re: #291 SanFranciscoZionist

But why is it specified that it is not the season for figs? If it’s not the season for figs, you ain’t gonna get figs.

That alone is problematic, for according to the Wikipedia articles on the two most important and common types of figs in that part of the world:
The common fig bears two or three times a year, and the “Sycamore fig” bears year round.

So it seems that one would have a decent chance of finding a fig in fruit in that area, if one really wanted to.

I guess a Calvinist would say the choice of the phrase “for it was not the season for figs” is simply to demonstrate the sovereignty of God, that is, God can damn anyone he wants to without the damn-ee having a choice in the matter.