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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > There is only one thing that matters and it is Jesus Christ
 
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Strom Cuzewon
Jul 1, 2010

Kyrie eleison posted:


This is a direct reference to Jeremiah 8:13, in which Jeremiah uses the fig tree as symbolism referring to the lineage of the Israelites, in his prediction of their impending destruction due to their unfaithfulness. Jesus makes the same judgment here, predicting the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, similar to how he predicts the destruction of the Temple, and the coming of the Lord within a generation.



But what's the reasoning behind taking this miracle as figuative/symbolic while the others are literal? Lazerus as a metaphor for the rapture, feeding of the 5000 (and the 7000, which is somehow less impressive) as representing all the masses that will be saved, a gastronomic version of "in my fathers house are many mansion"

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