“And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”
The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire — the ax already at the root communicates judgment already in motion. Every tree without fruit cut down and thrown into fire: the judgment is comprehensive and its result total. The agricultural metaphor makes the criterion clear: fruit — the visible evidence of transformed life.
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