The Ten Virgins

Matthew 25 New King James Version (NKJV)

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

25 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming;[a] go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour[b] in which the Son of Man is coming.

The ten virgins are two classes of Christians, one ready when Jesus comes for his first fruits Bride, the second not yet ready. The oil is the filling of the Holy Spirit. The first fruits have made themselves ready to meet the Lord Jesus by continuing in obedience to his Word through the heat of the day, a long period of time of being separated and sanctified unto him without being caught up in the wine of Babylon (love of the world and the things of the world). God has filled the wise virgins with his Holy Spirit and they are diligently watching for his coming. The second group, the foolish virgins, are not watching and are not preparing themselves for his coming. Jesus will come “as a thief in the night” and they will miss him. Then they will have to go through the great tribulation, a relatively quick time of intense heat, in order to acquire their oil and become prepared to meet Jesus face to face.

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