The Real Reason Why YAHUSHA Cursed the Fig Tree

From the first building of the temple to the last one, now laying desolate in South Africa, there were many who were involved—from kings to the lowest servant of the tribes of Ya’aqob. But what is often missed and misunderstood is what they were actually building. On the surface, these men were constructing a place where the Ark of YaHU’aH could dwell behind the veil. But more deeply, they actually were given the opportunity to erect a heart solely set on the will of YaHU’aH. His will? To reject the flesh and follow, wholeheartedly, Ruach ha’Qodash.

This is why, many years later, YAHUSHA told Kapha that he was baruk. It wasn’t that the disciple had fully grasped everything. Nor did he perfect the way of life. However, he was in pursuit thereof. The heart Peter had was what YaHU’aH had desired for His people since the beginning. Not one of self-righteousness or filled with the cares of this world, but an inner being that desired nothing more than to live out the passions of The Most High AL.

This is exactly why YAHUSHA said to the Yahudyim:

“Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone’? … Therefore I say to you, the reign of AL will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing its fruits.”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 21:42–43; Tehillim (Psalm) 118:22

This devastating proclamation sent chills through the bones of the chosen nation. This was more than just gaslighting. He dumped truck-loads of fuel on the flame.

See, the people to whom the authority of the Kingdom of the ALmighty was given were literally having it snatched from their hands as YAHUSHA spoke. He was not just eternally rebuking these men. But He was teaching the disciples who stood on His side. And He made the truth very clear: the rulership is no longer yours, but for those who produce fruit with what was given to mankind.

What fruit? Glad you asked.

When YAHUSHA was hungry and stopped at the fig tree to eat, it had nothing to give. The Messiah cursed it, declaring:

“May you never bear fruit again.”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 21:19

Why such a harsh rebuke for the fig tree? See, the purpose of the fig tree was to produce figs. That was its sole job. And being a fig tree, it fully understood this. However, for one reason or another, the tree was barren—inept in its original design: serving the hungry. The harsh reality of the fig tree was a symbolic representation of one from the 12 Tribes. Understand this! The truth is that the lesson that followed regarding the reason for cursing the fig tree is also missed and taken out of context.

“And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, ‘How did the fig tree wither away so soon?’
So YAHUSHA answered and said to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, “Be removed and be cast into the sea,” it will be done. And whatever things you ask in a petition, believing, you will receive.’”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 21:20–22

Damningly, carnal-minded ministers taught carnal-minded congregants that all they had to do was simply have faith, and they could speak to the mountain in their life and it would be removed from their path. This wrong understanding is why people speak to their sickness and never get healed, or declare prosperity but never achieve or maintain it.

The truth? YAHUSHA was speaking of the fruitless Pharisees that stood as opposition against them and the purpose in which they were created.

Consider this:

“When I sent you out without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?”
And they said, “Nothing.”
Luqas (Luke) 22:35

Their struggle was never with the needs of life, but with the withered rebels that opposed them. If they were at risk of lack—being an obstacle for their work of producing fruit for the shamayim—YAHUSHA never would have instructed them:

“Do not acquire gold or silver or copper for your belts, nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staff.”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 10:9–10

Their obedience to being a fruit-bearing tree ensured that they lacked nothing.

To solidify this truth, look at the very next verse after explaining the cursing of the fig tree. The Ancient Text tells that when YAHUSHA came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching:

“By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 21:23

YAHUSHA answered and said to them:

“I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things: The immersion of Yahuchanan—where was it from? From shamayim or from men?”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 21:24–25

And they reasoned among themselves, saying:

“If we say, ‘From shamayim,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all count Yahuchanan as a prophet.”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 21:26

So they answered YAHUSHA and said:

“We do not know.”
And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Mattithyahu (Matthew) 21:27

Right there, YAHUSHA proved what it meant to speak to the fruitless fig trees—those mountains that stood in His way of being the fruit-filled tree ABaH had sent Him to be. He spoke a word from YaHU’aH they could not refute when they challenged His authority. And at that moment, they—the mountains in His path—were cast into the sea.

What you must grasp is the symbolism of the sea. It is an unstable surface that causes one to go back and forth. It takes miraculous power and absolute faith and truth to stand on such a surface. Hence, Kapha walked to YAHUSHA on the water:

Mattithyahu (Matthew) 14:28–29

Without such, it is ultimately confusing. This is why the leading mountains in YAHUSHA’s way were thrown into confusion, reasoning with themselves—refusing to provide an answer.

This topic just keeps dropping in my ruach. The reason is clear. There will be many fig trees that will be cursed forever. And now is the time to prepare your hearts. Many have awakened to the truth of who they are—fig trees by nature. But rather than producing contextual fruit that purely aligns with the Kingdom of YaHU’aH, they are either barren or full of thorns and thistles.

And you, being those with eyes to see and ears to hear, see it. You warn them to depart the ways of this life and its pattern—but they reject it, making excuses that won’t hold up on that day when YAHUSHA comes inquiring about their fruit.

At the end of the day, the stone that the builders rejected—YaHU’aH, who is now the cornerstone, YAHUSHA—is still being rejected today:

Tehillim (Psalm) 118:22; Mattithyahu (Matthew) 21:42; 1 Kapha (Peter) 2:6–8

One of the greatest misconceptions is that you can have faith and no works. Or, you can obey what is convenient to you. But the reality is: that nonsense is far from the truth. Faith absent from works means you have no faith at all:

Ya’aqob (James) 2:17

And an imbalance in walking in the truth is an abomination to YaHU’aH:

Mishlei (Proverbs) 11:1

And thus, because this is the norm of the tribes of Ya’aqob, a great purge will ensue, and the Kingdom will be opened to all nations who not just understood this divine truth, but lived it to the full.