Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-21
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Mystery of the Flaw in Jesus Life

The Christian scholars worried They had found
tiny flaw in the perfect life of Jesus For centuries these
and dscoursed authenticated life of Jesus
they had added noted annotated and dssected line Of
the Bible They had written volumnous biographies about
the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity
Now. the flaw
1t wasn't much of flaw 1t was comparable perhaps to
baby gnat the hide of elephant but perfection admits
of the Messiah condemned hg
not bearing fruit At that season. the tree wasn't supposed
to have fruit.
of the learned writers covered the little flaw by
CLOSING Others said that though the tree not yet
ready to bear figs Jesus God knew that it barren
This good reasoning but not in keeping with the
practical lessons which Our Lord constantly imparng
to the Apostles.
The occurred the morning after Palm Sunday
Jesus and the Twelve had spent the night at Bethany miles
Jerusalem Now walking back to Jerusalem
teach the temple in defiance Of the high priests
The mornings, in early April sun spangled and COOL
The One Leafy Tree
Jesus walked ahead. The behind Him. the
Mountains OF Moab Much OF the soil on the hills between
the Mount of Olives and the Mount Of Oense dry and
dead The trees few OF these dressed
The Messiah tall. slender a sad who subjected
himself to all the weaknesses and pain of the leafy
tree He hungry He approached the and stuck
His hand branch and pulled outward When He opened
His palm. there was nothing but green leaves in It,
The apostles watched from few feet on Jesus pointed
finger at the tree and said May no man hereafter eat
fruit Of thee anymore forever"
They passed into Jerusalem and that day. Jesus cast
out from the temple the money changers and overturned the
tables and chairs OF those who sold doves for sacrifice The
next morning the apostles passing the fig tree and
they noticed that it had begun wther.
Date Of Jesus Death
Since that time learned have added bits and pieces
to the life Of Christ One Of the major discoveries the
date Of His death The scholars reasoned that died
Friday and this particular Friday also the start
of the Of the Passover there been
full moon that night.
Jesus said to be in his thirties in back
tracking the ancient calendars the scholars found that
the date of death most likely April in the AID
Assuming that this is true then April the Monday
which He condemned the g tree In Palestine figs in
good bloom in June
This the tiny the perfect life petty
to condemn tree for not having fruit at time when His
Father ordained that it should not bear fruit
The theological riddle remained unsolved until the year
1880 At that time oxford scholar named Ayfred Elder
shem writing big work entitled The Life and Times
Of Jesus the Messiah" This primarily lecturer
and he had background Of Teutonic thoroughness His
biography would eventually volumes would
in the opinion Of be the most dehnitiv life Of Christ
ever rendered in English.
A Trip to the Scene
When Edershem to the episode Of the fig tree he
stopped work He left England and went to Palestine that
he could examine g tree in early April When he arrived
he sought the Of fellow scholars and Hebrew author
tiles and like others before and since he traced all
the holy places on foot.
In the Of April Mr. Edersheim found fig
In leaf He thrust his in, and when he pulled 1t out
along the branch he found that he had small gray sub
stances in his hand They looked like mushrooms
What are these?" he asked Jewish professor.
The smiled. TRY them" he said. "They good
to eat In the ancient days travellers in the early spring
them from trees while walking between towns"
Edersheim ate 1t tasted good. do you find them
all fig trees?" he said
NO. the professor said "Only on trees which will bear
figs later First these in early spring then the figs g
tree not have these it will have no figs In June"
The mystery had been solved There flaw in the
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