Matthew 25:1-13 - Your take away?

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EarsToHear

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The Parable of the Ten Virgins


Matthew 25:1-13

1. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.


2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.


3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:


4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.


5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.


6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.


7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.


8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.


9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.


10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.


11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.


12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.


13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
 
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The Parable of the Ten Virgins speaks of the "Rapture of the Church." Also there will come a time, when it's too late; today is the day...Hebrews 3:15. Millions presently are in the Church, but not in Christ. Because they were religious, they thought they were saved. Our lives are to be lived as if Jesus would come today.
 

OneFaith

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The oil represents the Holy Spirit. You cannot choose to be Holy for someone else. If they say “Well, I’m going to start going back to church and reading my Bible again.” But Christ comes right then, or if they die right then, it’s too late, they should have obeyed God diligently while they had the chance, instead of slacking off.
 
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Those pretending contrasted with the sincere; distinguished by their works.
 

Jackson123

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This parable teach us

1 be ready all the time

2 Christian may lose they salvation if not always ready
 

nddreamer

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In Zach. 4:2,3,11,12,14 the oil that empties from the two golden pipes, which comes from the two olive trees represent the word of God. These are the two covenants (Old and New Testaments) of the Bible. The oil burns and gives "light". "Light" means wisdom, understanding, knowledge.
In Matt. 25:1-12, the virgins with oil represent those who know and obey the laws of God. They have "light". Those without oil follow the ways of the world and deny God. They have "darkness".
"Matt. 4:16 The people which sat in "darkness" saw great "light". Jesus brought the gospel of the kingdom of God to the people. "John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that "light" is come into the world, and men loved "darkness" rather than "light", because their deeds were evil."
"Matt. 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man (Jesus) cometh."
This is referring to the rapture. "Watch therefore" means learn of me. If you don't, the door of heaven is shut to you (Matt.
25:10-12).
"Luke 17:21 ---behold, the kingdom of God is within you." It either is or it isn't. It's all about choice. It reminds me of the poem by Robert Frost that ends----"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Boy, it sure does!
 

Dino246

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While I would tend to agree that the oil may represent the Holy Spirit, the analogy breaks down with the limitation of quantity; "We may not have enough for both you and ourselves." The Holy Spirit isn't quantitative in this way.

As Jesus does not explicitly unpack this parable, as He does with that of the soils, we are left to speculate. Given that, we should do so cautiously, and hold our interpretations lightly rather than dogmatically.

A few thoughts:

- the virgins aren't the bride; in fact, the bride is not mentioned at all;
- why would the virgins need lamps anyway - there is probably some cultural significance to this;
- since so little is explained, there may not be a specific analogue to every element of the story;
- the gist of the story seems to be about preparation;
- the coming of the groom may be likened to Christ's return (not much of a stretch);
- all who heard the parable firsthand died before Christ returned; in fact, most believers have died, or will, prior to His return.

Given all that, I would conclude that the point is not to leave the issue of salvation until the last possible moment. Rather, deal with it now, so that you aren't scrambling at the last moment. You don't know when that last moment will be... for you.
 

MarcR

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While I would tend to agree that the oil may represent the Holy Spirit, the analogy breaks down with the limitation of quantity; "We may not have enough for both you and ourselves." The Holy Spirit isn't quantitative in this way.

As Jesus does not explicitly unpack this parable, as He does with that of the soils, we are left to speculate. Given that, we should do so cautiously, and hold our interpretations lightly rather than dogmatically.

A few thoughts:

- the virgins aren't the bride; in fact, the bride is not mentioned at all;
- why would the virgins need lamps anyway - there is probably some cultural significance to this;
- since so little is explained, there may not be a specific analogue to every element of the story;
- the gist of the story seems to be about preparation;
- the coming of the groom may be likened to Christ's return (not much of a stretch);
- all who heard the parable firsthand died before Christ returned; in fact, most believers have died, or will, prior to His return.

Given all that, I would conclude that the point is not to leave the issue of salvation until the last possible moment. Rather, deal with it now, so that you aren't scrambling at the last moment. You don't know when that last moment will be... for you.
Hi Dino,

This is an example of a style of Rabbinic teaching being imposed on The Greek text.

The NT is full of this type of figurative language.

The lamp is a figure of our witness or testimony.

The oil is a figure of the Holy Spirit. Unless our witness is Spirit directed it is worthless.

The virgins without oil in their lamps are members of the assembly who are still unsaved (tares).

The saved virgins can't share their rebirth. The unsaved virgins need to trust in Jesus for themselves.
 

crossnote

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Believers, born again (lamps with oil) compared to professors (lamps without oil) but void of God's Spirit.
 

Johnny_B

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The Parable of the Ten Virgins speaks of the "Rapture of the Church." Also there will come a time, when it's too late; today is the day...Hebrews 3:15. Millions presently are in the Church, but not in Christ. Because they were religious, they thought they were saved. Our lives are to be lived as if Jesus would come today.
​Hebrews 3:15 has not one thing to do with the second coming of Christ or any rapture, it is a quotation of Psalm 95:7d-8a speaking of those who rebeled in the wilderness when they were coming out of Egypt. Does this sound like ones that would be so-called raptured? verse 10 of Psalm 95 “For forty years I loathed that generation”

My Lord please research the Word of God before saying things that are not Scriptural. Go back and read Psalm 95:6-11 so you will know what the writer of Hebrews is talking about.
 

posthuman

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Those pretending contrasted with the sincere; distinguished by their works.

all those virgins arose, and
trimmed their lamps
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(Matthew 25:7)

the woman does not do the work of making light. the oil does that.

take oil for your lamp.

an untrimmed lamp still gives light; only it also gives that which gives shadow, and the light is dimmed.

works don't make a lamp glow: the burning oil does. works purify the glow
 
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It means only virgins with working old oil lamps can go to heaven..

