RE: Curse of the barren fig tree
the curse of Jesus to the fig tree, we must understand as a symbol of God's judgment against his people Israel. All those perfectly organized rituals that took place in the temple, only served to hide the lack of true spiritual life.
Even the way he had been acclaimed the day before when he came to Jerusalem as the one who came "in the name of the Lord" was completely superficial, and it was not long before he changed it with cries of "Crucify him, crucify him!". The abundance of its leaves made it think that it had fruit, but it really lacked it. He promised a lot but he gave nothing. The Lord said that doubt was a serious obstacle to receiving what we ask for by faith. You can doubt God and also what we ask. This is manifested when we pray for something that we do not have much interest in and therefore we are not perseverant and we quickly get tired. Santiago expressed it in the following way:
"But ask with faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like the wave of the sea, which is swept away by the wind and thrown from one place to another. so that he may receive anything from the Lord, a double-minded man is inconstant in all his ways. But be kind to one another, merciful, forgiving one another, as God also forgave you in Christ. Supporting one another, and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another, just as Christ forgave you, so do you." And while it is true that we do not earn God's forgiveness by forgiving others, it is also true that if we are not able to forgive others, it will seriously question whether we ourselves have been forgiven. Let's learn to grow and walk with Christ