house of Judah, and then only in part as the fig baskets of Jeremiah 24 and the history of the Khazars have revealed unto us).

Note: You can also follow the events and the timeline of this movement called Zionism at: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/mideast.htm.

We might also note that in 1897 the so called "Star of David" with its "6" points (See appendix 10 in the Companion Bible for the significance of numbers in scripture.) became the symbol of their movement and later the symbol of Judaism itself. It is a relatively new symbol and is called the Magen David which you can read about at: http://www.jewfaq.org/signs.htm#MagenDavid. Here are some excerpts:

  "The Magen David (shield of David, or as it is more commonly known, the Star of David) is the symbol most commonly associated with Judaism today, but it is actually a relatively new Jewish symbol. It is supposed to represent the shape of King David's shield (or perhaps the emblem on it), but there is really no support for that claim in any early rabbinic literature. In fact, the symbol is so rare in early Jewish literature and artwork that art dealers suspect forgery if they find the symbol in early works.

The Magen David gained popularity as a symbol of Judaism when it was adopted as the emblem of the Zionist movement in 1897, but the symbol continued to be controversial for many years afterward. When the modern state of Israel was founded, there was much debate over whether this symbol should be used on the flag.

Today, the Magen David is a universally recognized symbol of Jewry. It appears on the flag of the state of Israel, and the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross is known as the Red Magen David."

Then in the prophetic year of 1917, also the year of the Russian Revolution, Lord Balfour of Great Britain gave recognition to the Zionist movement in a letter he wrote to Lord Rothschild, whose name means "Red Shield"!
"This right was recognized in the Balfour Declaration of the 2nd November, 1917, and re-affirmed in the Mandate of the League of Nations which, in particular, gave international sanction to the historic connection between the Jewish people and Eretz-Israel and to the right of the Jewish people to rebuild its National Home."
Here is a copy of that letter:
The Balfour Declaration
November 2, 1917 Foreign Office
November 2nd, 1917

Dear Lord Rothschild,

I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.

"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."

I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.

Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfour

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Then on  May 15, in the year 1948, both the good and bad figs were set out in Jerusalem. You see, Jesus Christ told us that we would understand the prophecies given in Mat. 24 and Mark 13 from observing history! That's right! Here is exactly what He said:
Mark 13:28
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: See Phamphlet #7000
Jesus said Learn it!
Mark 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree;...
On May 15, in the year 1948, both the good and bad figs were set out in Jerusalem.

You see, Jesus Christ told us that we would understand the prophecies given in Mat. 24 and Mark 13 from observing history!

That's right!

Here is exactly what He said:

Mark 13:28
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
Hopefully by now you know a great deal about the fig tree, even how one is planted by setting out a shoot, i.e. a "branch from the old tree".

You see, it is by doing what Christ commanded us in "learning" a parable from the fig tree that we now know summer is near,
which is the time of harvest when summer fruit is set out (Amos 8:1) and "the end is come upon His people Israel (Amos 8:2)".

[29] So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
So, "in like manner", i.e. just like we observed the planting of the fig tree come to pass in May of 1948, we shall also see the other "things" Christ told us about in Mark 13, Mat. 24, and Luke 21 come to pass!

That is why it is important to "watch" and observe current events and check off the events as they come to pass, because the generation who will turn 65 on May 15 of 2013 shall SEE the fulfillment of all "things" and SEE the return of Jesus Christ.

[30] Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. [31] Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Those seeking to define the length of a generation should take note that all Jesus says here is that the generation of the fig tree will not "pass" (as in pass away) until all these things be done.
That simply means that there will be "Baby Boomers" who will see the return of Jesus Christ.    TIME IS GETTING SHORT

You can count on it, for it is written.


Let's see though: "What is the life expectancy of the Boomers, anyway?"  know, the insurance companies can tell us that. A male age 65 can expect to live 14.59 more years to age 82.59. A female age 65 can expect to live 20.14 more years to age 85.14 Hmmm, if the Lord delays His return too long it looks like more woman will see Him return than men. (Relax, we are just having a little fun!)


However, for those seeking to know how close to the "doors" we are, we need to know that there is yet one more lesson to learn about or from the fig tree for those who have eyes to see.

You "see", that old serpent, the Dragon, the Devil, Satan, the bad fig tree from the garden, who is also the abomination of desolation spoken of by Jesus Christ and Daniel the prophet, is currently being held at bay in heaven by Michael and his angels.

