WHY THE PARABLE OF THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS IS ABOUT THE RAPTURE!

Those who were ready, went in with the Bridegroom, and the door was shut.

Contrary to what some are saying because they find God's Commandments burdensome or vile, as in the case of those Christians that accept homosexuality, sexual fornication outside of wedlock, and abortion, Jesus or Yahshua's Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins is all about the Sanctification of the Church, and what constitutes one's worthiness to partake in the REWARD of the Rapture.

If believers in Christ are not Sanctified after they are Justified by Faith in Yahshua's Sacrifice for Sin, which can happen if they fall into unrepentant sin, they will lose rewards such as protection from calamity and shielding from demonic oppression long before they appear at the Judgment Seat of Christ. They may also suffer more acutely than their Sanctified brethren when periods of tribulation intensify due to the fact that they are opening themselves up to demonic attack by ignoring their need to be holy or set apart for the Kingdom of God. Unfortunately, the need to be holy is not stressed enough in Churches today, and the result has been gross and unrepentant sinfulness within the Church. They seem to have overlooked the Apostle Peter's teaching regarding our need to be holy:

“Therefore, get your minds ready for work, keep yourselves under control, and fix your hopes fully on the gift you will receive when Yeshua the Messiah is revealed. 14 As people who obey God, do not let yourselves be shaped by the evil desires you used to have when you were still ignorant. 15 On the contrary, following the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in your entire way of life; 16 since the Tanakh (i.e. Old Testament) says, “You are to be holy because I am holy.” (See Leviticus 11:44, 45; 19:2; 20:7) 17 Also, if you are addressing as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s actions, you should live out your temporary stay on earth in fear. 18 You should be aware that the ransom paid to free you from the worthless way of life which your fathers passed on to you did not consist of anything perishable like silver or gold; 19 on the contrary, it was the costly bloody sacrificial death of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect or spot.” ~ 1 Peter 1:13-19 (CJB)

The Apostle Peter made it clear in this passage that we are all called to be holy or set apart for God's service, just as Yahshua was, and we cannot be good servants for Christ unless we strive to be holy just as our Messiah is. In order to do this, we need to take the proverb which says that “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (See Proverbs 1:7; Psalm 111:10) to heart and fear the God who has redeemed us lest we slip into sin. As such, the following allegorical connections to various references in the Parable of the Ten Virgins should not be overlooked:

The OIL in the Ten Virgin's Lamps is a symbol connected to the Holy Spirit. It represents our striving after holiness through the SANCTIFYING GIFTS and fruits of the Holy Spirit. Those who have shown themselves approved by striving to keep Christ's Commandments to live holy, love-filled lives, seeking after plenty of spiritual gifts, and producing good spiritual fruit are seen as WISE. Meanwhile, those virgins who have no clue what it means to be holy, do not strive for holiness, have few spiritual gifts, are guilty of unrepentant sin, and more often produce rotten spiritual fruit instead of good, are FOOLISH.

In the case of the Foolish Virgins, their virginity is a symbol of their SALVATION, just as it is for the Wise Virgins. But even though they are all JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in Yahshua, and seen as pure and holy virgins, they are not all SANCTIFIED BY GOOD WORKS in keeping with their spiritual calling. This is because half of them have not been taught to examine their behavior regularly, repent of wrong-doing, and strive to better honor their commitment to be like Christ, Who is holiness personified:

“Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ (i.e. Yahshua Ha Mashiach) is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.” - 2 Corinthians 13:5 

In fact, this personal act of somber inner examination should be encouraged as an essential part of every Communion service or enactment of the Lord's Supper! Otherwise, how do you think that some of the saints partaking of the Lord's Supper were eating and drinking JUDGMENT upon themselves?

“For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.” - 1 Corinthians 11:29 

The Apostle Paul also went on to say that not recognizing our unworthiness to ritually partake of Christ's body and blood is the reason why some believers get sick and die young.

