Why Did Jesus Curse the Fig Tree and Cleanse the Temple of the Money Changers
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- Why did Jesus curse the fig tree and cleanse the Temple of the money changers on the days immediately following his triumphal entry in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday? Dr. Pitre connects the fig tree to the fall of Adam and Eve and the cleansing of the Temple to Isaiah's prophecy of future gentile eunuchs who will minister and act as priests to the Lord.
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Glory to the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end, amen!
el-sig
Amen!
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins.
David Monterroso
Lord hear our prayers....
Praise be the Triune God
Yet another example of how knowledge of tradition is necessary to understand the Scriptures.
Exactly!!
yet another example of how knowledge of tradition of man has separated man from the knowledge of God and his Word.
Read your Bible
Emet A, I hope you mean well, but it seems to me you are mistaking a tradition of men (e.g. Mat 15:2-6) with the knowledge of how our ancestors lived day-to-day lives (i.e. history).
Emet A, to be clear - I do not read MY bible, I read THE Bible.
I'm so blessed to have found this channel, you have no idea...
St. Dymphna - I do
That was AWESOME, and the Fig Tree plot twist, did not see that coming ! My little mind , BLOWN!
Oh wow, I'm sobbing over here, after hearing the end.
Me too😢😇🤗
I agree
Dr Pitre's expositions are a grace to me. I always wondered about the strange fig tree verse. Praised be Jesus Christ forever.
Same here
Finally I found the answer. Thank God 🙏♥️ and May God bless you always Dr Pitre 😇
Glad to help Fernandes.
Me 2 🤗
me too excellent exposition of the fig tree... never saw that coming
Thank you Doctor! Far too often I see atheists make fun of this Gospel. I thought it was showing the humanity of Jesus, but your interpretation is much more sound. Keep up the good work!
God bless and you Dr Pitre. My mind is BLOWN🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Wow! Another amazing teaching! That was so insightful! Thank you!
Glad to hear it was helpful Rose. We appreciate the comment.
Understanding biblical Typology of Adam and Eve in the New Covenant, in Salvation history is important to grasp.
At 13:33...wow! "May no one ever [eat of the tree of death again]."
Yea i must comment again.! This literally had me crying like a baby when fully understood at the end. It just sank in and seeing how thats exactly something our lord would do & for that specific reason as well. 😀😀. It simply melted my heart!
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Amazing catholic teaching. Dr Pitre is a blessing. May God keep blessing him n his family.
Dr. Pitre, once again, you rock!
We appreciate your kind words brblum. Thanks for letting us know.
Goosebumps listening to you, Dr. Pitre.
Thought it was just me ;-). Thanks for your comment Vida.
I got goosebumps too...
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Beautiful. Thing kind of things always fascinates me. As someone who wants to preach, this is very precious.
Thank you Dr. Pitre
I hope more Christians watch this video, as always you are brilliant Dr Pitre
Dr. Pitre is awesome. These videos are so helpful.
Me too,so blessed to find this channel, thanks to all scholars, may God bless you more with God's wisdom
Wow. Thank you Dr. Pitre. Outstanding commentary.
Awesome teachings ,muchas gracias Dr Pitre ,God bless you and your family
Let's all continuously pray for our Catholic church and for all our elders, especially Dr. Brant who continuously strengthening the faith especially for the weak like me... glory be to God and to our Lord JC and to the HS, one God forever and ever. Amen
Wow. Mind blown
What can one say, but Praise be to you Lord Jesus Christ...... Thank you Lord Jesus for this beautiful teachings of your servant Dr. Pitre , May God bring your ministry to Evening times in Jesus name. Amen.
All Glory and Worship be to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for this wisdom so that many will understand how great the glory of Jesus Christ is.
Wow! I never heard of this explanation Dr. Pitre. As always, I love your teachings, watch them every week.
