I have a little booklet someone gave me many years ago, with that title. It explains the significance of the Jewish style of weddings back in BIble times. It explained how this makes a good picture of how people need to be ready for Christ, at His return in order to not be sadly surprised at His return - as one would be by a thief in the night. Here's a description of how weddings were back then:
The bride-to-be wouldn't know exactly what night her husband-to-be would show up. When the bridegroom was ready to be married to his bride, he'd walk through the streets with the groomsmen - all carrying torches. They'd all start the walk from his father's home, and end up at the home of his bride, and give a loud shout, and get his bride, and then they'd return back to his father's home. In the same way, Jesus will give a loud shout too, when He comes to earth to bring His bride, (the saints) home with Him to heaven.
The bride-to-be wouldn't know exactly what night her husband-to-be would show up. When the bridegroom was ready to be married to his bride, he'd walk through the streets with the groomsmen - all carrying torches. They'd all start the walk from his father's home, and end up at the home of his bride, and give a loud shout, and get his bride, and then they'd return back to his father's home. In the same way, Jesus will give a loud shout too, when He comes to earth to bring His bride, (the saints) home with Him to heaven.
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