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A Hidden Message in the Curse of the Fig Tree

It is my belief that the Curse of the Fig Tree in Mark 11 and Matthew 21 contains an imprecatory proclamation against first-century Judaea, and is pertinent to the Roman Conquest of Jerusalem in 70 AD. 

In these passages, Christ curses a fig tree and proclaims that it will never again bear fruit (Mark 11:14, Matthew 21:19). Upon returning to the tree later on, His followers are amazed that it is fruitless and barren. This prompts Christ to tell His followers: “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.” (Mark 11:22-23) 

Within scripture, mountains often symbolize cities, kingdoms or empires (Daniel 2:35, Daniel 2:44-45, Isaiah 2:2-3, Isaiah 13:4, Jeremiah 51:25, Revelation 17:9-10), while the sea symbolizes gentile nations (Isaiah 17:12-13, Matthew 13:47-48, Revelation 17:15). Thus, a mountain being thrown into the sea represents the fall of a nation by means of foreign invasion. Moreover, in the Old Testament, the fig tree symbolized Israel and Judaea (Hosea 9:10, Joel 1:7).

So, by cursing the fig tree, Christ is making a symbolic proclamation about the judgment coming upon Judaea. In this context, Christ’s command to have faith could be an encouragement in imprecatory prayer. He may be stating that through the prayers of the Saints, such as those in Revelation 6:9-11, the mountain of Jerusalem will be cast into the sea, or in other words, be invaded by gentiles and left desolate– thus fulfilling the “times of the gentiles”, the “abomination of desolation”, and the “great tribulation”. 

Revelation 6:9-11: “When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?’ Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.”

Thus, when Christ states, “Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him”, He is not claiming that Christians can literally alter landscapes with their prayers—a misinterpretation which has been taken advantage of by dissenters who seek to invalidate the Bible and slander Christ. Instead, He is speaking of Jerusalem’s desolation, which would come roughly 40 years later (in 70 AD). With that, it is possible that upon stating, “this mountain (Strong’s 3735: ὄρει; meaning ‘hill’ or ‘mountain’)”, He gestured towards the city of Jerusalem, which was visible atop a high hill roughly 1-2 miles away. 

Consider that Revelation 8:8 states: “The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.” Well, if first-century Jerusalem was told that it would pay for all the blood of the righteous since Abel (Matthew 23:29-36), and that it would be trampled by gentiles within that generation (Luke 21:24/32), then the mountain thrown into the sea must be Judaea and its capital city, Jerusalem. This is why Revelation was written and addressed to seven ancient Churches in Anatolia—not 21st century Christians. When Christ brought Revelation to these Seven Churches, He told them that these prophecies “must soon take place” (Revelation 1:1), that “the time is near” (Revelation 1:3), that what John saw was “what is now and what will take place later” (Revelation 1:19), and that “those who pierced him” would see Him “coming with the clouds” (Revelation 1:7). 

Hence, the fig tree in Mark 11 and Matthew 21 serves as more evidence that the Great Tribulation, and most of Revelation, was pertinent to first-century Judaea—primarily the desolation of Jerusalem (70 AD), the slaughter and captivity of Israelites in the Holy Land, and the end of the Old Covenant Era.

With this understanding, a secondary inference may be drawn: Jerusalem and the Holy Land will never again bear fruit, so those who futilely “bless” the “Jews” and the “State of Israel” do so without justification. 

‎Keep in mind that the name Jerusalem is derived from the Hebrew terms “ירוש” (yerush; meaning inheritance) and “שלם” (shalem; meaning peace or wholeness). In Hebrew, this name is “יְרוּשָׁלַיִם”, which is anglicized as “Yerushalayim”. While this term is treated as a singular noun, there is a hidden meaning; in Hebrew, -im is a plural suffix. So, while “Yerushalayim” is singular, it contains a plural suffix, indicating that there are multiple Jerusalems. This is because there is both an earthly harlot Jerusalem (Revelation 17:1-18, Revelation 18:1-24) and a Heavenly New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:1-27, Revelation 22:1-5), which will one day descend and topple “the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it” (Matthew ⁦‪23:37‬⁩). 

‎Accordingly, it is the New Jerusalem, inhabited by Christians, which will bear fruit—not the earthly Jerusalem, inhabited by blasphemers, which was cursed by Christ and will never again bear fruit. Consider the passages below:

  • 1 John ⁦‪2:23‬⁩, “No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.”
  • Matthew ⁦‪21:43‬⁩, “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.”

It is thus absurd to posit that the modern “State of Israel”, which drapes itself in the six-pointed Star of Remphan (Acts 7:43, Amos 5:26)—which they claim to be the “Star of David”, a symbol that is never mentioned in the Bible—and is comprised of Talmudists who blaspheme and slander Jesus Christ, are “God’s Chosen People”. 

Nonetheless, Zionist Christians and “Jews” will continue to posit that: 1) Jews are God’s Chosen People, and 2) The Land of Israel belongs to the Jews. 