 

Jackson123

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10 virgins's lamp have oil, if God come before the lamp empty, all will be save.

5 virgins did not have oil enough to endure the coming of the bridegroom.


Matt 24


23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

So oil talking about endurance
 

EarsToHear

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1. Many today teach that once you say the magic words, you automatically become saved, once and for all times. The can't imagine themselves being shut away from the wedding feast after they have been saved. Know this, on the road to salvation, without repentance, and without studying God's Word, there are many pitfalls. It will be the last day of the Millennium age, before some that think that they are saved now, will earn it, or they will walk into the lake of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


Jesus is now comparing the "kingdom of heaven" to a wedding that is taking place. The Kingdom is made up of the king [Jesus Christ] and His domain. The domain is made up of everything in the area of rulership of the king; the people, the land and all things on and in the land.


The bridegroom is Christ, and all ten of the virgin maidens are Christians and are going forth to meet the Bridegroom. Ten in Biblical numerics represents "law and responsibility". The law is still on the books for us, and we have the responsibility to serve the true Christ. Though the parts of the law that pertain to the blood sacrifices are ended with Christ shed blood on the cross, the rest of the law is a vital part of every society, no matter how primitive.


The subject here then is to remain a true virgin, spiritually, waiting on the true Christ, and not to be taken by the wrong Christ. All ten of these virgins are Christians, and claim to be in this generation, for the time of being taken is at the arrival of Satan being cast to the earth, as the Antichrist.
 

EarsToHear

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2. The wise studied God's Word and knew the signs of the end times, and who the Kenites were. However the foolish were the virgins that listened to the fairy tales of the fly away doctrines, and just couldn't wait until the could go whoring after the Antichrist (instead of Christ in the Greek). The foolish ones just do not care to study to know the truth and seal it away in their minds.

This is the eleventh hour, which means these five foolish were Christians all the way to the very end of the age, before the coming of the Antichrist. It will be documented later. This is Jesus Christ's final teaching, from the mount of Olives, and is part of the teaching of chapter twenty-four.
 

EarsToHear

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[FONT=&quot]They had oil, but not a reservoir of oil. The lamp will not burn too long without the reservoir.

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[FONT=&quot]It is important that you understand the menorah described in Zechariah 4, that has to do with the two witnesses, and the seven candlesticks. The seven candlesticks represent God's elect, the seven thousand, and all the ethnos that are with them. At the base of the menorah, or lampstands, there was a huge reservoir of oil. That oil was olive oil, the oil of our people. This is the same oil that we are instructed to use when anointing in Jesus name.

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[FONT=&quot]Keep this in mind, as long as your in the flesh, Christ has not returned. If someone says that Jesus has returned today, and you're in the flesh, they are liars. When Jesus comes, and touches His feet on mount Zion, the mountain will split with a quake, and the sun and moon will vanish. If those heavenly bodies are there, Christ has not returned. If you pinch yourself, and it still hurts, then that is not Christ. If it takes that simple act to understand, then do it.

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[FONT=&quot]The oil in the lamps is the knowledge in your mind that seals your mind that you will not be taken by the wrong husband, the Antichrist, Satan. The oil is the entire world of God, enough to keep your lamp lit through the entire tribulation of deception of the Antichrist. All of the knowledge from God's word, of the signs of the times, and the details of His coming is the oil that you need for your lamp. But don't be foolish, and deceived; wait for the true bridegroom.[/FONT]
 

EarsToHear

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4. The wise had the reservoir, other than the lamps. They had all the oil necessary to for the entire waiting period, right through the Antichrist rule, and up to the sounding of the seventh trumpet. They had the truth and knew the signs of the times. They could identify Satan, and his locust army of fallen angels and they were aware of the supernatural powers that God gave them, to deceive all those that did not have the oil. They were not deceived by the miracles that Satan and his angelic forces performed in the sight of men.


The oil that we are to take that is stated here; in the Greek is # 1637 in Strong's Dictionary. It is "elaion", which comes from the prime # 1636, "elaia, el-ah'-yah", "el" is God, and "ah" is God, and "yah" is God, Three forms of the God head. This is the olive tree that the olive oil comes from. The wisdom of God, the oil, comes from the olive tree. and we get that oil from His word.


The oil of God is the truth in God's word, from beginning to end. It covers all three ages and is controlled in every aspect in the perfect plan of God, by the offices of God.
 

EarsToHear

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5. As the delay went along, they slept and became slack in their studying and understanding of God's Word. The just forgot to take on some of that oil of truth.
 

EarsToHear

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6. At the end of the eleventh hour, right at the end of this earth age, and the Christians, all ten of them, are anxious to see the bridegroom. You have heard the expression, "once saved, always saved", well that doesn't mean that you are going to take part in the marriage. If you are betting your soul on that then you are in trouble. You have to be founded in the word of God, in this final generation, or your only hope will be after you earned it at the end of the Millennium age. It is important that you study, and listen to God, rather than listening to man.


This is the end of the age, and that is what the subject is in Matthew 24, and so far in 25.