Heralds Digest

“And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” And His disciples heard it...So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭11:13-14, 22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/mrk.11.13-14,22.nkjv A focus on figs rather than faith can easily misrepresent the lessons from the experience of Jesus Christ with the fig tree having leaves. Considering the response of Christ to His disciples, it is obvious that the story addresses the subject of fake faith rather than the season with fake figs. Although the scriptures clearly define faith as the substance of things hoped for or the evidence of things not seen, our focus on ‘leafy figs’ in life (like the appearances of a marital, career, or ministerial prospects) often removes believers’ faith and absolute confid...

“And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it,’ and immediately he will send it here.”” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭11:3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/mrk.11.3.nkjv The evidence that the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof is practically played out in the sourcing of the special colt for Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The narrative clearly showed that the colt was specially prepared in form of a sacrifice to the Lord, presented at the altar of sacrifice, and waited upon for acceptable consummation by the Lord and avoiding contamination. And with the acceptable code from the disciples ‘The Lord has need of it’, consent was immediately granted. It shows that without coercion, extortion, hypnotism, and demonic manipulation, an heavenly-inspired consent code is all that is needed to unlock the door to favour, promotion, and breakthrough in life. And whether found in position of receipt or release, the understanding of the workings of the heav...