Mark 11:11

Mark 11:11 says, And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.  When Jesus got to Jerusalem, He went into the temple and looked around on all the things going on there.  He could have decided that He liked being adored and have wanted to change His mission, but He didn't.  We might get caught up in the praise and adoration of people as Christians and decide that we like that better than being a simple servant of Christ, but we had better pray that we never do.  That evening, Jesus went to Bethany with the twelve disciples, leaving the adoring crowds behind.  If we start to get too caught up in the praise of man, we need to get alone with Jesus once more and seek His guidance.  He did not immediately pass judgment on what was happening there, but in the evening, returned to Bethany, where He had a place to stay.  Jesus is still observing what is going on in the church today, and He may not immediately pass judgment on things that are being done that are not in accordance with His will, but one day He will.  For now, He has returned to His heavenly home and not a borrowed place to spend the night as He did then.  Verse twelve adds, And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:  The next morning, Jesus and the disciples left Bethany and returned to Jerusalem, and Jesus was hungry, which gives proof of the fact that He was human.  We cannot make Jesus any less human than we are, or He would have only been going through the motions of defeating sin and death without really being able to give in to temptation.  Verse thirteen states, And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet;   Jesus saw a fig tree that had leaves, and thought He might find some figs to eat, but He found nothing but leaves.  By appearance, the fig tree should have had fruit, but it did not.  By appearances, people who profess to be Christians should be bearing fruit, but sometimes their profession of faith is only for show so they never bear fruit, and we are told that by our fruit we will be known as being His.  It is then stated that the time of the fruit was not yet come.   It could be that this meant that this tree alone had yet to produce fruit, or that it was too early for all fig trees, and I believe that it applied to this fig tree alone.  Still, it was not time for anyone to bear fruit for Christ, because His time was not yet come.  Verse fourteen adds, And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.  Jesus then said that no one would ever eat of this tree again, which is why I believe He wasn't referring to all fig trees.  We are individually judged by our own relationship with Jesus Christ and the fruit we bear, and not by the relationship of anyone else.  The disciples heard what Jesus said, and so must we today.