In Mark 11:12-19, Jesus curses a fig tree for not bearing fruit and then he immediately drives the moneychangers and merchants out of the temple. In verse 14, he says to the fig tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” At first glance, it would seem unreasonable of Jesus to curse the tree for being fruitless when, as Mark says in verse 13, “it was not the season for figs”. But upon closer examination there is a lesson here for us all. W. M. Christie sheds some intere