Jotham's Parable (Four Trees)

  Four-Fold View of Israel [Audio]
(Judges 9:8-15)

Prophetically Lost and Restored

Eternally Lost

Vine Tree
(Judges 9:12-13)

Fig Tree
(Judges 9:10-11)

Olive Tree
(Judges 9:8-9)

Bramble Tree
(Judges 9:14-15)

Israel Viewed
Nationally
(Psalms 80:8-9; Isaiah 5:7)

Israel Viewed
Religiously
(Luke 13:6-9; John 1:47-48)

Israel Viewed
Spiritually
(Romans 11:17; 15:27)

Israel Viewed
Idolatrously
(Matthew 7:15-16,22-23)

National
Privileges Lost
(II Kings 17:18-23)

Religious
Privileges Lost
(Matthew 21:18-19; 23:37-38)

Spiritual
Privileges Lost
(Acts 28:25-28)

Idolatry
Forever Removed
(
Zechariah 13:1-2)

National
Privileges Restored
(Ezekiel 36:20-24)

Religious
Privileges Restored
(Matthew 24:1-2,32-33)

Spiritual
Privileges Restored
(Isaiah 59:20-21; 60:1-3)