Matthew 24:32 Now learn a PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE; when his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that SUMMER IS NEAR:
33 So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Truly I say unto you, this GENERATION shall not pass, until all these things be fulfilled.
Who or what does the FIG TREE represent?
Hosea 9:10
I found ISRAEL like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the FIG TREE…
ISRAEL = FIG TREE
When is SUMMER?
In Israel and all of the Northern Hemisphere, SUMMER begins on either June 20th or 21st at the Summer Solstice.
How long is a GENERATION?
Genesis 15
13 And He said unto Abram, Know of a surety that THY SEED shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them 400 years;
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the 4th GENERATION they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
The Israelites will be “a stranger in a land that is not theirs” for 400 years.
This includes both the years spent in Canaan & Egypt.
Genesis 15
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the 4th GENERATION they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
In the “4th GENERATION”, the Israelites would return to Canaan. Therefore, the Israelites would spend 3 GENERATIONS in Egypt.
If we can determine how long the Israelites spent in Canaan before going down to Egypt, then we can subtract this number from the total 400 years that they would be “a stranger in a land that is not theirs.”
Genesis 21:5
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son ISAAC(THE SEED) was born unto him.
THE SEED of Abraham is born in Canaan.
Genesis 25:26
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called JACOB: and ISAAC was 60 years old when she bare them.
ISAAC is 60 when JACOB is born in Canaan.
Genesis 47:9
And JACOB said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are 130 years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
JACOB is 130 when he leaves Canaan and the Israelites enter into Egypt.
The Israelites will be “a stranger in a land that is not theirs” for 400 years.
ISAAC is 60 when JACOB is born in Canaan.
JACOB is 130 when he leaves Canaan and the Israelites enter into Egypt.
60 + 130 = 190 Years in Canaan
400 – 190 = 210 Years in Egypt
The Israelites spend 210 years in Egypt.
The Israelites spend 3 GENERATIONS in Egypt.
210 Years ÷ 3 GENERATIONS = 70 Years
Therefore, 1 GENERATION = 70 Years
PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE
Matthew 24:32 Now learn a PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE; when his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that SUMMER IS NEAR:
33 So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Truly I say unto you, this GENERATION shall not pass, until all these things be fulfilled.
3 THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED:
1) Fig Tree = Israel
2) Summer starts June 20th
3) Generation = 70 Years
REVISED: PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE
Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of ISRAEL-THE FIG TREE; when his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that SUMMER (JUNE 20th) is NEAR:
33 So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Truly I say unto you, a GENERATION of 70 YEARS shall not pass, until all these things be fulfilled.
ISRAEL BECOMES A SEEDLING OF A NATION
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization and president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared “the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel,” a state independent upon the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine, 15 May 1948.
Israel becomes a seedling of a nation in 1948.
ISRAEL PUTS FORTH LEAVES
“when his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves”
The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, or 1967 Arab-Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring 3 states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
Within 6 days, Israel had won a decisive land war.
Israeli forces had taken control of 5 territories – Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.
SUMMER is near.
“when his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that SUMMER IS NEAR”
The 6 Day War concluded on June 10, 1967.
This is exactly 10 days from the Summer Solstice on June 20, 1967, which is the beginning of SUMMER.
“This GENERATION Shall Not Pass”
A GENERATION is 70 Years.
1967 + 70 = 2037
Be Ready!
Genesis 15
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the 4th GENERATION they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of th Amorites is not yet ful