Understanding the End Time two seasons of Summer

by Jock Ellis

The End Times of our day are characterized with two Spiritual Seasons of Summer:

The fig tree as we learned earlier produces fruit in late June (Tammuz) and in Fall (Tishri). In Jeremiah 24, there are two harvested baskets of figs associated with summer figs set before the Temple of the LORD:

  1. edible (first ripe)
  2. non edible (naughty)

Jeremiah 24:1 The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

Jeremiah 24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first [bikkuwrah 1063] ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

1063. bikkuwrah, bik-koo-raw´; feminine of 1061; the early fig:—firstripe (fruit).

1061., bik-koor´; from 1069; the first-fruits of the crop:—first fruit (-ripe (figuratively)), hasty fruit.

A fig tree to produce fruit must have rain, and a fig tree that lacks rain will only bear leaves and no fruit. Also, fig seeds that produce edible fruit must have rain in winter (see germination below). The Summer Good Fig Seeds spiritually are a picture of the true believers who leave the physical organized churches during the Final Tribulation and receive latter rain, see Romans 9:29. Thus, the distinguishing factor between the two spiritual summers season of figs is that good figs (edible) receive latter rain during the time of spiritual summer and bad figs (non edible) do not receive latter rain during the time of spiritual summer.

Isaiah 16:9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

Please also see the Study: The Books of Amos and Zechariah interesting Bible correlation between the seasons of winter and summer

1.

The Fig Tree in Leaf (Matthew 24: 32-34), a Summer which result in no latter rain harvest for the physical organized churches and its beginning is associated with 40 years from Israel as a nation (1988) or two years of no latter rain beginning in Adar 1994

Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Matthew 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Matthew 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

2.

The Fig Tree (seeds) that Shoot Forth (Luke 21: 29-30), a Summer associated with coming latter rain outside the physical organized churches, its beginning is associated with the summer ending season of the physical organized churches in Adar 1996

Luke 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

Luke 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

Verse

Key Verse Phrase

Harvest Effect

Seasons of Summer Time Periods

Matthew 24:32

yet tender, and putteth forth leaves

Fig tree that bears leaves has no potential of latter rain fruit (non edible), see Note 1 below

1988/87 Cheshvan -1996 Adar (Spiritual Summer 59 days/7 =8.428571 days)

1994 Adar - 1996 Adar (2 Years of no later rain [harvest] - Spiritual

Summer is 2 months)

Luke 21:30

When they now shoot forth <4261 proballo>

Germinated fig seed with potential of latter rain fruit (edible) - see Study of Good and Bad figs

1996 Adar - 1997 Tishri ( 2 Jewish Years - Spiritual Summer is 2 months),

See Note 2 below

4261.proballo, prob-al´-lo; from 4253 and 906; to throw forward, i.e. push to the front, germinate:—put forward, shoot forth.

Notes

(1)

Fig tree that bore leaves was cursed by Jesus and was never again able to bear fruit

Matthew 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

(2)

Latter Rains begln in Adar (Winter) 1997, and the first Fall harvest attributtable to Latter Rain is Tishri 1997

Germination is the sprouting of a seed. Most seeds have a period of inactivity called dormancy before they start to grow. In most parts of the world, this period lasts through the winter. Then, after spring arrives, the seeds start to germinate

Romans 9:29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

Seeds need three things to grow: (1) a proper temperature, (2) moisture, and (3) oxygen. Most seeds, like most kinds of plants, grow best in a temperature between 65 °F (18 °C) and 85 °F (29 °C). The seeds of plants that live in cold climates may germinate at lower temperatures, and those of tropical regions may sprout at higher temperatures. Seeds receive the moisture they need from the ground. The moisture softens the seed coat, allowing the growing parts to break through. Moisture also prepares certain materials in the seed for their part in seed growth. If a seed receives too much water, it may begin to rot. If it receives too little, germination may take place slowly or not at all. Seeds need oxygen for the changes that take place within them during germination.

Please also see the Study: The Books of Amos and Zechariah provides interesting Bible correlation between the seasons of winter and summer: