Hi Lewis,

 

To correctly understand the message of Matthew 24 and Mark 13 you first must look at the placement of the Parable of the Fig Tree in the chapter. The Parable of the Fig Tree is placed to tell us to watch for "all these things" that are previously described in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 which preview His coming. 

 

Jesus did not believe the unbelieving end-time Jews would be reading His NEW Testament to learn the lesson from the Parable of the Fig Tree as to what to watch for His coming.

 The Parable of the Fig Tree, as well as the rest of Matthew 24 and Mark 13 is a message for the end-time believers who are His Church, not the unbelieving Jews.

 

The end-time UNBELIEVING Jews are still reading the OLD testament. The Jews rejected Jesus, as well as His NEW Testament!  With the fore-knowledge of that, why would Jesus give any messages to the end-time unbelieving Jews in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 of  the NEW TESTAMENT OF HIS WORD ?  Jesus knew exactly what was coming His way when He gave His Olivet Discourse.for the benefit of the end-time believers who are His Church.

 

 

 

YBIC, Bruce Warner