Which Virgin Are You?

1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

Christians are so used to not reading their bibles that they quickly fill up their heads with many versions of this parable yet it talks about the Lords church. It talks about you and me. Note that the Kingdom of heaven has to do with us. This is not talking about muslims or those who are not saved at all. Saints it is a dire warning and we are on either side of the definition.

Lets take a look.

FACTS

1. It was likening or comparing the Kingdom of heaven of which we are members

2. Every virgin had a lamp (Your Word is a lamp unto my feet)

3. Every virgin went to meet the bridegroom (we are all waiting to meet Jesus)

4. Five of the virgins were wise meaning this comparison teaches us the definition of wise ones

5. Five of them are foolish, meaning there are fools right now in Gods kingdom.

6. The wise take oil in their vessels.

7. The bridegroom tarries. Its obvious we are waiting for Jesus but as he tarries what are we doing to fill our vessels? Getting saved is just the first step in our salvation.

How we behave after that carries a lot of weight. We are either filling our vessels with oil or not. But we are all waiting for Jesus the bridegroom to return.

8. Note that while Jesus the bridegroom tarried all the virgins/saved people slumbered and slept.

9. But when Jesus came it was at midnight when they least expect it and all the wise and the foolish went out to meet Him.

10. Notice that in verse 7 it says that all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. So everyone had a lamp that God gave us. We are indeed the light of the Word. The Word of God says Your word is a lamp unto my feet.

Verse 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

God helped us with the definition of fools here. I could be a fool and you could too. The definition is fools have lamps but take no oil with them.

Verse 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

Wise virgins take oil in their vessels with their lamps. A vessel is the container that carries the oil. You need to carry oil in your vessel plus your lamp.

Verse 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

May people today see as if Jesus has taken long. And indeed we are waiting for Him but personally I consider his delay a blessing because I don’t want to be turned away. While Jesus tarries Christians all over have been slumbering and sleeping.

Verse 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Verse 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Remember we shall all hear the voice of the Lord when He comes,We shall all arise with excitement top receive Him and go into the marriage of the Lamb with Him.

Verse 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

Here is the notable part that will define us.I always say that if you find yourself relying on another person to know God every single day and hour then you have a problem. Seek to know and find God for yourself.

The foolish asked the wise virgins to give them their oil. Notice they say “Give us your oil”. If its mine and enough for me to gain entry how then did we start the journey with equal measure yet now you ask me to give you what has cost me to get, more oil. You will always definitely discover eventually that its not our oil but that i got my own oil!!!!

To make matters worse the foolish give the wise reasons why they asked for the wise one to give them their oil. The reason they gave was “FOR OUR LAMPS HAVE GONE OUT”.

It really means that the wise ones continued adding oil in their lamps and made sure it was sufficient enough to keep their lamps alight while the foolish ones did not add any oil in their lamps at all. Many people are at this point in christianity.

Verse 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

Here the wise virgins teach us something in the way they replied. They said they couldn’t i.e “Not so!”