The fig tree parable: its lesson is about the Abomination of Desolation as the trigger sign, not Israel's re-founding

The fig tree parable (Matthew 24:32-33) is commonly interpreted as Israel becoming a nation (the fig tree sprouting). Mike argues the main point is simpler: just as a budding fig tree signals summer is near, when you see the Abomination of Desolation you know the Second Coming is imminent. He does not definitively say the fig tree is NOT Israel, but says it's not clearly that, and the core lesson doesn't depend on that identification.