have heart shaped leaves
grow to be 66 feet tall
have fruit year-round
Luke 19:1-10
Jesus tells the tax collector Zacchaeus to, "Hurry and come down"
From a Sycamore tree in Jericho.
John 1
48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered him,
“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
50 Jesus answered him,
“Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”
51 And He said to him,
“Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see Heaven opened,
and the angels of God
ascending and descending
on
The Son of Man.”
Believers have a warmth reading the description of God, seeing into our heart, and meeting Jesus in His Kingdom.
Matthew 25:31-46
“When the Son of Man comes in His Glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.
Before Him will be gathered all the nations
and
He will separate people one from another
as a shepherd
separates the sheep
from the goats.
33 And He will place the sheep on His right, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right,
‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed Me, 36 I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.’
37 Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 And when did we see You a stranger and welcome You, or naked and clothe You? 39 And when did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’
40 And the King will answer them,
‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to One of the Least of these My Brothers, you did it to Me.’
41 “Then He will say to those on His left,
‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome Me, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to One of the Least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
And these verses remind us again of the ongoing discussion of the man asking to see a photo of Jesus standing at his hospital bed. One of the helpers instead gave the man a photo of Jesus Himself in his hospital bed, reading the same book.
This passage is well known to most Christians. And very self-explanatory.
People have said for millenniums,
Christians are difficult to identify, they seem to act like everyone else.
Well, God probably knows this.
The one portion I learned recently, sheep and goats tend to blend and are not very identifiable as they get to be teenagers and well-groomed adult sheep. How will we tell the difference?
Sheep keep their tails down, while goats always have their tails pointing straight up.
Goats
When we see cats and dogs do this tail indication, having a tail straight up says the animal is proud and determined. Leaving a trail for the scent to be found for mating and for the adversary who could well find and destroy the goat. Goats can find their eating habits, and foraging, trap them in dense forestry or thorns. Goats are far more likely to end up being destroyed by an adversary, eaten. And fight other goats very aggressively. Goats are known escape artists and more curious. Wandering. And again, more likely to meet their gory doom. Even as they protect themselves from one aggressor.
Sheep have their tails down.
Which would indicate a more thinking concept of self-preservation. Sheep keep their food choices close to the ground. Knowing that the food is close to the ground, the sheep can watch and eat. The sheep might wander off, lost in this thinking. And does not have the defensive nature even with adversaries. Sheep tend to fight other sheep. Sheep are the farm animal of choice, usually, for wool and meat.
Psalm 23
Surely goodness and mercy
are my footprints
all my days
Abba, Father!
Dwell in me,
Dwell in us,
Dwell in those we Love,
Help us to seek You first.
And we will finish well,
in Jesus Christ.
Help us seek and find
and bring,
to become,
more Heaven
to this earth.
Thank You
for
our first grandbaby
Arriving this summer,
All Your Love
Blessings upon
this little one.
And in Jesus - This Hope.
Faith and Love - we will rise up Believing Jesus.
Thank You, Father.
Amen!
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
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