“For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.” - 1 Corinthians 11:30-32

Though some say this was ONLY a warning not to be a glutton when partaking of the Lord's Supper, it makes no sense that God would allow believers to get sick and die just for eating too much! This is because, by eating too much, they are showing that they have no reverence for Yahshua's sacrifice, and this is what caused them to do this. There are also other places in Scripture where we are told that we can be condemned for not seeking the power of the Holy Spirit to help us to become holy and righteous. This is why Yahshua said:

“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” - John 3:5-8

Yahshua also said: “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” - John 3:18-21

To better understand this possibility of judgment for not discerning the holiness of the Lord's body which we are to become a part of, and to understand the rest of this article, read Revelation Chapter 3, verses 7 through 22, which reveal Christ's praises and judgments directed toward two of the Seven Churches that exist in these Last Days before the Rapture. According to this section of the final book of the New Testament, the BRIDE OF CHRIST is identified as the Church of Philadelphia, and by way of the association of the Five Wise Virgins with the Bride, those in five of the other churches outside of the Church of Laodicea that learn how to love God and one another without making the Gospel null and void, and who succeed in doing so before the Rapture:

“He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.” - Revelation 3:12

Did you catch the fact in the above scripture that the Church of Philadelphia is the only Church told that Yahshua will write on them, inscribing the Name of God and the name of the New Jerusalem (which is called the Bride of Christ in Revelation 21:9-11)? By marking them with these sacred names, Yahshua is sealing them as His Bride! This is the main reason why I can confidently say that the Bride is that Church, and the Wise Virgins come from among the other five churches outside of the Church of Laodicea, where all of it's members are in danger of being left behind. Because the Faithful Church made up of the Church of Brotherly Love and her wise attendants is the only congregation outside of the Martyrs in the Church of Smyrna that have died before the Rapture which exemplify Yahshua's teaching to love YHWH God and one another.

"And the Foolish said to the Wise, 'give us some of your oil'..."

Yahshua's Bride is full of brotherly or agape love, and her acceptable handmaidens are the Wise Virgins from the other churches that had some good characteristics as well as problems doing God's will, but were not as bad off as the Laodicean Church full of lukewarm believers that despise their need for Sanctification, which is the process of becoming holy and righteous by loving submission to Christ and the Holy Spirit. This is why Yahshua says to them: "because you have kept My COMMAND to persevere, I will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world" (Rev. 3:10). Thus, they are the ONLY CHURCH promised deliverance from the Great Tribulation or worldwide hour of trial!

Though some like to twist the truth, the central message of the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins is not about requiring saints to do good works to be saved, but about the Bride and her entourage's active and demonstrative LOVE for Yahshua. If you love your Messiah, you will want to keep His commandments out of love. In addition, you will want to draw very near to Christ through His Spirit, and do as the Spirit directs you. If you're hearing the Spirit correctly, then you will be directed to keep Yahshua's commandments to love others and flee from sin. This is why Yahshua said:

“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” - Matthew 22:37-40

“If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” - John 14:15-17 

Note that in the above scriptures, Yahshua is saying that the criterion for receiving the Holy Spirit is the desire to KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, and that the Moral Law found in the Pentateuch and the Prophetic books of the Old Testament are still in affect. These same Moral Laws are found in His Sermon on the Mount (See Matthew Chapters 5 through 7). These embody Christ's commands to love our Heavenly Father and one another with our whole hearts, and to watch for His Second Coming in the Rapture (Mark 13:34-37). Thus, those who are truly born again of the Spirit of God become children of God through the Seal of the Holy Spirit, not because they have earned their Salvation, but because they have been Sanctified, having diligently sought to earn spiritual REWARDS. Those who seek Sanctification earn very important rewards, including the gift of spiritual discernment, and powerful protection from demonic oppression (which can cause all manner of sickness and disease), and shielding from satanic attack.

Like the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the RAPTURE is a REWARD for Sanctification, not an automatic gift of Salvation. Unlike one's Salvation through the belief or acceptance of the sacrifice of the Blood of Christ to pay for all our sins, our rewards can be lost. The Spiritual Reward process is not part of the act of Salvation that will allow saints to live with Yahshua forever upon their deaths, but of deliverance from judgment and suffering while still alive. The following verses help us to understand what the Bible says about keeping the commandments under the New Covenant:

"Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps."

