The 10 Virgins and Jesus’ Return Part 2 | Doug Batchelor
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10 Virgins refer to 10 lost Tribes , they are Virgins because they have not yet receive the Teachings of Jesus whereas the 2 Tribes(Judah & Benjamin) received the Good News from Jesus himself, 3 years ministry..The 10 Tribes are the Beast that rise from the Sea of Rev. 13 ,Beast with 10 Horns, Countries around South China Sea, or the Last 10 Kings..5 were Foolish, not absolute criteria for tottally lost , that is why there are 7 Churches of of Asia, totally lost were 3 Tribes plus 2 in the 7 Churches of Asia were foolish.
I THANK GOD FOR THIS GREAT MESSAGE, BUT THERE IS AN IMPORTANT CORRECTION TO MAKE
In the parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25:1-13, the lamp symbolizes the word. Like
it says in Psalm 119:105 (KJV) "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path."
the fuel symbolizes the faith. And the light produced by the lamp symbolizes the fruits.
the foolish virgins are the ones who didn't put their faith completely in the word of
God. Not only the light of their lamp is not of quality; it's a weak light, but it will
die out. That's the condition of those who are not truly saved, the fake believers. They
also often produce some fruits, but they are fruits of bad quality as it says in the
parable of the sower. And their frits don't last just as the light of the lamp of the
foolish virgins didn't last.
Just as the oil of the foolish virgins wasn't enough to sustain them till the coming of
the bridegroom, the weak faith of fake believers will not be enough to make them
persevere till the end.
Unlike what many religious people think, foolish virgin didn't lose their salvation. They
were foolish from start. They never started their journey to meet the bridegroom the
right way. They started it the wrong way. Someone who is really saved cannot start his
journey the wrong way.
Jesus said that the one who has, more will be given to him and he will have in abundance.
That means that if you really have life and you bear the fruits of salvation, God is
going to increase your faith so that you can bear more fruits. IT'S A GUARANTEE! (eternal
security)
That's what we see with the virgins. The foolish virgins had little light (fruits); that
light couldn't light them enough to find more fuel in time and add it to their lamp.
But the wise virgins had enough light which could light them enough to find fuel in time
and to add it to their lamp.
We also understand in the parable that just like fuel was individual in the parable,
faith is also individual. You cannot rely on the faith of someone else to be saved.
But someone who is filled witht he spirit can make someone else by baptized by the
spirit. So the fuel has to symbolized something that can't be shared.
Another argument that solidifies the fact that the lamp symbolizes the word is that both
the foolish and wise virgins have received the same kind of lamp. Just as true and false
believers receive the same word from God. But the difference is first with the faith and
then with the fruits which is symbolized by the light of the lamp. Those of the wise
group possess more of both than those of the foolish group.
Some scholars have a slightly different interpretation of the parable in the sense that
the fuel symbolizes the holy spirit. And at first it makes sense when we realize that the
lamp get filled with oil just as we get filled with the spirit.
But the problem is that the lamp as we've all agreed above is not our heart, but rather
the word. The fuel in the lamp as a result doesn't symbolize the holy spirit in us, but
rather faith in the word. And the lamp filled with fuel symbolizes one who has put his
faith completely in the word. Because both the faith and the word are in our heart. The
one who has more faith holds more to the word in his/her heart.
Someone who is filled with the spirit can make someone else by baptized by the spirit.
For instance through the laying of hands as the apostles used to do.
So the fuel has to symbolized something that can't be shared. Just s the virgins couldn't
share their fuel in the parable. That's why it makes sense that fuel symbolizes faith.
More convincing even is when we realize that the ministry of the holy spirit in the lives
of the disciples had not yet begun when Jesus was making this parable. Jesus hardly
talked about the holy spirit in his explained parables. The three things Jesus constantly
talked about during his ministry before the holy spirit was given were:
The word, the faith and the fruits of the believer.
And that's what we find in the parable of the sower. The word, the faith and the fruits.
That's why it makes completely sense that Jesus would be dealing with the same 3 elements
here in this parable of the ten virgins.
So that's a small mistake from these scholars. The fact that oil has often been
associated with the holy spirit in the scriptures doesn't mean that oil will always
symbolize the holy spirit everywhere in the scriptures. We need to have a flexible
perspective when studying scriptures because God's wisdom is not static.
A few days ago I had a thought come to me about where are we in the scope of time and what are the next Biblical events to take place, then I started hearing all these messages online relating to it, must be the Holy Spirit guiding. God wants us to be spreading the gospel, loving our neighbors, glorifying the creator, being filled with the spirit of truth and surrendering our will to God and being sanctified and sealed for the day of redemption.
Girlfriend = his wife…… it's Doug's humor.