Mark 11

I'm struck by how much ground is covered in each chapter here.  Especially after reading thru some of the plodding style of the Old Testament, this seems to move way too fast for me.  I want more detail, and more explanation of what's happening.  I was particularly interested in the story of the fig tree.  This one seems odd to me, and there must be something really important there, but I'm not grasping it.

I found this:

Verse 13

[13] And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.

For it was not a season of figs — It was net (as we say) a good year for figs; at least not for that early sort, which alone was ripe so soon in the spring. If we render the words, It was not the season of figs, that is, the time of gathering them in, it may mean, The season was not yet: and so (inclosing the words in a parenthesis, And coming to it, he found nothing but leaves) it may refer to the former part of the sentence, and may be considered as the reason of Christ's going to see whether there were any figs on this tree. Some who also read that clause in a parenthesis, translate the hollowing words, for where he was, it was the season of figs. And it is certain, this meaning of the words suits best with the great design of the parable, which was to reprove the Jewish Church for its unfruitfulness at that very season, when fruit might best be expected from them.

Its the last line that I think is the meaning.  But, it doesn't seem to fit that he would say, "no one will ever eat fruit from you again......seems harsh, and not like a Savior that is all about grace and forgiveness.

How's that?
I jump in with lots of questions......and not many answers