The Text:
Mark 11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
Mar 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Mar 11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
The Challenge:
you’re still sharing a multitude unrelated verses that i am not gonna read (WiseGuySmiles).
Moving on i guess i can agree to disagree with you.
I have this as another thing. Why did not your god know about whether the fig tree that he created had figs or not. How come your god doesn’t know about his own creations?
My Answer:
To suggest that I am sharing with you “a multitude [of] unrelated verses” only demonstrates that you may not have read the Bible enough to understand the well-known principle that “Scripture interprets Scripture,” sometimes stated as “the Bible is its own interpreter.”
But thank you for the opportunity to interact with you about what the Bible actually teaches.
As for the fig tree having figs or not, I may have answered that question here before.
Here is the relevant Bible text from Mark 11:12-14,
Mar 11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
Mar 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Mar 11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
Here is the explanation I have placed in my newly released (2023, pages 996, 997) Bible reference work, The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, which explains this cultural reference at Mark 11:13:
was not yet. FS63K, +Gen 37:13, The Passover did not occur at the proper fig-season; but figs remained on the trees (dried) right through the winter. These, which could generally be found were called pag. The name is preserved in the word Bethphage (house of figs). At the time of the Passover, such figs might well have been looked for. The Lord went to see “if consequently he might find anything thereon.” It was “if consequently,” because “it was not the proper season of figs” (suka: not olunthoi, as the others were called, and for which He sought). We must also remember that in the East all fruit trees were enclosed in gardens, and had an owner. This tree, though, by the roadside (Mat 21:19) must have been enclosed, and as it grew over the wall, passers by might partake of the fruit (Deut 23:24). But the owner had probably shaken the fruit off, or gathered it himself, and hence deserved the judgment which came upon him (see Lev 19:9, 10; Lev 23:22, Deut 24:19, 20, 21). This is one of the two miracles of destruction wrought by Jesus: and we know that in the other case the owners of the swine were justly punished (F/S 124).
As for your question:
“How come your god doesn’t know about his own creations?”
It is more likely that many readers of the Bible today are not acquainted enough with the culture portrayed in the Bible, and need to make use of reference sources which provide an explanation of the culture that was well known to everyone alive at the time these events happened and were recorded in Scripture.