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Friend, a prophetic mandate: learn the parable!

Matthew 24:32 From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Yeshua (Jesus) didn't merely offer a suggestion--He issued a command: "Learn the parable." In Greek, the word manthano implies disciplined learning, not casual observation. In Hebraic thought, to "learn" a parable means to press into its hidden meaning until it transforms how you live. The fig tree is not just a poetic image--it's a prophetic mandate. And Yeshua expected His disciples, including us, to understand it deeply.

The fig tree often symbolizes Israel throughout Scripture (Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 24; Joel 1:7). When Yeshua told this parable just days before His crucifixion, He had already cursed a fig tree that bore no fruit (Matthew 21:19), symbolizing Israel's spiritual barrenness at the time. But in this parable, the fig tree is coming back to life. Its tender branches and new leaves are signs of renewal and return.

What is the most visible sign that this fig tree is budding? The miraculous rebirth of the nation of Israel in 1948, after nearly 2,000 years of dispersion. This event marked the start of a prophetic countdown--Israel is now the major signpost in the convergence of end-time events. Just as a budding fig tree tells you summer is near, the rebirth of Israel tells you the end-time season has begun.

Yeshua said, "When you see all these things"--not just Israel's rebirth, but deception, wars, lawlessness, global shaking, and the gospel going to all nations--"know that it is near, at the doors" (Matthew 24:33). Like a fig tree responding to the sun, soil, and rain all at once, the prophetic signs are responding to a divine convergence. Israel is the centerpiece, but not the only branch.

So Yeshua's call to "learn the parable" is not just about agriculture--it's about prophetic awakening. To learn is to perceive the time, understand the signs, and prepare our hearts for the return of the King. Israel's restoration is not a coincidence — it's a trumpet blast to the nations (Isaiah 11:11-12). The fig tree has budded. Now we must ask: are we watching, learning, and responding as we were commanded to?

Friend, the ancient promises are sprouting before your eyes. The Lord of the harvest calls you--not to slumber, but to learn the parable, discern the season, and awaken the sleeping. This is no time for apathy. It is the hour of prophetic clarity. You are commissioned to perceive the signs, hear the sound of convergence, and prepare the way of the Lord with boldness and truth. For the One who spoke of the fig tree is near--even at the door. "Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning... for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." (Luke 12:35-40) Blessed is that servant whom the Master finds watching when He comes. Amen. So be it. Sound the trumpet.

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Baht Rivka, Elianna and Obadiah
(George, Baht Rivka & Obi - Baltimore, Maryland | Elianna - Married living in Missouri)

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