CHRIST CALLS THOSE WHO LOVE HIM TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS!

Matthew 5:19 - “Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

(NOTE: Christ is speaking about the Commandments He gave in His Sermon on the Mount, which emphasized the Moral Law.) 

John 14:15-16 - “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever...”

John 14:21 - “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

John 15:9-10 - “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.”

As an example of what not heeding the preceding scriptural passages and breaking the commandments does, look at what Yahshua says to the Church of Laodicea at the end of Revelation Chapter 3. There, Yahshua says that He may spit the Laodicean variety of Christians out of His mouth if they do not repent, and this act of spitting them out will necessarily be at the time of the Rapture. As a result of not repenting, they will be spit out or left behind because they disgust Yahshua with their lukewarm unwillingness to stand up for their faith in HIM.

This is the stark, naked truth. If it upsets you, it's because you are confusing the Justification received through accepting the shed blood of Christ as a perfect atonement sacrifice for your sins with the need to love Yahshua the Holy One, and thus become Sanctified. These are two different things that are mutually dependent upon one another, but which are not always present in every saved believer until they truly repent and behave in accord with Christ's commands. So it is our duty to lovingly and gently instruct fellow believers in this way:

“Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.” - 1 Timothy 5:1-2

Yahshua is the One who first loved us, and chose to be sacrificed for us, and we are called to show our love for Him and His Salvation, and our love for one another by keeping His commandments. To lovingly keep those commandments, we must constantly be striving for Sanctification and approval by God, which we cannot be rewarded for if we do not possess it. That is why the Foolish Virgins get shut out of the Wedding at the time of the Rapture. They do not possess the required Sanctification needed to receive the Blessed Hope and reward of the Rapture.

In closing, I just wanted to say this:

😇😍🤩ARE YOU A SAINT OR JUST A FORGIVEN SINNER? 🤩😍😇

Yahshua didn’t just shed His blood to forgive us of our sins, but also to deliver us from the power of sin by covering us with His righteousness, and nailing our sin to the Cross (Romans 3:21-26; Colossians 2:13-15)! He came to turn us from sinners into a royal priesthood full of SAINTS! (1 Peter 2:9)

I don’t know about you, but the old ‘sinner’ in me died (Romans 6:11), was buried with Christ (Romans 6:2, 4), and via Christ's resurrection and His giving of the Holy Spirit, I am now and forever a New Creation in Yahshua or Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17)! I am also obedient to Yahshua, keeping His commandments so that I cannot be condemned (John 3:36).

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Agape Love 💖 By Helena Lehman

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For Further Study on This Fascinating Parable:

MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012

Deciphering the Parable of the Ten Virgins

pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2012/04/deciphering-parable-of-ten-virgins.html

WEDNESDAY, JULY 08, 2015

WHO THE FOOLISH VIRGINS ARE, AND

WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ONE!

https://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2015/07/who-foolish-virgins-are-and-why-you.html

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WILL 

ESCAPE THE COMING HOUR OF TRIAL!

https://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-bride-of-christ-escapes-hour-of.html

ARE YOU AWAKE YET? IF NOT, IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP!

Foolish Virgins Sleeping

Are you aware that there have been unprecedented Signs in the Heavens and on the Earth over the past few years that are heralding the soon return of Christ? Though these should have gotten everyone's attention by now, it seems that many within and outside of the Church are still sleeping, or in denial. This is partly because they will not take heed of the many Solar and Lunar Eclipses and Comets of note over the past few years that have held a clear promise to the Bride of Christ and the Five Wise Virgins that their redemption draws ever-nearer.

