Hitch said:
Wow you really didint know about the return from Babylon did you?
Wow, you really didn't know that the return of the good figs from Babylon to Jerusalem has not yet been fulfilled did you? In fact, you seem to know
nothing about the bad figs at all!
Jer. 24:5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
The good figs are the true children of Judah who were taken captive and followed the path of the house of Israel from Assyria over the Caucasus Mountains and into the isles of the west.
6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
This is
yet future and will occur at the "planting of the Lord" (Isa. 61:3) when JESUS CHRIST, the true "Branch" returns to Jerusalem.
7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
They certainly have
NOT yet returned to the LORD their God with their whole heart, have they? Now what of the "evil figs" which cannot be eaten?
8 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt
The evil figs are the "residue of Jerusalem" who are mixed in with Judah. They claim to be Jews but are not - they lie. Remember how the "Nethinim" worked their way into the temple to eventually sit in the seat of Moses?
9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
The word "deliver" is "nathan" in Hebrew which means to be of service and it is the prime root of the word "Nethinim" which means "given to service". They became the scribes for the House of Israel, remember 1Chron. 2:55?
The "residue of Jerusalem", who are the kenites of the house of Hemath, have fulfilled verse nine throughout history, and if you are a student of history you know that every monarchy of Europe at one time or another has ousted them. However, in this generation of the Fig Tree, they have become a taunt and curse to "all the kingdoms of earth" in bringing forth the beast of Rev. 13:1, i.e. the New World Order. The majority of those "who come in the name of Christ" actually eat their bad fruit and therefore deceive our people by passing it along to our people (Matt. 24:5). So the bad figs have become a taunt and a curse to all nations
as they now have their own nation - created in 1948.
Jer. 24:10
And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
In fact, they are responsible for carrying the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, for they fulfill the negative part of the Plan of GOD. That is why we in this final generation who know who the "tares" are have been instructed to leave them alone (Mat. 13;29) and let them grow along with the wheat until harvest time.
Now listen up, Hitch! Following Cyrus' decree in 426 BC to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, Ezra and Nehemiah went back to Jerusalem, but they took with them
only a REMNANT from the House of Judah!
Neh. 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped,
which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said unto me,
The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
The rest of Judah,
the majority of them, went north over the Caucasus Mountains with the other tribes of Israel and to this very day most of true Judah and Israel do not know who they are.
It was during the trip back to Jerusalem that at one point Ezra stopped and gathered the people together and took a census. And guess what he found, or better yet, what he
didn't find? Read it yourself:
Ezra 8:15
And I gathered them together to the river than runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
There were no Levitical priests among them.
NONE! So Ezra sent some Nethinims, who were temple helpers, back to Babylon to get some Real Ministers, some genuine Levites, for the house of GOD. Why would they have to go back to Babylon to get Levites??? Hmmmmmm????
So as our LORD plainly laid out, the Generation of the Fig Tree is the one which shall not pass away before HE returns. That Tree was not planted until 1948. Generations in the Bible could be 40, 70, or 120 years. If you want to continue to believe that HE was referring to a generation 2000 years ago and the destruction of Solomon's temple in 70AD, sleep on sweet Charlotte.