Please permit me to resurrect this topic. I almost created a new thread to ask this very question but luckily, I first searched to see if there was already a similar topic and I found this.
Yes, I have also been wondering why Jesus cursed the fig tree. Apparently, I have so far been interpreting it literally.
There could be another interpretation. The fact is that Jesus was hungry. He had a desire and when his desire was not fulfilled, he kind of acted impulsively and retaliated.
And if we follow the events as narrated by Matthew, Jesus had been furious the previous night and when he got up the next morning and could not satisfy his desire, he decided to show his wrath again.
For me, this kind of shows his human nature. If we look at the society today, we have desires and often times, we try to fulfill those desires at all cost and we do sometimes react impulsively when our desires are not fulfilled.
Another thing I haven’t really understood why Jesus did it was when he cast out the demons from Mob. The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss. Jesus kind of accepted their request and sent them into the herd of pigs. Strangely, the whole herd of pigs rushed into the lake and drowned. What happened to the demons then? What was the need of sending them into the pigs in the first place only for them to go and drown?
Also, regarding the event at the temple, why did Jesus not go and tell the people peacefully that the shouldn’t be selling in the house of God? Why the use of force when there were diplomatic options?
Please don’t get me wrong, I am asking these questions in this manner in order to get a deep understanding of the altitude of Jesus and the actual lessons to be learned from these events.
Thanks