To begin with the first assertion, being that “Jews are God’s Chosen People”)

This belief is dependent on the presupposition that Jews are truly Israelites, and that genuine Israelites are still the “chosen people”. Both of these assertions are blatantly false. For one, there are Biblical and Genetic facts proving that “Jews” are not who they claim to be, as both atDNA, YDNA, and scripture prove that the majority of them are not patrilineal Israelites, but rather tribal Canaanites, Edomites, and offspring of other gentile bloodlines. 

Some points of evidence include: 

  • YDNA haplogroup variance among all Jewish demographics. This is problematic, as Israelite Tribal identity was solely dictated by patrilineality, and all legitimate Judahites will carry the exact same YDNA haplogroup—modern Jews do not. 
  • Matrilineal inheritance of Jewish identity according to Halakha (Jewish Law), as opposed to the Biblical patrilineal succession. This further diminishes tribal/patrilineal continuity. 

Thus, what modern “Jews” do is conflate ancient terms (IVDAEVS, Ἰουδαῖος, יְהוּדִי) with their modern etymological-cognate (Jew), and then assume that there is continuity in their contextual applications. The reason they do this is so that they can disenfranchise the Christian “goyim” and project an illusion of superiority and disproportionate importance. They essentially assert that “Jesus was a Jew” as a means to claim that “Jesus was one of us”, and thus, “you cannot criticize or oppose us, because we are God’s chosen people, your ‘saviours’ tribal kin”. Unfortunately for them, this is patently false, as there is plenty of patrilineal diversity among Jewish populations worldwide and their Talmudic Judaism is incompatible with the Tanakh and New Testament. 

As for the second assertion, being that “the Land of Israel belongs to the Jews”)

The passages below prove that the Land of Israel does not belong to “Jews”, or even true Israelites, as Israel’s claim to the Holy Land was conditional and dependent on their obedience: 

  • Leviticus 18:24-28/20:22-23) In which YHWH warns Israel that if they follow the abominations of the nations before them, the land will “vomit” them out, just as it did the prior inhabitants.
  • Deuteronomy 28:63-64) Proving that Israel’s possession of the land is dependent on obedience, and that disobedience will result in exile and a loss of possession. 
  • Deuteronomy 29:24-28) Stating that the nations will see Israel’s desolation and recognize it as a divine judgment.
  • Jeremiah 7:3-7) In which YHWH issues statutes to follow, and states that if Israel does not follow them, they will be exiled and lose right to the land. All of these commands are broken by modern “Israel”: “If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.”
  • Ezekiel 33:23-29) In which YHWH declares that the land has been taken from Israel because of their sins. 
  • Leviticus 25:23) Which refutes the “Jewish” claim that Israel belongs to them, and rather states that the land belongs to YHWH, who sent Jesus Christ to establish the “New Covenant” (Jeremiah 31:31–34) and reconcile the sinful Israelites; so, unless you are a Messianic “Jew”, you are not part of YHWH’s “Chosen People”, and the land does not belong to you: “The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.”

Of course, the Israelites violated the Old Covenant statutes and reveled in disobedience, and for doing so, were exiled—thus losing their claim to the Holy Land (2 Kings 17:6-23, 1 Chronicles 5:25-26, Isaiah 9:8-21, Hosea 1:6-9, Hosea 9:1-17, Amos 7:11/17, 2 Kings 24:1-4/10-20, 2 Kings 25:1-21, 2 Chronicles 36:14-21, Jeremiah 3:6-10, Jeremiah 7:1-15, Jeremiah 25:8-11, Jeremiah 52:1-30, Lamentations 1:1-5, Ezekiel 5:5-17, Ezekiel 39:23-24, Daniel 9:5-14, etc). 

Nonetheless, Zionist Christians and “Jews” will inevitably appeal to passages stating that YHWH would bring Israelites back to the Holy Land. There are three major issues with this assertion:

1) The majority of “Jews” are not true Israelites.

2) A portion of these passages were pertinent to the Second Temple Period, in which plenty of Israelites resettled the Holy Land—they do not pertain to modern “Jews” thousands of years later.

3) The remainder of these passages are pertinent to the Church of Christ, the True Israel, in New Jerusalem, which follows the Gog and Magog War (a future event). As previously stated, Zechariah 14 (which parallels Revelation 22) implicitly states that Canaanites will inhabit the Holy Land prior to the Gog and Magog War, so modern “Jews” must be the offspring of Canaan—this is proven by autosomal DNA testing, as all “Jews” match ancient Canaanite DNA samples, and Canaanites comprise the largest ancestral component for the vast majority of them. 

These first two issues are self-explanatory, but the third may require clarification, so if you are interested in learning more about the Gog and Magog War, I suggest watching the video linked below:

Conclusively, both claims posited by Christian and Jewish Zionists are provably false. The land of Israel is not inhabited by “God’s Chosen People”, or Israelites for that matter, and they are evidently fruitless, as Christ claimed they would be. It is not until New Jerusalem that the Curse of the Fig Tree will be reversed and made obsolete.