The 5 foolish are believers.
They have light
they had limited oil
They are virgins (undefiled,pure)
They were waiting for Jesus
Correction, they are Jews waiting for the Messiah that to date they reject as having already come.
The parable is premillennial in nature and the Rapture is yet a mystery.
They were believers. Born again believers.
Just not possible...the Lord states He does not know them.
This is 180 out of whack.
What is out of whack is your loss of salvation doctrine which is clearly works-based.
They canceled themselves. They disqualified themselves. They got the covenant part right and then were not intimate.
If they were born again believers they would need known of the Lord.
These are not.
We cannot make the salvation we did not effect vood through neglect...
[h=1]1 Peter 1:3-5
King James Version (KJV)[/h]
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Oil can be seen to be figurative. Unbelievers can partake of the Holy Spirit.
Every person will partake of the Holy Spirit through the ministry of the Comforter.
But not every person will yield to Him, and Scripture indicates most...will resist Him.
They had a mental relationship with Jesus. They stopped at salvation. Never went higher.
They had no relationship. They were not known of the Lord.
[h=1]Matthew 7:22-24
King James Version (KJV)[/h]
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
It is like owning a dog but never touching it. Never loving it. That is the 5 foolish
Salvation can be said to have a connotation of ownership, but it is not we who are the Master.
The five foolish Virgins are unbelievers refused entrance to the Kingdom of God, not believers left behind in the Rapture. Paul's teaching makes it clear that the Lord personally collects both living and dead believers in the Rapture.
God bless.