The two different trees in the garden!
Remember, aside from the other trees in the garden of Eden, there are two specific trees mentioned there: 1) the tree of life, and 2) the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Do you know what or who they were? (Note: throughout the Bible trees symbolically represent people) Don't forget. the second tree mentioned in the "Garden of Eden" knows both GOOD & EVIL.
There were two trees in the Garden of Eden:---One was "The Tree of Life" (Jesus Christ); His fruit will lead you to ETERNAL LIFE! and the other was "The Tree of the Knowledge of GOOD and EVIL" (Satan); his fruit leads to ETERNAL DEATH!, even though some of it is good. Satan returns to earth, claiming he is God, five months before Christ's return. God is allowing Satan five months on earth as a test for us, to see if we who claim to be Christians really know the difference between What is HOLY and what is PROFANE!--- DON'T FORGET THAT SATAN IS A SUPERNATURAL ARCHANGEL We will be no match for him and his trickery with out "The Seal of God in Our Foreheads". He fooled and seduced Eve in the garden! Don't you be fooled by his good fruit, and worship him as God.--- Watch for the EVIL fruit! Don't have Christ return to find you have already been to bed with Satan! Will you remain spiritually true as a "chaste virgin" and wait for your bridegroom, Jesus Christ, or will you spiritually hop in bed with Satan when he comes to earth performing miracles and claims to be God?  
(Live Link)to-Let's talk about TREES & "tree symbology"
Satan comes first claiming he is God!  Satan was the tree in the garden with the knowledge of both good and evil.   Don't you be fooled by the good he can and will do, to make you believe he is God! Study to show yourself approved; knowing the difference between what is holy (The Real Jesus Christ) and what is profane (The Instead-of-Christ,  Satan, i.e.the anti-christ).;.Also remember,he brings his fallen angels, from the days of Noah, with him and he already has plenty of help here on earth, i.e. Kenites from his encounter with Eve in the garden! (descendants of Cain).

However, Satan and his angelic host are soon to be cast to this earth, even "as a fig tree cast her untimely figs" when the "winds blow" (Rev. 7:1-4) and she is shaken.

Here is what will soon happen:

Rev. 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, [8] And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
[9] And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
This happens at the "6th" Seal, the "6th" Trump and the "6th" vial.
Rev. 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; [13] And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Jesus Christ said the following concerning Satan in that same 13th chapter of Mark:
Mark 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
It is written in Rev. 9 that Satan and his angels (called the locust army) have only 5 months when the "door" of heaven opens and they come out (Rev. 12:7-9) of the  bottomless pit following all that smoke which even now darkens the light of truth upon this earth!
Live Link to=>> Satan's Fearsome Locust Army

Wow, when we see that happen we will be really close to the final door opening when Christ returns, won't we?

 You will find that the Palestinians call the day of Israel's creation "Nakba", which is to say "Great Catastrophe".

Finally, since we are instructed to "watch", since the planting of the fig tree in 1948 the land of Judea, it has not been a very peaceful or happy place in the Middle East, has it?

One thing we do know for sure from the Word of God, and that is that "There will be no peace until the Prince of Peace returns!"

And when He does, every knee shall bow!

Romans 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

The good news is that ALL wars shall cease and we shall truly have peace on earth.

Isaiah 2:4 And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
We look forward to that time when His kingdom reigns supreme upon this earth as it now does in heaven.

"And He said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth" (Luke 11:2). 

The GOOD FIGS & The BAD FIGS are both planted, together, in that little country in the middle east, that we call Israel, today! But, The BAD FIGS are also scattered throughout the world; SO WATCH, if you're a WATCHMEN!
 see Live Link
to-pamphlet #1031
This pamphlet clearly identifies the "good figs" of Judah
and the "bad figs" of the residue of Judah who were merely residents,
inhabitants of Judea like those Nethinim
who came back with Ezra for example, i.e. the kenites.

Jeremiah 24 is a parable of the fig tree, and is one of the prime roots for the parable. When Jesus Christ told His disciples in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 13 of how it would be in the time of the end, in the last days, He told us to learn the parable of the fig tree. We are to learn it because within it is much wisdom that will come against those that live in the time of the end of this earth age of the flesh.

Live Link to-  Jeremiah 24

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  The following links lead to our complete studies of "The Revelation of Jesus Christ"

In Revelation chapters 1 through 3 Christ took the apostle John, in the spirit2000 years into the future to this 21st. century, and showed him what is/will be happening on EARTH and in the seven "END of TIME" churches on the day of Lord, the first day of the Millennium, a time even yet future, but very, very near since. as of 2018, we are already 70 years into the "Fig Tree"  generation.

Live Link To-Revelation chapter 1 through 3

Please keep in mind as you read these accounts in Revelation that our Lord took John spiritually into the future (this is prophecy) and many of these events that he describes haven't happened, as yet, in real time even though John has seen them. 

