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Thank you. For me, if the story is fictitious of the Ten Virgins, then the spiritual parallel is fictitious. Reality lines up with reality. Granted, the Bible does use metaphor and figures of speech. But even these metaphors are rooted in some kind of truth, too.
I am going to take a stab at it.To properly understand that Christ's parables are true and not fictional is helpful in understanding the Rapture because one of Christ's parables deals with the Rapture (i.e. the Foolish Five Virgins).
Notice the event happens at midnight, as did the event of the destroyer smiting all the 1st born of the Egyptians, the Passover:
Exodus 12:29
And is becoming middle of the night and Yahweh smote every of firstborn in land of Egypt, from firstborn of Pharaoh, the one sitting on his throne, unto firstborn of the captive which in house of cistern and every of firstborn of beast.
Matthew 25:
3 Who any foolish getting the lamps of selves not they got with themselves oil
4 The yet prudent ones got oil in the holders with the lamps of them. [Matt 13:48]
5 Of tarrying yet the Bridegroom they nod all and are slept.
6 Of yet middle of night a cry has occurred "behold! the Bridegroom.
Be ye coming out! into meeting of Him".
10 Of coming away yet of them to purchase, came the Bridegroom and the prepared ones entered with Him into the marriage-festivities, and is locked the door.
11 Subsequently yet are coming also the rest of the virgins saying "Lord! Lord! open Thou! to us"
In Revelation, it shows the Sanctuary is shut so no one could enter [whether there are any Saints in there I don't know]
Revelation 15:8
And is being-filled-full/repleted the Sanctuary of smoke out of the Glory of the God, and out of the power of Him.
And no-one was able to be entering into the Sanctuary until should be being finished the seven blows/stripes of the seven messengers.
The day Titus [destroyer?] came to Jerusalem was the feast of the Passover [coincidence?]
http://www.bible.ca/pre-destruction70AD-george-holford-1805AD.htm
The day on which Titus encompassed Jerusalem, was the feast of the Passover.........
Nevertheless, the city was at this time crowded with Jewish strangers, and foreigners from all parts, so that the whole nation may be considered as having been shut up in one prison, preparatory to the execution of the Divine vengeance
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