Full Painting: "The Wise and Foolish Virgins" by Wilhelm Schadow

Beyond these past Heavenly Signs, God has placed the dire warning of the Blood Moon Tetrad on Jewish Feasts of 2014 and 2015 and the Blood Moon Triad of 2018 that are swiftly approaching into the heavens. Many seem unaware of how important these Signs are in the context of Jewish and Israelite history. Nor do they realize that these Signs will NOT fail to materialize because these Blood Moons are part of God's heavenly Time Clock! We have also seen heavy meteor showers and numerous fireballs all over the world over the past couple of years, and they seem to be getting more numerous every day:

American Meteor Society - 

3102 Events found in 2013 as of 12-4-2013!!!

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/ 

Then there are the terrible cataclysmic hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions (which can drastically affect weather), fires, hail storms, tornadoes, and floods that have affected virtually every region on the planet in 2013, and every year since 2010. (May 2014 UPDATE: In fact, between January 1st, 2014 and March 1st, 2014, we had already well surpassed the average for volcanic eruptions in one year, and three quarters of the year have yet to transpire!) On top of these, there have been massive animal deaths, massive fish deaths, massive bird deaths, and massive bee deaths all over the world for the past few years.

World food supplies are also dwindling due to the past few years of massive droughts, floods and fires. As a result, food prices have skyrocketed all over the world, and some food items are prohibitively expensive now. Still other foods are becoming unsafe to eat due to genetic modification or tainting by nuclear radiation and other forms of pollution. Has everyone forgotten that the Gulf Oil Disaster has, and the Fukushima Disaster is polluting the world's oceans and tainting all the salt water fish and crustaceans that we rely on for food?

In tandem with these strong threats to the world's food supply, the economic base of many nations is teetering on the edge of full collapse. As markets increasingly fail and housing and money loses its value even more, the level of wickedness among the inhabitants of this planet has also increased dramatically, with every sort of greed, lust and sexual perversion now being touted as a viable part of one's lifestyle. :-(

As governments weaken under the stress, law and order are breaking down even more. Lack of respect for the Law is bringing the worst out in people as robberies and identity theft become endemic, youth gangs target people for random acts of violence, mass shootings escalate, and sexual promiscuity and sexual perversion become commonplace and accepted. In addition, persecution of believers has stepped up all over the world, especially in the Middle East.

How can anyone look at all these things happening and not be aware that we are at the very end of the End of Days, and Yahshua is coming very soon? It's hard for me to grasp how anyone could doubt that we are in the End Times, and to still have the audacity to scoff at all the warnings that we are on the brink of the Great Tribulation!

In light of all the unprecedented things that have been going on, there's just no way that I can believe anything other than that Yahshua is coming very soon! It also should be clear that we need to get ourselves ready, and stay ready, because He could return at any moment. I, for one, don't want to be caught sleeping like a Foolish Virgin and thereby be left behind!

God bless, and Maranatha!
Helena Lehman
Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com
Blog: http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com

About the Graphics featured in this article:

It is an Oil Painting by Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, Entitled:

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, 1838–1842

On Display in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany. 

Unfortunately, there are no good quality copies of the full painting anywhere on the internet, only glimpses of it such as what is shown in the top detail. But I did find a small photo at Bing.com of the full painting as shown above, which I enlarged and digitally enhanced. I hope you are blessed by it.

MARANATHA!

YAHSHUA TAUGHT THE RAPTURE!

Though many try to deny it, the New Covenant is very different from the Old Covenant. The main difference is that the Son of God was made flesh and dwelt among us. This same God-man named Yahshua rose up from the dead in a body of flesh and bone after His death and resurrection to show that He won the battle against sin, death and the Devil that the Law was powerless to do! After this, Yahshua was lifted up bodily into Heaven at His Ascension and gave us the gift of the Holy Spirit on Shavuot to show His supremacy over the Law and the Holy Spirit’s supremacy in teaching Yahshua’s disciples to do God’s Will in spirit and in truth!

