The Lesson From the Fig Tree

Today we will study when Jesus will appear a second time.
Mt 24:32-33 Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.
Jesus lets us know about His second coming through the lesson of the fig tree.

First of all, we need to understand who the fig tree represents in the Bible.
Jer 24:5 Like these good figs, I regard as good the exiles from Judah whom I sent away from this place to the land of the Babylonians.
The fig tree represents Israel. Why don't we double-check it through the Bible?
Lk 13:6-9 For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig
tree and haven't found any. Cut it down!
This is a parable about Jesus' three years of ministry for Israel. The fig tree is Israel. Jesus warned of judgment against the fig tree, Israel, that didn't receive Him. Jesus also prophesied the coming fall of Israel by cursing the fig tree.
Mk 11:12-14 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, … he [Jesus] found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again."
:20-21 The fig tree you cursed has withered!
We, mere men, know the season for figs. What about Jesus the Creator? Didn't He actually know the season for figs? Of course he did! What did Jesus truly want to show us through the withered fig tree? He showed the coming ruin of Israel.
Later, Jesus directly foretold the destruction of Israel, the fig tree.
Lk 21:20-21 When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, … let those in the country not enter the city.
In 68 A.D., Jerusalem was surrounded by Vespasianus, a Roman general, and his armies. Immediately he withdrew from Jerusalem to put down the riot following Nero's suicide in Rome. Then the Jews were divided into two kinds of people: those who kept staying in Jerusalem, and those who fled to the neighboring city of Pella. Most of the Jews thought they defeated the Roman armies with God's power and remained in Jerusalem, whereas Jesus' followers firmly believed the prophecy of Jesus and left there.
After Vespasianus was enthroned, he sent Titus, his son, to Jerusalem again in 70 A.D. and Jerusalem was destroyed. Finally, those who followed Jesus were saved, but those who refused to believe His prophecy were totally destroyed; one million and a hundred thousand people were killed, and ninety seven thousand captured. They had lost their own country for about 1,900 years. This occurred to fulfill the prophecy of the fig tree.
God prophesied the revival of the fig tree, the sign of Jesus' second coming.
Jer 30:1-3 'The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land.'
Lk 21:20-24 Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
These prophecies show Israel will be restored after the times of Gentiles. As prophesied, Israel was finally restored; Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, declared its independence on May 14, 1948. What does Jesus want to show us through the Independence of Israel, the revival of the fig tree? He is letting us know about His second coming.

Mt 24:26-33 At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, … They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, … Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, … you know that it is near, right at the door.
As prophesied, Jesus came a second time to save us when the fig tree's twigs got tender (when Israel got independent). In 1948, He was baptized at the age of 30 and began to preach the gospel of the new covenant. He is Christ Ahnsahnghong, the Second Coming Jesus. Let's receive Him and receive the salvation of our soul. God bless you.