For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a tame olive-tree... jacob 5:3. In this chapter there is a vineyard, olive-tree, a master, and a servant. In the vineyard there is good soil and bad soil. The vineyard represents the world. There are some places better set up for the teaching of the gospel than others. Such as the promised land/the americas. The olive-tree is also the world. At first it brings forth good fruit, representing that the gospel is on the Earth. It begans to decay, the gospel is still on the Earth but not as much. The master and the servant try to prune the tree and nourish it for some time. Then they try to graft in branches from another tree. The tree starts to bring forth evil fruit, none of it is good, the gospel is no longer on the Earth. The branches have over come the roots of the olive tree, the gospel has been totally removed from the Earth. They yet again try to save the tree. This time they graft in branches from the mother tree. It starts to bring forth good fruit, the gospel has been restored to the Earth. Then it talks about how after a long time of good fruit the bad will come into the vineyard yet again, and he will gather up the good and the bad branches, and preserve the good branches, while he will burn the bad branches in a fire.
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I think strong families and people who have unshakable testimonies will guarantee that the olive trees being forth good fruit. The evil in the world seems to be getting more evil all the time but the good and strong people are getting better and stronger. We must always pray to be able to resist temptation and stay faithful!!
Annabelle, I am impressed how perceptive you are when it comes to the scriptures. I didn't really understand the parable of the olive tree until I was in college, and you got the message at 10 years old. Keep reading and pondering the scriptures and the Holy Ghost will reveal even more truths to you.
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