The Holy Spirit is the third Person in the Trinity, and guides those whom He indwells to live according to Yahshua's Will. This same Spirit also seals us for inclusion in the Rapture and Resurrection (see Ephesians 1:13-14 and Ephesians 4:30). This was IMPOSSIBLE before Yahshua sealed the New Covenant with His Blood on the Cross! For those who believe in Yahshua Ha Mashiach and His place as the Son of God, Creator of the Universe for the Father, Great High Priest, Kinsmen Redeemer, Avenger of Blood, Destroyer of demons and fallen angels, and Conqueror of death and the devil, they have no problem with believing that Yahshua can and will hide away His faithful saints during the Great Tribulation, just as He said that He would:

John 14:1-3 - “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”

The Parable of the Ten Virgins and other Scriptures delivered by Yahshua to His followers in Matthew, Chapters 24 and 25 also teach about the Rapture. For example, the Parable of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25:1-12, which was taught by Yahshua, teaches that half of the Professing Church represented by the Five Foolish Virgins will be left behind. They may be left behind partly because half of the Church in the world today doesn't believe in a Rapture or denies it, so their congregations are not expectantly waiting and watching for His return. In addition, a large segment of the Church is not preparing their congregations for Yahshua's coming in the Rapture because they don't teach new believers the consequences of continued sin, and their constant need for repentance.

Many Churches also don't teach believers exactly how to be born-again with the Holy Spirit in order to live a sanctified life. This baptism is only given to those who truly love and follow Christ, and who want to please Him more than anything or anyone in the world. Those who profess to know Christ but live in antagonism to His Commandments will not be granted God's Rapture refuge in Heaven through the worst time in human history known as the Great Tribulation or Jacob's Trouble. The true saints are those who keep Yahshua's Commandment to love one another as we love Him, and to love God the Father and His Son and Spirit with our whole spirit, soul and body (See Matthew 22:37-40; Mark 12:30-32; John 14:20-21; 1 John 2:3-5; Revelation 14:12). The Rapture is only meant for the Wise Virgins, whose spiritual lamps are filled with the Holy Spirit oil that allows them to keep the commandments. This is why Yahshua says "Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you!" to the Foolish Virgins.

Yahshua also taught about the Rapture just before He taught the Parable of the Ten Virgins. In Matthew 24:29-31 and Matthew 24:37-42, Yahshua spoke about His angels gathering the elect from one end of Heaven to the other, and how one would be taken, and the other left. This entire last half of Matthew 24 makes no sense if applied to the Second Coming of Yahshua at the Battle of Armageddon, when His saints will come from Heaven with Him riding on white horses (Rev. 19:11-14). How can the elect be gathered up by the angels of God at the same time that they are supposed to be riding white horses from Heaven to Earth? Since this is technically impossible, this section of Scripture can only apply to the Rapture, and not to the Second Coming of Christ, as is erroneously taught by most Bible scholars.

If you have difficulty believing that Yahshua will return for His Bride and the Wise Virgins in the Rapture, and do not feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit that this teaching is true, then you need to ask God the Father to give you the discernment of the Holy Spirit to understand and seek out the facts surrounding His truth.

Maranatha! 

Yahshua is coming very soon! 

Love and blessings from 
Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
http://pillar-of-enoch.com

Deciphering the Parable of the Ten Virgins

By Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
http://pillar-of-enoch.com
Published in April 2012,
Revised on Nov. 11th, 2012; June 7, 2013

Painting by William Blake - Wise Virgins in White
Click Here To Enlarge
The Parable of the Ten Virgins appears in Chapter 25 of the Gospel of Matthew. The following translation is taken from the New King James Version of the Bible:

~*~ Matthew 25:1-13 ~*~

“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.”

This Parable is deceptively simple in its subject matter, but surprisingly hard for many to understand because the Wise and Foolish Virgins must be viewed both literally and allegorically to derive the full meaning of the text. Yet it is crucial to understand this Parable from both points of view in order to make correct deductions concerning the timing and nature of upcoming events in the Last Days - especially since the End Time Signs that our Messiah Yahshua told us to watch for have been speeding up at a frantic rate. This article explores the deeper meaning of this parable in relation to the Great Tribulation, which is fast approaching.

In this Parable, it is obvious that Yahshua is literally describing the fate of ten virgin attendants to an expectant bride awaiting the arrival of the Bridegroom, Who is none other than Yahshua Himself. Though the Bride of Christ is not directly referred to in the parable, her presence is inferred by the appearance of her handmaidens, who are waiting with her for the Bridegroom to arrive. It is the Bride who is anxiously awaiting His arrival, and anticipating the joyous wedding and mystery of the wedding chamber that will follow. Unfortunately, however, five of the ten virgin attendants are not taking their job to help the Bride prepare for the wedding very seriously. As a result, they are lacking enough oil in their lamps to light their way in the bridal procession to the Groom’s Father’s house, which is to begin at midnight on an undetermined day. Subsequently, all of the handmaidens fall asleep, since the Bridegroom takes much longer than expected to arrive.

Utilizing spiritual discernment from the Ruach Ha Kodesh or Holy Spirit, we can go beyond the literal aspects of this parable to see that the wedding being referred to is the Wedding of Yahshua, the Lamb of God, to His grafted-in Gentile Bride in Heaven, which is the location of His Father’s House and the “Many Mansions” that Yahshua has built to house His Bride (John 14:2). It should also be obvious that the Wise and Foolish Virgins and the Bride of Christ allegorically represent different factions of the grafted-in Gentile Church. The major difference between the Bride and her virgin attendants is in their level of love and commitment to Christ.

Regarding our commitment to Yahshua, there is Great Deception in the Church today about who will be taken in the Rapture. As Yahshua warned, the path to Heaven and the Rapture are very narrow, and very few will find it! This is why the Parable of the Ten Virgins makes it clear that a large portion of the Church will be left behind after the Rapture, which is symbolized by the door being shut on the Five Foolish Virgins in the parable. The Five Foolish Virgins represent Five of the Seven Churches of Revelation that Christ finds fault with, and which are not given any promise of deliverance. Of the two others, one Church is made up mostly of martyrs, while the other is the Church of Philadelphia, and this is the only Church that is given the promise of being delivered from the worst half of the Tribulation:

“Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name” (Revelation 3:10-12). 

The Church of Philadelphia represents the Bride of Christ,  and also alludes to the Five Wise Virgins, since many of the members of the Church of Philadelphia are the devoted followers of Christ that come OUT of the five problematic churches that Yahshua praises, but also finds some fault with in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3. Note how, in the portion of Revelation, Chapter 3 quoted above, that only the members of the Church of Philadelphia are connected to the New Jerusalem, which is described as a Bride adorned for her husband in verse 2 of Revelation, Chapter 21.

The Ten Virgin Attendants of the Bride also represent the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, as well as Messianic Jews from the Ten Tribes. Since the Ten Lost Tribes are part Israelite and part Gentile, and are partly loyal to God and partly Apostate, they are allegorically like the Mixed Multitude mentioned in Scripture that caused a great deal of problems for the full-blooded Israelites by leading them into sin (See Numbers 11:1-11). This Mixed Multitude lusted after things that God had not given to the Israelites in order to discipline them. One of the things He withheld was meat, giving them manna instead. But the mixed multitude grew tired of manna, and cried out for meat to Moses. God’s reaction to this was to give the Israelites and the Mixed Multitude the meat that they craved in the form of quail. But because they were not thankful for manna, were lustful for flesh, and still did not thank God when given the meat they craved, but gathered the quail in excess, God judged them with a great plague that killed many of them (See Numbers 11:31-34). This was done because they gave in to their craving for meat without giving thanks or showing restraint.

Unfortunately, this lack of restraint and carelessness is also true among some of the part Israelite and part Gentile believers who are being counted as the Ten Virgins, which are representative of the believers that can be found among the Seven Churches, or major Christian denominations, that Yahshua addresses in the Book of Revelation. As the Five Foolish Virgins convey, about half of them are not exhibiting the spiritual gifts of the Ruach Ha Kodesh or Holy Spirit, which is the oil that lights their lamps so that they can be a light of the world like Christ. Instead, the Five Foolish Virgins are unrestrained in their excesses, and are unashamed and unrepentant of their backslidden, Apostate ways.