God Bless! from one of your Catholic brothers in Michigan
Excellent. Thank you Dr
Unbelievable, absolutely beautiful. Thats exactly what our lord would say out of the love he has for us all. "May NO ONE EVER eat of you again" Yes im in tears.
wow!! Thanks a lot, Dr. Pitre! You are a blessing. I take so much from your reflections, stuff I've never heard of at the Greg in Rome. God bless you
I am a lay student of theology (4th year) and one of my professors recommended your book, jewish root of eucharist last year. I have bought two more of your books since then. I often listen to your videos on my way to college. I drive about 2 hours each way. Your videos give me a lot of laughter and smile as well as teachings and insight. Thank you.
Wow! Dr Pitre. Although I'm not worthy, I say to you: May God bless you in your ministry" for now, I understand this acy of Jesus, and it makes sense.
Keep ministreing "ad maiorem Dei gloriam."
Very amazing. May God bless you Dr. Pitre
God bless you, Dr Pitre, & your wife & family. The gift of this understanding & unravelling of the meaning of the fig tree & the curse of it & of what was really upsetting Jesus in the temple is priceless. How He loves you, to pour these gifts through you to the world! May you & yours know powerful miracles of healing, joy, protection & abundant provision.
Excellent as always from Dr Pitre, a side to this story that I hadn't considered before.
Incredible!! You're an awesome teacher!!
This is PHENOMENAL!!!!! Amazing explanation!
Thank you for your videos. These are points I score when I am in discussion with friends. They all think wow i'm so great, but actually you're so great.
Praise Be to Jesus Christ Amen
Interesting. I've read that the fig tree is also a type of the old covenant because the Hebrews read the scriptures under a fig tree, so that became a symbol for the Old Testament. When Jesus tells Nathan that he was looking for Him, and that He saw him under the fig tree means Nathan was searching for the Messiah under the fig tree, meaning the Scriptures, and that the Messiah saw Nathan from the Scriptures. Something like that.
Justin H. S. Oh wow!!
That is interesting, thanks for posting. As an aside, I think what you meant to say is under the fig tree can mean or represent the Old Covenant as opposed to being a 'type' of Old Covenant. Typology is more specific - Adam is a type of Christ, Christ is antitype of Adam (which I think fell out of favor because of the awkwardness of saying Christ is anti anything).
Paul Miller Sorry. Yes, I misspoke. Fig tree means Old Testament.
Interesting, I always took it as him showing his power like he was psychic lol.
Wow! This is beautiful and powerful stuff. Thanks Dr. Pitre!
Thanks el-sig. Appreciate the feedback.
@@CatholicProductions . Must be embarrassing to be catholic
@@randycouch2769 Sorry to disappoint you. Your not going to find any shame on this channel. Keep listening, you may learn something.
Wow, love it! God bless
Well explained. Thank God and thank you Dr. Pitre.
Enlightened. Thank you...
Amazing!!! You know when you hear the truth oh, the actual real truth it penetrates your heart and you recognize it without a doubt!!
I'm new to this chanel and day by day I'm in love with it❤
awesome.. God bless your ministry
Awesome! I would have never learned this explanation if not for you, Dr. Pitre. Thank you very much.
Thank you Doc Pitre 🙏
Finally, an explanation that makes some sense!😊
Thank you for the explanation .
Now I know. Amazing!!! Thanks Dr. Pitre.
Amazing!
WoW! God Bless you more dr. pitre
Much thanks & appreciation for this explanation. Peace and Blessings...
Very interesting viewpoint. But I just have one question,in Matthew 21:18, the Bible says that Jesus was hungry and therefore looked to the fig free for fruit.
If the fig tree was symbolic of death,then why would he look to eat it's fruits in the first place
Jews still eat figs today even though it is symbolic of death.Just as christians over millennia have eaten apples even though many mistakenly believed it to be the forbidden fruit that Eve ate. Jesus was hungry so he looked to the fig-tree for food for the body and ended up using it as an opportunity for a lesson in prophetic theology as food for the soul.
The interpretation Ive heard is Jesus was speaking to Israel the fig tree was Israel they bore no fruit they rejected Him. Jesus was hungry for the Jews to accept Him as Saviour. He knew there would be no fruit he grew up there it wasn't the right time. Jesus then cursed the tree snd it died and after the crucifixion so did Israel.
