#Fig tree

[pnwander]

the last figs, & their hummingbird keeper

[virgininorbit]

I am ruled by the moon and it’s essences

[dearlylostdoe]

[it-was-real-for-me]

yes dog motif, yes pomegranate symbolism, yes fig tree metaphor, I hear you, but when are we going to talk about a walnut? you lower yourself to pick it up, knees wet and dirty with mud, you hold the earthly pebble coated in a layer of skin, scalp like, and you think if you just break it open with one sharp sting of the hammer that there would be a sweet reward in the centre, a fruit of your labour, but it is bitter and sad, and shaped like viscera, and your fingers are stained a yellow brown that will never wash out. when

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I bit Jesus's hands and he cursed me like that one fig tree.

[callmeurrbunny]

this part of the book never fails to make me cry

[laprincessadelmar]

The analogy that changed lives.

[tomicscomics]

11/15/2024

This guy needs a tree-chers' union.

JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. In this Bible story, Jesus tells His disciples that there will be signs before the Son of Man (i.e. the Messiah, Jesus) returns at the end of days. The sun and moon will darken, and the stars will fall from the sky. He compares these signs to a tree sprouting leaves, pointing to a fig tree as an example. Just like the fig tree's new leaves are a sign that summer is on its way, these heavenly disasters will be a sign that the Son of Man is on His way. 2. In this cartoon, Jesus starts talking about the Son of Man like in the original Bible story. He gets to the part where he points out the fig tree and says, "Take a lesson from this fig tree." However, instead of the tree remaining respectfully silent like in the original story, the tree in this cartoon turns and interrupts him. It thinks that by "learn a lesson from this fig tree," Jesus meant for the tree to start teaching instead of Him. The tree is incorrect, as most trees are -- a flaw of their kind, and one of the many reasons God stripped them of their voices pre-Genesis (I assume).

[sylviaplathshair]

[tianaahhhh]

[sorrysomethingwentwrong]

Upside-down fig tree in Bacoli, Italy.

"No one is quite sure how the tree ended up there or how it survived, but year after year it continues to grow downwards and bear figs."

Credit: ArchaeoHistories

[dearestsecret]

[huariqueje]

El Sol , The Sun  - Antonio Barahona , 2022.

Spanish, b.1984 -

Oil on wood , 38 x 45 cm

[divinecouture]

my fig tree

[virgininorbit]

[sagewraith]

What she called home was a fig tree leaning against the wall, fruit sweetening slow in summer heat.

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, from Water & Salt; "Circling the Dome of the Sky"