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Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Devotional: June 1st

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Luke 13:6-21

The history of Israel figured by this barren fig tree is just like that of humanity as a whole. God tried everything to draw something good from His creatures. But alas, man in the flesh is incapable of bearing even the smallest fruit for God, despite his religious pretensions (the beautiful leaves). He is wasting good ground and therefore has to be judged. The patient work of Christ in the midst of His people was the crowning effort by the divine "Dresser" to obtain this fruit.

As the Lord Jesus continues His gracious ministry, He heals the poor, sick woman. He knew how long this trial had bound her (v. 16).

Yet another miracle on the sabbath day serves as a pretext for His hypocritical opponents. But His answer makes them all ashamed and reminds them of their loving duty towards their sister: a daughter of Abraham.

The two short parables which follow describe the great visible development which Christendom would undergo down here, whilst being pervaded from within by the leaven of false doctrines and invaded by greedy men (the fowls of the air characterised by their greed). The great tree of Christendom will finally come to the same end as the fig tree of Israel (v. 9).

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