At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
“‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
“Later the others also came. ‘Sir! Sir!’ they said. ‘Open the door for us!’
“But he replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.’
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
This Parable is about being prepared on the day when they will meet God.
The ten virgin represent churches or group of people. One group of people was foolish and the other group was wise. The foolish one that did not take oil with them represent a group of people who have no patience, who lives by faith without works, who prophecy and calculate the time of God’s coming, and thinking they will all be save by exalting themselves to be worthy of the kingdom. These groups of people are prophets of pre-rapture and made God as a money making machine by selling books as to mislead people. These false prophets are the one who calculate God’s time and expect God to come on those days but when God is delaying and did not come as they expected him to be, their followers lost hope and went away as to lose their faith in God.
One day, there is a call. “God is coming and prepare yourself to meet him!”
Then people were alarmed by the call and did not know what to expect. The foolish group said…
“How can this be when we already believe and did not come? Should I believe the second time? Shed us some light that we might believe again in God! God is not real I have believe in God but God did not come to me. There is no God! God is just a pigment of your own imagination he is not real.”
But the wise do not know how to help the other 5 virgin because they had lost their hope in God and said…
“He will surely come just have some patience. You have to have faith in God again because we know that He will fulfill his promise.”
“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
“‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
“Later the others also came. ‘Sir! Sir!’ they said. ‘Open the door for us!’
“But he replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.’
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
This Parable is about being prepared on the day when they will meet God.
The ten virgin represent churches or group of people. One group of people was foolish and the other group was wise. The foolish one that did not take oil with them represent a group of people who have no patience, who lives by faith without works, who prophecy and calculate the time of God’s coming, and thinking they will all be save by exalting themselves to be worthy of the kingdom. These groups of people are prophets of pre-rapture and made God as a money making machine by selling books as to mislead people. These false prophets are the one who calculate God’s time and expect God to come on those days but when God is delaying and did not come as they expected him to be, their followers lost hope and went away as to lose their faith in God.
One day, there is a call. “God is coming and prepare yourself to meet him!”
Then people were alarmed by the call and did not know what to expect. The foolish group said…
“How can this be when we already believe and did not come? Should I believe the second time? Shed us some light that we might believe again in God! God is not real I have believe in God but God did not come to me. There is no God! God is just a pigment of your own imagination he is not real.”
But the wise do not know how to help the other 5 virgin because they had lost their hope in God and said…
“He will surely come just have some patience. You have to have faith in God again because we know that He will fulfill his promise.”
Then the group went to seek for faith again and could not find it. Then God came in and let in the other group who is prepared and the door was shut.
Later the others also came but God did not open it up for them and said “I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.” God said this because they did not believe in his promise and had no patience.
Related verses…
Ways of the 5 foolish virgin
There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. (2 Timothy 3:1-5)
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. (1Timothy 6:9-10)
Ways of the 5 wise virgin
You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, (2 Timothy 3:10-12)
So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. (2 Peter 3:14-15)
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;(2 Corinthians 6:4-6)
Losing Faith by False Prophecy
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” (2 Peter 3:3-4)
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. (1Timothy 4:1-2)
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for [that day will not come] until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4)
Patience is the Key to Salvation
Remember God made Abraham wait for a son to test his faith or remember Israel waited for 40 days at Mt. Sinai just to receive the Laws. It is all about testing patience. Remember what the disciples said about Patience….
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants." And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised. (Hebrews 6:12-15)
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. (Proverbs 25:15)
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. (Revelation 3:10)
Concerning God’s coming
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. (2 Peter 3:10)
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. (Matthew 24:36)
God’s final answer
He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” (Revelation 21:7-8)
“Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. (Revelation 22:14-15)
Later the others also came but God did not open it up for them and said “I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.” God said this because they did not believe in his promise and had no patience.
Related verses…
Ways of the 5 foolish virgin
There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. (2 Timothy 3:1-5)
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. (1Timothy 6:9-10)
Ways of the 5 wise virgin
You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, (2 Timothy 3:10-12)
So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. (2 Peter 3:14-15)
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;(2 Corinthians 6:4-6)
Losing Faith by False Prophecy
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” (2 Peter 3:3-4)
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. (1Timothy 4:1-2)
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for [that day will not come] until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4)
Patience is the Key to Salvation
Remember God made Abraham wait for a son to test his faith or remember Israel waited for 40 days at Mt. Sinai just to receive the Laws. It is all about testing patience. Remember what the disciples said about Patience….
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants." And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised. (Hebrews 6:12-15)
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. (Proverbs 25:15)
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. (Revelation 3:10)
Concerning God’s coming
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. (2 Peter 3:10)
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. (Matthew 24:36)
God’s final answer
He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” (Revelation 21:7-8)
“Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. (Revelation 22:14-15)
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