In contrast, those who form the Bride of Christ are a special class of redeemed believers that live unswervingly righteous lives, and truly long to be with Yahshua every day because they love Him so much. They may live in this world, but they are truly not of it! Instead of partaking of worldly enjoyments, these faithful witnesses shun all forms of ungodly pleasure, including sexual sin and material lusts in all their forms. This has earned them the right to be closer to Yahshua than all others, and held in higher regard by Him. Though Yahshua loves all the saints that are redeemed by His blood, He loves some more than others, just as He loved Lazarus, the Beloved Disciple, more than any of His other disciples or apostles (John 11:34-43, John 21:20). As the following illustration conveys, Yahshua calls His Beloved Bride to Come Away with Him in the Rapture:

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Please don’t misunderstand! Yahshua loves everyone in His Kingdom, and after the Bema Seat Judgment of all believers - when some believers will be sad for a short time - there will be no more sadness or envy in His Kingdom. Yahshua’s love will satisfy all of us beyond anything else we can imagine. We will all be ONE through Yahshua, and we will all love each other as Yahshua loves us. There will be no more rivalry, tears or sadness for us in His Kingdom. We will be perfectly loved and in love with each other, and perfectly suited for, and happy with our roles in His Kingdom. So even though Yahshua will love, appreciate and reward some of us more than others based on our service to and love for Him, everyone in the Body of Christ will not be sad but joyful about it.

Now, just as the Patriarch Joseph had a Gentile Bride that was grafted into Israel through Marriage, Yahshua’s Bride has representatives that have come out of all the Gentile nations of the Earth. However, the Bride of Christ is a special class of believers from among these grafted-in Gentiles that are more devoted to Yahshua than others, and are virtually above reproach. They live exemplary lives as followers of the Way of Yahweh - not as Jewish clones, but as redeemed sinners that live by their faith in God like the patriarch Abraham did before he entered the Covenant of Circumcision based on works.

The truth is that the Bride and her Virgin Attendants have all entered a New Covenant with Yahweh God that is better than the one Abraham entered into - one that is based on faith and Grace rather than works (Jeremiah 31:30-32; Matthew 26:27-29). But the level of commitment among the Ten Virgins is less serious than that of the Bride. Though they are saved in the same way by the Blood of Yahshua, the Virgin Attendants of the Bride are not as faithful in teaching others about Yahshua and His Gospel of Redemption and Grace in the Kingdom of God, and do not long to be with Yahshua to the same intense degree as the Bride.

Though the Ten Virgins have been given the responsibility of nurturing the Bride of Christ and ensuring that her work for Yahshua is carried out, the Parable of the Ten Virgins tells us that only half of them are truly faithful to this cause! Having less oil of the Holy Spirit than the Five Wise Virgins who prophesy, teach, lead, heal, and love others, the Five Foolish Virgins are not exhibiting spiritual gifts, are woefully at odds with the work of the Bride, and may even be openly antagonistic to it. As a result, though all Ten Virgins are saved from the torment of Hell, the Five Foolish Virgins that come out of Five Churches in the Book of Revelation are not going to be protected from suffering through the Great Tribulation.

The Bride’s Virgin handmaidens represent the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, who mingled with the Gentiles of Europe and other nations. Thus, the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel are not only represented by the people of Europe and the Americas, but by Gentiles from every nation and race. Though Christianity once reigned supreme in Europe, England and America, and the missionaries that preached the Gospel to the rest of the world originally came from those countries, the people of Africa and Asia that believe in Yahshua are now also part of the Bride of Christ as grafted-in Israelites, and the Bridesmaids or Virgin attendants of the Bride of Christ are also from every people group on Earth.


Strasbourg Cathedral, France - Wise Virgins with Christ
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Though this is often overlooked, the modern-day Jews are signified by the Jewish Bridegroom Yahshua to some extent as His attendants, even if they claim to be from a different tribe other than Judah today. But only those Jews who come to believe that Yahshua is the Messiah can be the Bridegroom’s attendants. Likewise, the Five Wise Virgins are Gentile believers that have been grafted into Israel because of their faithfulness in following Yahshua and sharing the Gospel of the Kingdom of God with everyone, including the Jews. They also serve the Gentile Bride by delivering the Gospel to her and tending to all of her spiritual and physical needs, as the Holy Spirit leads.

