See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known. Deut. 11: 26-28 God gave His people a choice to either receive a blessing or a curse. If they obeyed God’s word and remained apart from the sin of the surrounding nations, then God would bless them. His blessings would come upon them wherever they were.…
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Passion Week: Devotions Fig Tree
Monday: Event #1 – Jesus Curses the Fig Tree Matthew 21:18-19 and (Mark 11:12-14 In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. This section is symbolic verses. In research, fig trees in Jerusalem at this time of year I this passage were usually not in full mature leaves. However, this tree was. When the leaves are fully mature, there should be evidence of fruit.…