This is a second document that shows how the Parable of the ten virgins also applies to the salvation of the Jews at the end of the tribulation. The word of God is a two edged sword, on one side it can be directly tied to the rapture of the Church prior to the day of the Lord and on the other hand it can be directly tied to the salvation of the Jews as a nation at the end of the Day of the Lord.
The word of God is a two edged sword – The parable of the ten virgins points to both the wedding of Jacob to Leah and also to the wedding of Jacob to Rachel.
Why does the parable sit in Matthew alone?
Matthew is the most Jewish of the Gospels — structured on the Pentateuch, dense with unglossed Jewish custom, written for an audience that would recognize a first-century wedding without explanation. The parable's placement and its content both point at Israel as the primary referent. Israel had two wives: Leah and Rachel. The first one he married signified the Gentiles, the second signified the Jews.
The midnight-cry / Feast of Trumpets layer
"No one knows the day or hour" (Matt. 24:36) sits in the same unbroken discourse as the virgins parable two verses later, and both echo the actual Yom Teruah procedure — watchmen scanning for the new moon, witnesses reporting to the Sanhedrin, an unpredictable middle-of-the-night announcement triggering the awakening cry. That gives the parable's central mechanic (unknown hour, sudden cry, urgent response) a concrete Jewish festal anchor rather than a generic wedding-custom explanation. Likewise with the reformation of Israel as a nation there was a midnight cry to the UN partition vote passed at 5:35 p.m. in NY, past midnight in Jerusalem on the 17th of Kislev.
The national layer: 1947 and the oil deadline
From there, the bikkurim calendar supplies the second half: firstfruits offerings, including olive oil, could be brought until Hanukkah (25 Kislev) per Mishnah Bikkurim 1:6, so Hanukkah's onset is the real "door closing" on the oil-offering season. The gap from the 1947 vote to that Hanukkah is eight days. In the parable they are told to go buy oil for themselves and they have eight days to do so, indicating a new beginning with the resurrected Christ that they needed to experience themselves.
Hanukkah itself as a second layer of virgin-parable imagery
Hanukkah is independently well-attested (2 Maccabees 10:6-8) as a displaced Sukkot — the same eight-day structure, the same joy, held two months late because the war made the real Sukkot impossible. That gives you lamps, oil supply, and a dedication/restoration theme all converging on the same season the parable's imagery already trades in. So Sukkot would be the first seven day wedding feast event with Leah and Hanukkah would be the second seven day wedding feast event with Rachel.
The Jacob/Rachel layer — Israel as the still-being-labored-for bride
Some argue that Rachel was the younger sister and should therefore depict the church. This is a very clear misunderstanding. The Gentile church is the older sister, our lineage dates back to Adam and Eve, while the Jews are the younger sister, their lineage dates back to Abraham. In the Old testament God is pursuing the Jews, the younger sister, just as Israel was pursuing Rachel. But after the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension the Spirit was poured out on Pentecost and the gospel went to the nations. That was God doing the switcheroo that even befuddled James and the other apostles. The church is depicted by Leah and the Jews depicted by Rachel. The Jews miss the first wedding celebration because they are caught up in a war, and that is why they have Hanukkah as a second Sukkot celebration. That is a fair description of what takes place during the tribulation with the pre tribulation rapture being Leah’s wedding feast and the Jews salvation as a nation at the end of the seven years being Rachel’s wedding feast.
So we have two Midnight cries.
For the Jews the midnight cry was in 1947 with the UN partition vote and with the church the midnight cry was in 2017 with the Revelation 12 sign. What is interesting is that prior to Jacob marrying Leah he worked for Laban for seven years. Seven years prior to 2026 is 2019. That was the year that the Pandemic began. The year begins on Rosh Hashanah, and we know that the first people to contract Covid19 contracted it after Rosh Hashanah. So then we have a seven year period based on a bug that looks like a frankenstein monster, as though it is a bunch of different bugs stitched together. According to Joel what happens as a result is something that never happened before in human history. He describes it as God declaring a sabbath rest. Businesses and travel around the globe were shut down. Joel says this sign is “nigh” to, or “adjacent” to the day of the Lord, which is a seven year period known as the 70th week. So just like Monday is adjacent to Tuesday I theorize that the 69th week of years is adjacent to the 70th week. The pandemic is a seven year warning to the day of the Lord and the marriage of the Lord to the church. This matches the seven year period that precedes Jacob marrying Leah.
Now this parable of the ten virgins is specifically about a midnight parade to the wedding feast. The virgins have torches that burn oil for light to light the way in the dark. Both Christian pastors and Jewish rabbis teach the word of God to light the way for both Christians and Jews to meet the Messiah. Just as we have apostate preachers in the church, there are also apostate preachers among the rabbis. Half have the oil from the word of God leading them to worship God in truth, and half don't. However, the first to be raptured will be the Gentile church, and the second wedding comes later. Again, both of these events can be seen in this one parable. But this gives us a new slant on Feast of Trumpets in 2026, this would equate to the UN partition vote. If the UN partition vote is the “midnight cry” for the Jews, what would be the “midnight cry” for the church? It must be the announcement of the resumption of oblations and sacrifices on the temple mount. If the Jews did something at 9 a.m. it would be Midnight in California. Imagine the response in the Christian world among all the pastors and preachers if they woke up to hear this had happened? Five would be ready to light their torches and five would be fumbling all over themselves.
This is the same document but with footnotes to support all the points made.
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