"Now in the morning,

As He returned

To the city,

He was hungry.

And seeing a fig tree

By the road,

He came to it

And found nothing on it

But leaves,

And said to it,

'Let no fruit

Grow on you

Ever again.'

Immediately

The fig tree

Withered away.

And when the disciples

Saw it,

They marveled,

Saying,

'How did the fig tree

Wither away

So soon?' "Matthew 21:18-20

Why,

Pray tell,

Did Jesus

Seem to say something

That sounded so

Un-Christlike?

Because if fruit

Was truly out of season,Mark 11:13

Then why curse

The fig tree?

To understand,

We need to know a few

Fig tree facts

First.

Fact:

Fig trees

Bear two crops.

The breba crop,

Matures in early Spring

Before the leaves appear.

It is very small,

And inferior.

While the main crop,

Which are the true figs,

Ripens in the Fall.

Fact:

A fig tree

With no breba crop

In the Spring

Will not bear

True figs in the Fall.

The tree