“CURSED IS EVERY ONE HUNG ON A TREE” 

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:” (Galatians 3:13)

So now Dear Reader, when you see a Western movie, you can understand why they used to string people up … because the Bible says that if they do, they will be cursed.

But do people understand God’s reasoning behind this?

Let’s look at the following seven verses … and see the meaning contained therein …

“It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.” (Luke 13:19)

“Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.”(Matthew 13:32)

“And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.” (Luke 17:6)

“It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:” (Mark 4:31)

“It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.” (Mark 4:31-32)

“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.” (Revelation 18:2)

“Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.”
(Job 28:20-21)

THE TEACHING:

Christ is the smallest grain

Christ grows into the largest of trees

Christ brings in the two kingdoms of heaven and God

Into these two kingdoms, the fowls of the air … birds … come and nest in them … not destroying them but contaminating it. 

Birds represent sin … they suddenly appear out of nowhere and lodge in trees.

Sin is like a bird that suddenly appears out of nowhere.  

So both Christ’s kingdoms are cursed with sin.

Man is formed from the dust of the earth and that’s where he should stay with his feet on the ground.

Trees are for birds … and for cursed men.

Men are to be buried in the ground from where they came.

Two things are to be found in trees … cursed men and birds.

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:” (Galatians 3:13)

Christ was made sin for us, like a sin-bird … and was found on tree … the cross.

Harley Hitchcock  
October 2025

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