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Fig Tree and the Watchful Gardener

Name: Fig Tree and the Watchful Gardener
Brand: GoodSalt
SKU: smdas0426
Price: 3.95 USD
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A robed gardener stands beneath a fruiting fig tree, lifting his hand toward the branches as ripened figs hang among broad leaves. The composition centers on the biblical symbol of the fig tree, a sign of fruitfulness, judgment, patience, and spiritual readiness throughout Scripture. The man’s attentive posture evokes the parable in which a vineyard keeper pleads for more time to cultivate an unfruitful fig tree, revealing God’s mercy alongside the call to repentance. With its emphasis on cultivated fruit and careful inspection, the artwork serves well for teaching themes of discipleship, stewardship, repentance, harvest, and bearing fruit worthy of God’s kingdom.

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Keywords	fig tree fruitfulness gardener harvest parable
Secondary Keywords	branches discipleship figs leaves repentance stewardship teaching vinedresser
Tertiary Keywords	judgment kingdom mercy patience spiritual growth
Scriptures	Luke 13:6-9 Mark 11:12-14 Matthew 24:32-33 Matthew 3:8 Luke 13 6 And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’” Mark 11 12 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. Matthew 24 32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Matthew 3 8 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

Fig Tree and the Watchful Gardener

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Matthew 3

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