‘Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away’ (Mt 21:18, 19)

Let’s look afresh at this incident in the Bible and study the words of Jesus…. We are praying for revival. Surely there is something here to help us in our time of need.
The first thing we see is that Jesus was hungry. God is hungry for fruit, sweet and pleasant. A fig tree is a symbol of prosperity. A barren fruit tree is a type of false hope. The tree had green beautiful leaves, but no figs. That is a symbol of religious hypocrisy. The prevous day Jesus cleansed the House of God. It was immediately after the cleaning of the Temple that the miracles of healing began to happen. The next step was an open door to the praises of the King!
These are very important spiritual principles. If you desire to receive miracles of healing and deliverance, then you have to repent of sin. This repentance has to be from your heart, with fruit to prove its reality. A pure heart shall receive her miracle!
This tree along the road gave false hopes of prosperity but no performance. Then Jesus cursed it and it withered. A tree without fruit planted in the house of God will soon lose its leaves also and become naked and disgraced. The purpose of a tree is to produce fruits. If a tree does not fulfill its God- given purpose, it shall be destroyed. The religious hypocrites in the church are in grave danger and they will be exposed and disgraced when the Master comes to visit His Bride.
‘The sinners in Zion are terrified! Fearfulness has gripped the hypocrites…’ (Is 33:14)
The warning to repent of hypocrisy cannot be overemphasized! Please take note: a sinner is not a hypocrite according to the Bible. When the world talks about hypocrisy, they mean something else than what the Bible says. A sinner is a sinner. A hypocrite is someone who goes to church, says is a believer but in reality he is not. A hypocrite is someone who takes God’s name in vain. This is a very grave charge! Jesus was not angry with the sinners. He was angry and cursed the religious hypocrites! If you look for hypocrites, for these barren fig trees, these are not outside the church. They are seated in the pews and they stand in the pulpits of churches, preaching and teaching. These shall be judged more seriously than the ‘ordinary’ sinners.
The question remains…are you an hypocrite? Are you like a tree along the road, with green, beautiful leaves and no fruit for Jesus? Are you in church advertising yourself and totally lacking the love, the patience and mercy of Jesus? Jesus physically removed the traders of doves from His Temple; so He will physically remove you from the church if you do not repent of hypocrisy! Selah!
Jesus says that we should pray with faith and without doubt. That is the road to experience miracles. That is when mountains shall be relocated into the sea. When Jesus commanded the tree to wither and it did, the disciples were amazed. They did not ask ‘why do you do this” but the wonder was ‘how did You do this’? Then Jesus said to them that faith without the damage of doubt is the key. It is faith in this same Jesus, that He can do miracles, that is the key to open the door! It is then that we can speak to circumstances and things shall change, to the glory of God! Father, grant them a new begining, in Jesus name, amen!