After presenting the coming judgment on Israel from a cosmicand divine perspective, and just before transitioning His attention to His Second Coming, Jesus used the humble fig tree to offer His disciples a ray of hope.

The early church would suffer much before the temple wasdestroyed in judgment, but the judgment of Israel would prove a source of freedom and growth for the Kingdom of Heaven and the true people of God.

A sermon preached by Pastor Caleb Stomberg at LegacyReformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN.