Matt 25:1 \u201cAt that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep \u2026..<\/em>
\nHere again\u2026 parable \u2026 we anticipate fuller discussion when we get to Klyne Snodgrass\u2019 treatment of this parable.
\n1. The kingdom is compared to a wedding at which five virgins were ready to see it all and five were not.
\n2. The overriding theme here is judgment and being ready for the event.
\n3. I\u2019m not so sure it does much good to speculate what \u201coil\u201d means \u2014 it means they were ready \u2014 but whether or not it refers to Spirit or something like that is speculative.
\n4. Kingdom is future; the point is to be ready for it when it comes.
\nHow is one ready? By having oil \u2014 which means\u2026 attitude, commitment to Jesus, and behavior consistent with such.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Say the Jesus Creed morning and evening during Lent.) Matt 25:1 \u201cAt that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kingdom-of-god"],"yoast_head":"\n
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