#mark 13

JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. In this Bible story, Jesus tells His disciples that there will be signs before the Son of Man (i.e. the Messiah, Jesus) returns at the end of days. The sun and moon will darken, and the stars will fall from the sky. He compares these signs to a tree sprouting leaves, pointing to a fig tree as an example. Just like the fig tree's new leaves are a sign that summer is on its way, these heavenly disasters will be a sign that the Son of Man is on His way. 2. In this cartoon, Jesus starts talking about the Son of Man like in the original Bible story. He gets to the part where he points out the fig tree and says, "Take a lesson from this fig tree." However, instead of the tree remaining respectfully silent like in the original story, the tree in this cartoon turns and interrupts him. It thinks that by "learn a lesson from this fig tree," Jesus meant for the tree to start teaching instead of Him. The tree is incorrect, as most trees are -- a flaw of their kind, and one of the many reasons God stripped them of their voices pre-Genesis (I assume).