Can anyone fully explain the parable of the fig tree?

I've read on here that it refers to the last generation (baby boomers). Can anyone explain why it is this generation as it relates to a fig tree?

Can anyone fully explain the parable of the fig tree?
The parable of the fig tree


Mark 13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:





When the planting of the Smyrna [her] fig tree shoot is young [tender] and sprouts [putteth forth] leaves, summer [harvest] is close. When the nation Israel is formed and begins to grow, the consummation of this age [harvest] is near.





Mark 13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.





Like the forming of Israel, when you see the events taught in Mark 13:5-27, the seven seals, know that the consummation of this age is near and about to enter in.





Mark 13:30 Verily [truly] I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.





This generation shall not die [pass]. The generation during Israel becoming a nation May 14,1948. The generation that sees some of the events of the seven seals happen. The baby-boomer generation and they are getting gray hair. The fig tree generation. This generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.





Psa.22:30-31 A seed shall serve Him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done this.
Reply:I think it would be arrogant to say that any one person has the full explantion for any scripture.
Reply:The fact that fruit trees were taxed in Palestine during that time and that unproductive trees were cut down helps us to understand why Jesus caused an unfruitful fig tree to wither so as to use it for illustrative purposes.—Mt 21:18-22.





The fig tree that Jesus Christ cursed seems to have been abnormally early with its leaves, inasmuch as it was then Nisan 10 of the year 33 C.E. Its appearance gave basis for hoping it might also be unseasonably early in producing fruit suitable for eating, and the record at Mark 11:12-14 indicates that Jesus approached the tree with that thought in mind even though “it was not the season of figs,” that is, the time for the fruit to be gathered. The tree’s having nothing but leaves showed it was not going to produce any crop and was, therefore, deceptive in its appearance. Jesus cursed it as unproductive, causing it to wither.—Compare Mt 7:19; 21:43; Lu 13:6-9.
Reply:It has nothing to do with this generation, it was that time period that it pertains to.





Jesus used the fig tree to illustrate the bad spiritual state of the nation. While traveling from Bethany to Jerusalem four days before his death, he saw a fig tree that had abundant leaves but no fruit whatsoever. Since the early figs appear along with the leaves, and sometimes even before the leaves develop, the tree’s lack of fruit showed that it was worthless.





Like the unproductive fig tree that looked healthy, the Jewish nation had a deceptive outward appearance. But it had not produced godly fruitage, and it finally rejected Jehovah’s own Son. Jesus cursed the sterile fig tree, and on the following day, the disciples noticed that it had already withered. That dried-up tree aptly signified God’s forthcoming rejection of the Jews as his chosen people.





It was common to set both fig and olive trees in the vineyards at certain distances, so that when the vineyards had a bad year, there would still be some income. New trees grown from cuttings usually produce at least a few figs within two or three years. The parallel between the three years mentioned in the illustration and the three years of Jesus’ ministry that had passed was evidently significant. The tree appeared from a distance to be productive but was deceptive. As a taxable item, it was a burden, hence it deserved to be destroyed.
Reply:The disciples asked 3 questions. When would the temple be destroyed (Jesus just told them about this), what would be His sign, and when would He return. They wrongly seemed to believe His return and the destruction of the Temple would be at the same time. So Jesus here gives signs of these 3 events and with the parable of the fig tree warns them to be watching for the signs. It is said that many of the Christians avoided the disaster of Jerusalem because they saw and recognized the signs and fled. May we recognize the signs of His return and be ready.
Reply:absolutely nothing but the study of nature

gert