Many people who have studied biblical prophecy for any time are familiar with the answer to this question. The fig tree represents the nation of Israel. In Matthew 24, Luke 21 and in Mark 13 this same parable is nestled in there as Jesus pointing out to the disciples when they see the nation of Israel “sprouting leaves” (but not fruit) it will be a prophetic marker for the nearing of the end of days. Jeremiah 24 is a core teaching of this concept. There are also other references to the fig tree in the synoptic Gospel accounts. Given that there are a lot of other solid teachings available on this subject I won’t bother to try to duplicate them.
One thing I will include here because it has to do with the timing of the fruition of the fig tree. If Israel was formed as a nation in 1948 as many agree then when Jesus says in Matt 24:34 (KJV) “…this generation will not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” the question is how long is a generation? Referring back to Psalm 90:10 (KJV) “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years…”
Well, lets add it together. 1948 + 80 = 2028. If the church leaves 7 years prior then we should have been gone in 2021. I’m editing this section in January 2025 and that’s certainly not the case. I recently learned the fact that Israel did not establish Jerusalem as the capitol until 1950 so we could use that day as the start of the fig tree generation and we would come to 2030. Interestingly enough, that is the year our World Economic Forum “friends” have set as the time that you will “own nothing and be happy”
We certainly have not even seen a 3rd temple yet but the Temple Institute is poised to fast track the erection of one with many of the implements all ready to go now. Back to the generation length question if we go to Genesis 6 for a clue using the maximum designated life span then we could go as far as 120 years after 1948 giving 2068 but given the trajectory that appears to be unfolding now I can’t imagine what the world would look like then. Paul’s letters do not nor, really, any of the other of the epistles reference to the fig tree parable. Maybe that’s by the Lord’s design. Is the Israeli fig tree parable a puzzle piece that fits? Only the Lord knows for sure.