Presents
Pamphlet #1031
The Good Figs of Judah
The end of this earth age may be as near as 2020.
[It all depends on the Lord's definition of a generation.]
Jeremiah chapter 24 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.
Look up the Greek word
translated "Jew" in your concordance.
You will find it has
two meanings:
1.) a person who is a
resident of Judea,
or
2.) a Judahite.
In other words one can
be identified as Jew
either because he lives in the land of Judea
or he is descended from
Judah.
For example,
if I tell you I am a
Pennsylvanian
you cannot tell what
nationality or race or religion I am,
can you?
Well, not all Jews are
of Judah!
Have you never
heard of the Khazars?
If not, go get an Encyclopedia
Britannica.
So here is the SIGN Christ gave to His disciples
to identify the final generation who would see His return:
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:
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.
Notice that the two baskets of figs were set before the temple!
[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.
[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.
Do
not eat of the "bad figs"
for
they come from the tree which was in the midst of the garden of God
and
"they
are evil".
Dig
up the rest of this chapter carefully
and
it will further identify the good and the bad figs.
By
this we then know that on May 15, 1948,
when
the United Nations declared Israel a nation for the first time in over
two millennia,
that
the two baskets of figs were now set forth in Jerusalem before the temple.
Let's
return to Christ's words in Mark 13,
the
subject of which is the events leading up to His destruction of that temple
at
His return,
remember?
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:
And so the tender shoot was planted and began to put forth leaves in 1948,
but oh my how it has
grown in stature today.
[29]
So ye, in like manner,
when
ye shall see these things come to pass,
know
that it is near,
even
at the doors.
Do you realize how near it is?
[30]
Verily I say unto you,
that
this generation shall not pass,
till
all these things be done.
Wow,
the
generation that began in 1948 shall not pass away
until
all the "things" in Mark 13 are DONE!
Isn't it interesting that
the generation which began in 1948
is specifically known
as the Baby Boomers.
Jesus said, "Some of them
shall see the birth of
a new age!"
Let's see... 2010 - 1948
= 62.
The Baby Boomers are
aging fast and they will soon retire.
[31]
Heaven and earth shall pass away:
but
my words shall not pass away.