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If Jesus raptures the 5 wise virgins to the marriage feast shortly before the tribulation begins, then why do the scriptures say he is returning from the wedding banquet in the second or third watch of the night for those servants who are awake and have their lamps burning? Mat 25:1-12, Luke 12:35-38.
While the second and third watch represents the following years of the tribulation, when Jesus will return from the wedding feast for his foolish virgins that have been left behind and repented by refilling their lamps with oil of the Holy Spirit, so the light of Christ in them may shine once again for others to see, Mat 25:9-10, Gal 5:25.
Its important to understand the kingdom of heaven that's like 10 virgins who took their lamps to meet the bridegroom, represents every born-again saint who carries the light of Jesus in their heart that are waiting for his return.
The wise virgins had sufficient oil for their lampsThe extra jars of oil that kept the wise virgin's lamps burning in the night is symbolic for continually yielding your will to the power of the Holy Spirit, so the light and love of Jesus within you may constantly shine for those who are dwelling in the spiritual darkness of this world, Mat 4:16.
The Corinthians are virgins betrothed to ChristA virgin that is born sexually pure and undefiled for marriage is symbolic for a justified saint who is born-again in the righteousness of Christ that has become a spiritual virgin engaged to Jesus.
However when the apostle Paul addressed the Corinthians as virgins betrothed to Christ, he was afraid they were being led astray from a sincere love and devotion to Jesus by the serpent's cunning. In other words these justified saints had become foolish since they were easily putting up with deceiving spirits and a false gospel, 2 Cor 11:1-4.
The Greek word "ginosko" means to know from first hand personal experience. For example Adam knew (ginosko) Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, Gen 4:1.
A born-again saint also loves and knows (ginosko) God from their first hand salvation experience.
And "Eido" suggests the foolish virgins who were outwardly walking in darkness, is symbolic for the worldly saints who are dwelling in the darkness of their unrepentant sin since their hearts are not in fellowship with Christ, and this is why Jesus will say "I don't know (eido) you" to these foolish disobedient children of God when he suddenly returns to rapture his wise saints to the wedding banquet.
And this is why the foolish virgins were told to go and buy oil for their lamps, which represents repenting from sin and yielding their hearts again to the leading of the Holy Spirit, so they can return to walking in the light of fellowship with Christ.
The 5 wise virgins that went to the wedding banquet with the Bridegroom does not represent salvation, instead its a reward for the obedient saints that have made themselves ready for Christ's return by following his will through righteous deeds of faith and love, 2 Thes 1:3-5, Luke 21:34-36.
Or else we will be a foolish virgin left behind in tribulation that will be waiting for Jesus to return from the wedding banquet in the second or third watch of the night, for his saints that have repented and replenished their lamps with the Spirit's oil so the light of Christ within them may shine once again for all to see, Luke 12:35-38.
The wise Philadelphia saintsRev 3:8, 10 "'I know (eido, observe) your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.....(10) Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
The foolish Laodicean saintsRev 3:15-16 "'I know (eido, observe) your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! (16) So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth (into the tribulation).
The foolish saints come out of great tribulation and have
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the LambRev 7:13-14 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" (14) I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are (the foolish saints) the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their (sin-stained) robes (by repenting) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, 1 John 1:9, Proverbs 28:13.
Israel's three watches of the night Israel divided the night into three watches, the beginning watch, middle watch and morning watch. And the following scriptures that mention these watches of the night are prophetic for the different periods of tribulation's darkness.
In Lam 2:19, The first watch is mentioned when 70 years of Babylonian captivity was beginning for Israel, which is prophetic for the beginning of the 7 year tribulation.
The middle watch when the Lord handed Israel over to the Midianites for a period of 7 years to be disciplined, is when Gideon and 300 men defeated their enemies by taking empty vessels with torches hidden inside, and they raised their torches shouting a sword for the Lord and a sword for Gideon, Judges 7:15-20.
What's interesting about Gideon's victory over the enemy in the middle watch, is this story appears to be symbolic for the foolish virgins that have their spiritual lamps burning again for Christ in the second watch of the tribulation.
The third watch or morning watch that's mentioned in in Exodus 14 and 1 Samuel 11, represents the end of tribulation's darkness when Jesus returns in the light of his glory to save Israel, Mat 24:27.
Israel coming out of the Red Sea in victory in the morning watch when the Lord destroyed Pharaoh's army, is symbolic for when Jesus returns to defeat the Antichrist and his army at the end of the tribulation.
Ex 14:24 And in the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,
The morning watch is also spoken of when Jabesh Gilead was surrounded for 7 days by the Ammonites, when Saul brought an army of 330,00 men and defeated Israel's enemies.
1 Sam 11:11 And the next day Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
After Saul's deliverance for Jabesh he was accepted as Israel's first king, which is prophetic for when Israel is saved by the Lord after 7 years of tribulation when the nation will receive Jesus for the first time as King of kings, 1 Sam11:12-15.
Psalms 65:5-7 By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation.......(7) who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples,
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- Luke 12:35-38 "Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, (36) and be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. (37) Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. (38) If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants!
- Mat 5:14-16 "You are the light of (Jesus to) the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. (15) Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. (16) In the same way, let your light (of Jesus within you) shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
10 virgins took their lamps as they waited to meet the Bridegroom
Mat 25:1-2 "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. (2) Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.Its important to understand the kingdom of heaven that's like 10 virgins who took their lamps to meet the bridegroom, represents every born-again saint who carries the light of Jesus in their heart that are waiting for his return.
- Psalms 18:28 For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
- 2 Sam 22:29 For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness.
- Pro 20:27 The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
- Psalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
The wise virgins had sufficient oil for their lamps
- Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
- Acts 2:3-4 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. (4) And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit....
