Ellen G. White Writings

1961 An Exposition of Matthew Twenty-Four on the Second Coming of Christ, p. 57.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… the fig-tree is probably the most forcible figure that could be used by our Lord to illustrate this subject. When the trees of the field begin to put forth their …

1962 An Exposition of Matthew Twenty-Four on the Second Coming of Christ, p. 58.3 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… fig-tree has force, and we may know that Christ’s coming is near, even at the doors, with all the certainty that we know that summer is, nigh when the trees put …

1963 An Exposition of Matthew Twenty-Four on the Second Coming of Christ, p. 60.3 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… the fig-tree. In this prophetic discourse, he leads the minds of his disciples down over the events of the Christian age, mentions the signs in the sun, moon, and …

1964 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 5 1893, page 11 paragraph 2

… the fig tree, I saw thee.” And Jesus will see us also in the secret places of prayer, if we will seek him for light, that we may know what is truth. Angels from the world …

1965 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 5 1893, page 152 paragraph 5

“Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God!”

1966 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 1 February 18, 1897, page 78 paragraph 1

… a fig-tree. The miracle of being, the miracle of existence, the miracle enacted in our bodies here to-night, of our own individual existence, - all these are greater …

1967 The Great Empires of Prophecy, from Babylon to the Fall of Rome, p. 70.5 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.” Also the word of the Lord came again to Haggai that …

1968 Lessons on Faith, p. 81.3 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… the tree good and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt.” Men cannot gather grapes of thorns nor figs of thistles. The tree must be …

1969 The Present Truth, vol. 12 October 22, 1896, page 677 paragraph 6

… the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt.” Men cannot gather grapes of thorns, nor figs of thistles. The tree must be …

1970 The Present Truth, vol. 15 October 5, 1899, page 630 paragraph 3

… the trees? And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go …

1971 The Rights of the People, p. 254.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… and fig tree, according to the diabetes of conscience. “The very moment the Legislatures of American States declare (and that declaration is carried into …

1972 The Signs of the Times, vol. 4 April 18, 1878, page 118 paragraph 11

… a fig tree planted in his vineyard: and he came, and sought fruit thereon and found none; then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years …

1973 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 March 24, 1887, page 183 paragraph 2

… his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it. For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will …

1974 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 March 24, 1887, page 183 paragraph 3

… his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid.” And, too, they will say that “the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” All these things many people will say in the last …

1975 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 March 24, 1887, page 183 paragraph 5

… his fig-tree, with none to make afraid, and when none should ever learn war any more? Plainly there could not be. Therefore the text does not at all teach that there …

1976 The Signs of the Times, vol. 18 December 28, 1891, page 316 paragraph 2