Wow . I always learn so much. Thanks
Great explanation, thanks Dr. Brant
Thank you Dr. Brant Pitre, for sharing your insights and wisdom 🙏🌻
Thank you, I have learned so much from you, Dr. Pitre.
Just love listening to your talks. God bless you abundantly
Thank you Bernadette.
Thank you!!!!!
Thank you.
@@CatholicProductions I had struggled with the meaning of the fig tree for ages!!!
God bless you all!!
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I am VERY picky about who I watch, I only watch Abel Damian who shares revelation knowledge, but this was sooo good thank you! I love how you studied the Hebrew culture etc.
we are grateful to you for the genuine explanations. thank you
Thank you dear sir! Bless you dear brother!
Great understanding of scriptures
Excellent talk. Love this man's work.
Thanks Nicolaas.
Thank you Dr. Pitre for sharing your wisdom..Everytime I watch one of your videos I am wowed at the eye opening wisdom you share..God Bless you Sir and may He allow you to continue to share your knowledge
GOOD AND EXCELLENT TEACHING!!
That was an amazing explanation.
Wonderful, great teaching dr Pitre we love you thank you so very much Donna
Thanks!
Wow, amazing. Can't tell you how many times I glossed over that.
Brilliant!
Thank you god and mother mary for Dr. Brant Pitre.
amazing!
Great!
Praise the Lord!
This is profound!!!!
Wow simply joy to listen and amaze by this wonderful analogical take on the “fig tree”that Jesus curse.
Thank you for the excellent explanations.
AMDG
This is mind-blowingly awesome.
Fantastic explanation.
I've read a lot of interpretations on the Fig tree story but none is comparable to this one by Dr. Pitre. Thank you!
I learnt a lot today.
Gotta love those extra biblical text.
This was an exceptionally good video, even with the very high standards already set by the channel. Thanks so much for the impressive insight- I'll be sharing this information.
Cool.
Dr Petri, it’s so great to hear your teaching with such great humor...you make me laugh!
I must say I do like the reference of the fig tree to the garden of eden.. Very interesting I will study on this
*Dr, Pitre, your explanation about eunuchs and the celibate priesthood is wonderful,*
*however, re. Fig tree, Jesus in fact went in search for fruits and only when he found none he cursed it .*
*_In most of the fruit tree species, there is unseasonal fruiting trees in some odd trees, it is a possibility and horticulturists know this fact._*
*Hence Jesus and the fellow Apostels were aware about gathering fruits from such trees,*
_what happened as per another interpretation was that, the tree had a false appearance as it had fruits , but a deceptive appearance in reality, the arrangement of leaves were like bearing fruits but when Jesus looked under the leaves , nothing was there. Hence the deceptive tree with no fruits , was cursed._ 🙏🙏
Yes, this is the way I understand the cursing of the fig tree. I think a double meaning might also be ascribed to it without contradiction.
I was wondering the same thing. The part about it not being in season is an addition or assumption. It has to do with hypocrisy. Appearing holy, but having no fruit to prove holiness. It also might show his humanity by having physical hunger.
I am blown away
Brilliant
After many frustrating videos in the middle, I find in this video Dr. Brandt in all his glory again.. How tremendous an expositor of the Holy Scripture is he!!! I never believed anyone could ever decode this Fig tree incident. But Dr. Brandt proved me wrong and I am extremely happy about it 😉…. Thank God for Dr. Brandt…
Wow!
Wowww❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Wow 🤯
Good message true.
Another explanation of cursing the tree with no fruit is about people who refuse children by living in cohabition with no responsibility of giving birth to children, who resort to abortion or tubuctomy and willfully remain barron , a deceptive fruit tree, all these may incur the curse of God.
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It is based on the saying of St. Fulton Sheen - *The root principle of birth-control is unsound. It is a glorification of the means and a contempt of the end; it says that the pleasure which is a means to the procreation of children is good, but the children themselves are no good. In other words, to be logical, the philosophy of birth-control would commit us to a world in which trees were always blooming but never giving fruit, a world full of sign-posts that were leading nowhere. In this cosmos every tree would be a barren fig-tree and for that reason would have upon it the curse of God." --Archbishop Fulton Sheen*
#Mic Drop ending there. Thanks for the good interpretation