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Jesus now uses the
tree to make the point that what is visible and the reality behind it, are two different things. There are
leaves, but there is no fruit. There is a temple, a priesthood and sacrifices, there is a Sanhedrin, but there
is no sign of true righteousness. Jesus is not mad at the fig tree because he’s hungry and the tree has no
fruit. Rather, Jesus is speaking as a prophet and telling his disciples in the most graphic of terms (an
acted out parable) that because there is no true righteousness in the land, Jerusalem and its temple will
soon come under the judgment of God. --KR