Holy Tuesday

Fig Tuesday

This day has multiple points of worship which include: the parable of the ten virgins, the parable of the two sons, the withering of the fig tree, the temple debates, Jesus' woes against the Pharisees and the olive discourse.

The Withering of the Fig Tree

The fig tree was a healthy tree yet bearing no fruit. Jesus cursed it and afterwards it withered.

The Questioning of Authority

The chief priests asked Jesus by who's authority he was acting on behalf, hoping that he would say God and give them the justification to arrest him however Jesus responds with a question, asking where the baptism of John came from, knowing they would say heaven, only they do not, knowing Jesus' implication.

The Parable of the Two Sons

Two sons are asked by their father to harvest fruit. One say they will the other says they won't. But the only son to pick fruit was the one who at first refused. The other son was a liar. The son who refused was the one enacting God's will.

Jesus' Woes Against the Pharisees

Jesus calls the scribes and the Pharisees hypocrites who outwardly make themselves appear clean and holy but on the inside are greedy and jealous.

The Olive Discourse

His speech on the mount of olives detailed prophecy of the future, more natural disasters and told parables.

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

Ten virgins were to wait throughout the night with lamps for the bridegroom's arrival at any time. Five of them brought oil and the other five did not. The five that did not have oil, had their lamps burn out and their bridegrooms did not find them but the other five were found and were married.

Jesus was represented by the bridegroom and his promised return. The Christians are the virgins, the ones who prepare for Jesus' arrival and the false Christians who don't.

William Blake (1822)

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