Part two

 

Fig leaves or fruit  - which will you choose? For if Jesus meets you on the Day of Judgment and you present to Him only leaves  - and no fruit  - you will hear Him say  - depart from Me.  Religion is a Fig tree without fruit, bearing leaves only. It looks fine until you get close to it: then you see that all the promise,  all the expectations you had  - are denied  - for it's barren....Jesus cursed it for "he was hungry: and seeing a fig tree afar off ( Jesus and religion are far apart from one another) having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for the time of figs was not yet and Jesus answered and said unto it  - no man eat fruit of thee here after forever. And his disciples heard it."   Immediately after Jesus went and cleansed his temple  - throwing out the money changers. This, all of it, is a prophecy for us today  - Jesus is cursing religion- man's efforts to hide from his presence but look like (outwardly) he is seeking God. Jesus' true disciples will hear this word. They will obey Jesus' command to not eat it's fruit  - "here after forever" . They will recognize Christianity as a religion  for what it truly is  - a barren fig tree. They will say with me to The Lord  - "Master  - behold, the fig tree which you cursed is withered away" -  they will see religion dry up from the roots  -  THEY WILL NOT EAT OF IT'S FRUIT  - for the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil is cursed. They will follow Jesus "out of the city" - THEY WILL NOT LIVE (remain) IN BABYLON  - only visit it to win souls. They will have true faith, faith that bears the fruit God is satisfied with  - for "if a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered  - for herein is My Father glorified   - that you bear MUCH fruit  - so shall you be my disciples" .

My disciples are those who allow me to make them whole  - who do not hide from My Presence   - who do not hide behind fig leaves  - for you cannot bear fruit unto Me while avoiding intimacy. You must become naked before Me, to enter into intimacy  - clothed only in humility and my righteousness.  Make haste my beloved, be like the a young hart (heart) upon the mountains of spices. Do not deny Me the pleasure of your company now  - or you will be denied the pleasure of My company later  - when you cry out for it, weeping, and I will not answer.