So would [in the "
Parable of the BANQUET"] "and
THE WEDDING HALL was filled with GUEST
S [PLURAL]"
Matt22:10. It's a picture though.
"Door Open"
Consider the following:
--"
open door...
that no man can shut"
Rev3:8
[see also about "Cyrus--His anointed" in Isa45:1 "[said to Cyrus]
to open the doors before him, so that the gates/doors will not be shut"]
--Rev3:20 "
if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
[according to the context (re: the "church
ES" [wherein is both believers and those who come in His name but who are not truly connected with Him--thus neither hot nor cold]), I believe these are who enter the Trib yrs, b/c they were
not "saved" before the Rapture took place; they've been counseled to "buy of Me gold TRIED IN THE FIRE" that they may be rich... and clothed... they had actually been "poor, blind, naked" (in the "things WHICH ARE" section)]
--"After this I saw
a door opening into heaven."
Rev4:1
I've made a post before about the "
LAMPS LIT" (and the "
oil") connecting with:
--the "
IN THE NIGHT [/in the NIGHT WATCHES]" time-period (
FOLLOWING "our Rapture" when "the DOTL *ARRIVES* to unfold upon the earth--a day always
starts at Sundown, when it pertains to Israel/Hebrew-reckoning; but note this is
not a mere "24-hr day")
--Lev24 - "2 Command the children
of Israel, that they bring unto thee
pure oil olive beaten for the light,
to cause the lamps to burn continually. 3
Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it
from the evening unto the morning before the Lord continually: it shall be a statute for ever in
your generations."
--"ten virgins, which took their lamps"... "they that were foolish [5 of them], took their lamps,
and TOOK NO OIL WITH THEM. But the wise [the other 5]
took oil in their vessels WITH THEIR LAMPS."
--the message that WILL BE preached IN/DURING/WITHIN the trib years, is this:
Matthew 24:14/26:13 ("
this gospel
of the kingdom"... "wherever
this gospel shall be preached in the whole world,
there SHALL ALSO THIS, that THIS WOMAN HATH DONE, BE TOLD for a memorial for her" [the "ointment" she used to anoint Him (
His head and His body for His burial) would have contained "olive oil". See also: Ex.29:
7 - "7 Then shalt thou take
the anointing oil,
and pour it upon his head [see Matt26:7 "and poured it on His head"], and anoint him."])
Okay, so?
This does not disagree with what I've put.
I've not challenged "the bride/groom component" and its "intimacy" (just that Matt25:1-13
is not speaking of it, but of the "VirginS/bridesmaidS [PLURAL]" pertaining to "the wedding
FEAST/SUPPER" not "the
MARRIAGE" itself! which are distinct items);
Recall, I've stated that the "
WITH [G4862 - UNION-with] Him" word, that pertains TO US (at our Rapture) is NOT the same word we find here in Matt25:10, where the "5 Virgin
S [PLURAL]" went in "
with [G3326 -
accompany] Him to the wedding
feast/supper/festivities" (where the guest
s [plural] also will be in attendance); see the DIFFERENCE? One pertains to "the wedding FEAST/SUPPER" (and the PLURALS), whereas the other pertains to "the MARRIAGE [UNION]" itself (and the SINGULAR!)
No, I didn't.
I'm saying, the "MARRIAGE" takes place IN HEAVEN *
before* His
"RETURN" to the earth;
...
thereafter the "wedding
FEAST/SUPPER" / "the MEAL [G347;
see Lk12:36-40 "when he will
RETURN FROM the wedding" (returning
WITH His Bride/Wife, as an
ALREADY-WED Bridegroom)
THEN the meal [G347]] takes place on the earth (and *IS* the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom); He is
not coming AT THAT POINT to
"MARRY" the 10 or 5 "VirginS [PLURAL]," and those never lift off the earth. They've "lit the LAMPS" for the "IN THE NIGHT" aspect of "the DOTL" time-period that WE ("the Church which is His body")
will NOT be present on the earth for (i.e. the TRIB years / the "DARK/DARKNESS/IN THE NIGHT" aspect). ALL of the "Lightbulbs" will have been taken OUT [/UP/AWAY] in the Rapture!
____________
We see the "24 elders" saying "hast redeemed
US to God by thy blood,
out of EVERY kindred and tongue and people and nation" way back at Rev5:9 before Jesus "STANDS to JUDGE" by opening the FIRST SEAL), so why are you saying such a thing waits till Rev19 and His "RETURN" to the earth?? (since you are
pre-trib, as I am)