Lent - Day 34
Mark 11:12-26

Mark and his literary intercalation or sandwich technique.

The fig tree that bares no fruit is cursed

- The story is interrupted by a the temple, which also bares no fruit.

Jesus returns to to fig tree and it has withered to the root.

The temple was a place of hope for not just the Jews but all nations and instead of being a place of sacrifice and forgiveness it has turned into a den of robbers.

Jesus is the embodiment of what the temple should be.

Todays Prayer
Jesus, may you uproot the places in our life that bare no fruit.