MARK 11: GET WITH THE KING’S PROGRAM

PLANT METAPHORS OF ISRAEL IN THE BIBLE Grape VineFig TreeOlive tree I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine? (Jer 2:21) “When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved. (Hosea 9:10) The Lord called you a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. But with the roar of a mighty storm he will set it on fire, and its branches will be broken. The Lord Almighty, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused my anger by burning incense to Baal (Jer 11:16-17)

PLANT METAPHORS OF ISRAEL IN THE BIBLE Grape VineFig TreeOlive tree I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit (Isaiah 5:1-2) Then the L ORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “Figs,” I answered. “The good ones are very good, but the bad ones are so bad they cannot be eaten.” Then the word of the L ORD came to me: “This is what the L ORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘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… (Jeremiah 24:2) The Lord called you a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. But with the roar of a mighty storm he will set it on fire, and its branches will be broken. The Lord Almighty, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused my anger by burning incense to Baal (Jer 11:16-17)

WHAT GOD EXPECTED FROM ISRAEL Micah 6Micah 6 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 88He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

WHAT GOD EXPECTED FROM ISRAEL 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” John 6: 28-29

PRE-FIG (TAQSH)

THE DISCIPLES

APPLICATION 1.God is still looking for fruit today 2.Trust in God – is this reflected in the content of your prayer? 3.Follow the REAL Jesus- not the one people make up