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To: Brumar89 who wrote (27062)	9/21/1999 12:44:00 AM
From: Jamey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Lk. 21:29-31 ? Did the fig tree refer to Israel becoming a nation again? "There really is no indication that the budding of the fig tree in Lk. 21:29-31 referred to Israel becoming a nation in 1948 (or in any other year). Verse 29 shows that the fig tree is not the only thing that sprouts leaves when summer is near. Jesus said, ?Watch the fig tree and all the trees?. If we are to take the budding fig tree to mean Israel becoming a nation, then we must take all the other budding trees to refer to all the other nations in the world somehow becoming nations. But this would not make any Biblical sense. Jesus did at other times use a fig tree to illustrate fleshly Israel. Once was when he cursed a fig tree on His way to Jerusalem (Matt. 21:19). After He cursed it, He said to it, ?Let there be no more fruit from you forever.? This indicated the cutting off of fleshly Israel as God?s chosen nation forever. Today Christ?s Kingdom is God?s Nation, and all physical Jews are welcomed to become citizens of that nation along with all other nationalities. But fleshly Israel will never again, according to Jesus, produce fruit as God?s chosen nation. That holy duty and privilege belongs to Christ?s followers both now and forever (cf. Lk. 13:7-9; Rev. 6:13). The fig tree was not the main symbol of Israel anyway. Instead, it was the olive tree." - David A. Green members.stratos.net. 25:31f Santiago

To: Brumar89 who wrote (27062)	9/21/1999 11:04:00 PM
From: IN_GOD_I_TRUST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

Brumar89, Because I live in this world, I judge the world by the world standards. I'm wrong for doing it, but I am a sinner and I am wrong about a lot of things. To this society, murder is a horrendous crime. Lying, well, just look at the Clinton thing and you'll know how society looks at lying. I think we could see it doesn't really bother as many people as murder does. But to God, sin is sin, regardless of the sin! This world, well, this biblical verses sums up how God feels about it.... 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. James 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. I am guilty of judging sin using the worlds standards. But thank God he sent the Messiah as our Lord and Savior. I can make mistakes and through him I am saved........ God Bless, Steve