Now we are going to read The seven SEALS of Christ's Revelation and "see" what He showed John is/will be happening in HEAVEN at this same time.
We are going to actually see the throne of Almighty God and what is transpiring beyond the veil that separates the two dimensions, flesh and spirit, "behind the scenes" so to speak.
Live Link to- The seven SEALS of Christ's Revelation
Live Links to the End TimeTrumpets of Revelation chapter 9 below.
FOLKS:THE FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS HAVE ALREADY BLOWN! WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE FIFTH TRUMPET RIGHT NOW IN THIS 21ST CENTURY!
 And It is only the first of the three woe trumpets!
The first Four trumpets, we have all in one file.
The "WOE" Trumpets, Five, Six, and Seven, we have each in their own file.
Live Link to- The 7 Trumpets of Revelation Introduction
Live Link to- The first four trumpets of Revelation in one file
Live Link to- The 5th Trumpet (The first WOE)
Live Link to- The 6th Trumpet (The Second WOE)
Live Link to- The 7th Trumpet (The Third WOE)
In chapter 12 this Book of the Unveiling John was privilaged to SEE in PICTURE format the very plan of God, from the first earth age even to the third and last earth age, all in one chapter.
Live Link to- Revelation chapter 12
God has allowed and is allowing Satan, through his children, the Kenites, to make alterations in our Bibles. When I compare some of our most popular new versions of the Bible to the original 1611 King James Bible it is shocking what I've found. Many of them published since the 1970s
Joel1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Live Link to- The Famine is Coming
And because of this, Chapter 13 of the Book of Revelation is to many folks one of the scariest and most misunderstood chapters in all the Bible
By the way, if your father or one of your forefathers has broken this commandment of God in Joel 1:3 to tell your children His words contained herein, then YOU get busy studying His Word and learn the truth and restart the process with your children. John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments."
Live Link to- Revelation chapter 13
In Revelation chapter 14 we get to see what will be happening on earth when Jesus Christ returns. Good old John is still in heaven and once again he looks on and has already seen it..
Live Link to- Revelation chapter 14
In chapter 14 we saw what will be happening on earth at Christ's return. Now in chapter 15 we are going to see what will be happening from the vantage point of heaven at that same time. In chapter 16 we see the 7 Vials containing the wrath of God pours out upon those who had/will have the mark of the beast in their foreheads (minds) and who worshipped Satan, the false messiah, as Jesus Christ. 
Live Link to- Revelation chapters 15 & 16
In chapter 16 we saw the 7 Vials containing the wrath of God to be poured out upon those who had the mark of the beast in their foreheads (minds) and who worshipped Satan, the false messiah, as Jesus Christ.
We will now see one of those 7 angels who poured out the vials come and give us a "close up" view of the judgment of the "Great Whore". Maybe we should update the terminology a little and call her the "Great Slut" because the Holy Spirit wants us to get a real good PICTURE of exactly how He looks upon the false religious system  that spews forth from of our churches, that great city where the "son of perdition" will sit claiming that he is God (2 Thes. 2).  Also, be it known that our Father deals in reality, so if the terminology used here is offensive then one can always go to a church where they only teach nice things like cute little bunny rabbits and Ishtar eggs, real Biblical gems.
Live Link to- Revelation chapters 17, 18 and 19
We come now to the 20th chapter of Revelation at which point the 7th Trump has sounded and the true Jesus Christ has returned with great power and glory, bringing with Him His army of saints. Babylon the Great, i.e. the one world political system and the great whore along with Satan's role as the false-christ, the spurious messiah, has been destroyed forever and ever. And as we learned in our chapter 19, ALL flesh has been "changed" and everyone, both the good and the bad are in their spiritual bodies.
So it is the first day of the Millennium and John, who remember in Rev. 1:16 was taken there for an eye witness account, gives us another advanced news report, this time concerning the fate of Satan during the Millennium. Can't you just visualize the headlines?

THE MILLENNIUM PRESS

First Edition

"SATAN IMPRISONED, BEGINS SERVING 1000 YEAR SENTENCE"

John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was present today as Michael came down from heaven and appeared on Satan's doorstep with a warrant from the King of kings for his arrest. Satan has been residing in the temple for the last 5 months (ever since Michael cast him from heaven) where he has been impersonating Jesus Christ and claiming he is the Messiah come. He also is being held responsible for orchestrating the murder of God's two witnesses, a despicable crime, which he has been actually celebrating with his cronies for the last 3 1/2 days
Live Link to- Revelation chapters 20, 21 and 22

We know with certainty that Satan now has, in this 21st century, his grandkids in a position to influence the teaching of Christianity, because of what Jesus told the apostle John to write in Revelations chapter two and three, to the end time churches, especially the five out of seven that He finds fault with. And we now know what the two that He no fault with taught in common, i.e. who the real Jews are, or better said , ARE NOT! Revelations 2:9 and 3:9.

In the beginning of this study we made the following statement about God creating us the way he did, with free will to either love or reject Him:

You know it would be much more wonderful and pleasurable to have someone to love and to share everything with and better yet, to have someone who loved you too! Well, our Father is no different.  In the eternity past, as we will document,  He was all alone and He desired a Family to share everything with and to love and who would love Him in return!
So, this plan He put together for us, is a long drawn out process; But you know what?
In the end God will have billions of children who not only love Him, but do so by their own free will. And all of us who didn't love Him, but loved evil, instead!  "WILL BE NO MORE" just like Satan.
And God will have created a universe full of people
who truly love Him, as He loves them;
And it will be
a universe with out EVIL
!

Live Link To=> The Good and the Bad Figs of Judea

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We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.



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