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Why we should be concerned that Jesus KILLED a tree | Beyond the Words | Mark 11
(Brandon Robbins) Many people want to read the Bible but don't know how to begin.
It's hard to understand. Things don't make sense.
My plan is to help you change that.
In this series called "Beyond the Words," I'm going to reveal for you the history, context, and other details that will bring scripture to life in an entirely new way, and help you feel like you can understand it as never before.
This week, we're going to look closely at Mark 11.
In this chapter, Jesus kills a fig tree. This should CONCERN us! But why? What makes this moment so scary and so significant? #biblestudy #beyondthewords #thechosen
Little Freddy Phelps and his tribe over at Westboro Baptist Church have it all wrong – and it looks like it all comes down to a simple matter of illiteracy (or maybe dyslexia)! It’s FIGS that God hates – not f*gs. Actually, Jesus was apparently a huge fan of figs. So much so that he just got angry with a fig tree that wouldn’t make fruit. So he killed it. Naturally (I mean – who wouldn’t?) It couldn’t have just been the wrong season for fresh fruit, right? Wait a second! Why didn’t Jesus just perform a miracle for the tree to produce fruit instead? By killing the tree he still goes away hungry. What would Jesus eat? (WWJE™). Though, I’ll admit – as much as I can’t stand Fred Phelps or what his “people” stand for, a Christian friend recently made a great point: It’s people like Phelps who remind us all (atheists, Christians, Muslims, Democrats) how fine the line is between having convictions and being batsh*t crazy! So for that, Fred Phelps – we thank you!
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