- 1 Sam 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward.
- Eph 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be (continually) filled with the (oil of the) Spirit,
- 1 Thes 5:19 Do not quench the (power of the) Spirit.
- Eph 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Gal 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Gal 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step (and be continually filled) with the Spirit.
The Corinthians are virgins betrothed to Christ
However when the apostle Paul addressed the Corinthians as virgins betrothed to Christ, he was afraid they were being led astray from a sincere love and devotion to Jesus by the serpent's cunning. In other words these justified saints had become foolish since they were easily putting up with deceiving spirits and a false gospel, 2 Cor 11:1-4.
Therefore the parable of the 10 virgins represents every wise and foolish saint in God's kingdom that are waiting for Jesus to rapture them to heaven shortly before the tribulation begins.The Greek word "ginosko" means to know from first hand personal experience. For example Adam knew (ginosko) Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, Gen 4:1.
A born-again saint also loves and knows (ginosko) God from their first hand salvation experience.
- 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows (ginosko) God.
- Mat 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (22) On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' (23) And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew (ginosko) you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
And "Eido" suggests the foolish virgins who were outwardly walking in darkness, is symbolic for the worldly saints who are dwelling in the darkness of their unrepentant sin since their hearts are not in fellowship with Christ, and this is why Jesus will say "I don't know (eido) you" to these foolish disobedient children of God when he suddenly returns to rapture his wise saints to the wedding banquet.
- 1 John 4:20-21 If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 2:10-11 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. (11) But whoever hates his brother is (a foolish saint) in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know (eido) where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
- 1 John 1:6-7 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness (as a foolish saint), we lie and do not practice the truth. (7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
And this is why the foolish virgins were told to go and buy oil for their lamps, which represents repenting from sin and yielding their hearts again to the leading of the Holy Spirit, so they can return to walking in the light of fellowship with Christ.
The 5 wise virgins that went to the wedding banquet with the Bridegroom does not represent salvation, instead its a reward for the obedient saints that have made themselves ready for Christ's return by following his will through righteous deeds of faith and love, 2 Thes 1:3-5, Luke 21:34-36.
- Rev 19:7-8 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; (8) it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure"-- for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
- Rev 3:2-3 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die (immature children of God), for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. (3) Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you (when you are left behind in the tribulation).
- Rev 3:4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments (with unrepentant sin), and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
- 1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
Is your lamp burning for Christ or has it gone out?
The parable of the 10 virgins is a forewarning that we need to be ready and awake with our spiritual lamps burning by taking up our cross and following Jesus will for our lives, if we want to be a wise virgin that will be raptured to the marriage feast in the first watch of the night before the tribulation begins.Or else we will be a foolish virgin left behind in tribulation that will be waiting for Jesus to return from the wedding banquet in the second or third watch of the night, for his saints that have repented and replenished their lamps with the Spirit's oil so the light of Christ within them may shine once again for all to see, Luke 12:35-38.
The wise Philadelphia saints
The foolish Laodicean saints
The foolish saints come out of great tribulation and have
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb
Israel's three watches of the night
In Lam 2:19, The first watch is mentioned when 70 years of Babylonian captivity was beginning for Israel, which is prophetic for the beginning of the 7 year tribulation.
The middle watch when the Lord handed Israel over to the Midianites for a period of 7 years to be disciplined, is when Gideon and 300 men defeated their enemies by taking empty vessels with torches hidden inside, and they raised their torches shouting a sword for the Lord and a sword for Gideon, Judges 7:15-20.
What's interesting about Gideon's victory over the enemy in the middle watch, is this story appears to be symbolic for the foolish virgins that have their spiritual lamps burning again for Christ in the second watch of the tribulation.
The third watch or morning watch that's mentioned in in Exodus 14 and 1 Samuel 11, represents the end of tribulation's darkness when Jesus returns in the light of his glory to save Israel, Mat 24:27.
Israel coming out of the Red Sea in victory in the morning watch when the Lord destroyed Pharaoh's army, is symbolic for when Jesus returns to defeat the Antichrist and his army at the end of the tribulation.
Ex 14:24 And in the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,
The morning watch is also spoken of when Jabesh Gilead was surrounded for 7 days by the Ammonites, when Saul brought an army of 330,00 men and defeated Israel's enemies.
1 Sam 11:11 And the next day Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
After Saul's deliverance for Jabesh he was accepted as Israel's first king, which is prophetic for when Israel is saved by the Lord after 7 years of tribulation when the nation will receive Jesus for the first time as King of kings, 1 Sam11:12-15.
70 years, 7 years and 7 days
The first, second and third watches of the night that are mentioned when Israel was being taken captive for 70 years in Babylon, handed over to the Midianties for a period of 7 years, and surrounded by the Ammonites for 7 days, represent the three watches of the night in the 7 year tribulation when Israel will be persecuted by their enemies who are seeking to destroy them.Rome had four watches instead of three
The Roman fourth watch that's equivalent to Israel's morning watch is mentioned when Jesus walked on the water to his disciples in the boat that was being tossed by the wind and waves, which is symbolic for Jesus returning in the clouds with his saints when he will save a remnant of Israel who is surrounded by the roaring waves of the nations at the end of the tribulation, Mat 14:22-33, Rev 17:14, 19:11-14, Isa 17:12-14.The roar of the nations is like the roaring of many waters
Isa 17:12-14 Ah, the thunder of many peoples; they thunder like the thundering of the sea! Ah, the roar of nations; they roar like the roaring of mighty waters! (13) The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm. (14) At evening time, (when the tribulation begins) behold, terror! Before morning, (when Jesus returns at the end of the tribulation) they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us, and the lot of those who plunder us.Psalms 65:5-7 By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation.......(7) who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples,
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