The five Foolish Virgins are those among the Ten Tribes who have heard the Gospel, but have not taken it to heart or shared it. They do not pray or study the Word of God in the Bible, and are not baptized with the Holy Spirit. They are without the Holy Spirit’s inner guidance because they never desired this baptism or sought it in prayer and supplication to God the Father. Instead, they have buried their lamps under a bushel, not sharing their knowledge of the light of the Gospel with others, and not caring to be set apart from sin in order to dedicate their lives to Yahweh God’s service.


Painting by Hieronymus Francken the Younger Circa 1616 -
Foolish Virgins On Right Engaging In Sinful Excess
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This is why the five Foolish Virgins are to be left behind when the Bridegroom arrives. Yahshua will say “I do not know you” to them because He never knew them in fellowship, worship and prayer (Matthew 25:12). These foolish ones are apostate believers who are in love with the world and its pleasures rather than in Christ and His Gospel. They are chasing after worldly power, prestige and pleasure such as vacations, secular entertainment, cultural events rather than caring for the poor  and needy among them, or seeking to save lost souls from the pit of Hell.Their lamps will therefore not have enough oil that represents the Holy Spirit, and their knowledge of the Word of God will be very poor. As a result, they will not have a place reserved for them at the Wedding of the Lamb (i.e. the Wedding of Yahshua), and they will have to live through the horrors of the Great Tribulation instead. These poor believers are saved and will serve Yahshua in His Millennial kingdom, but only after being purified in the fire of severe persecution, deprivation, suffering and potential martyrdom.

On a deeper level, the Parable of the Ten Virgins ties into the Song of Solomon and the idea that weddings in all cultures are traditionally celebrated in the late spring and early summertime, when the weather is at its nicest. This connects the Parable of the Ten Virgins to the Jewish Feast of Shavuot or Pentecost in the late spring, and to the joyous Festival of Tu B’Av (or the 15th of Av) in the early summer. Tu B’Av is a time of celebration that follows the time of mourning over the destruction of the First and Second Temples to Yahweh on Tisha B’Av or the 9th of Av, and it is the Jewish equivalent of Valentine’s Day in Israel today. As such, it is a favorite time of year among Jews to announce betrothals, have weddings, and give gifts to sweethearts and loved ones. This ties Tu B’Av to the Wedding of the Lamb in Heaven after the Rapture of the Wise Virgins, and by extension, to the Rapture or Harpazo itself.

Though the Rapture is tied to the summer, Pentecost and Tu B’Av through the Song of Solomon, it may not occur on or near to Pentecost, Tu B’Av, or the Summer Solstice, but at any time. Intriguingly, the causeway of the Great Pyramid at Giza, which signifies the Church as the Body of Christ, points to the Summer Solstice. As such, it is like a beacon pointing to the Rapture of the Saints that will make up the Bride of Christ and her Wedding party. However, since what we call winter in the Northern Hemisphere is actually summer on the Southern Hemisphere, the months of December through February are also tied to the summer months, and are associated with harvests in that region. For this reason, the Rapture is also connected to the Jewish Festival of Light called Chanukah, as well as to the Winter Solstice.

Because the Solstices are being targeted by the two biggest Giza Pyramids, and the Equinoxes are being targeted by the Great Sphinx representing Yahshua as the First and the Last at Giza, the timing of the Rapture is truly open to the entire year. Nonetheless, the Summer does hold a stronger emphasis in that the largest pyramid at Giza representing the Bride of Christ and the New Jerusalem is targeting the Summer Solstice, which falls in Mid-June every year. So that’s something to keep in mind. Incidentally, I have amassed hundreds of pages of well documented research  proving that the Giza Pyramids were part of a sacred site that was built by the righteous Sethite followers of our Most High God Yahweh before the Great Flood of Noah. This information can currently be found in two books that I authored that are part of the Language of God Book Series: “The Language of God in History”, and “The Language of God in Prophecy”. 

Intriguingly, the causeway of the Middle Pyramid at Giza points directly toward the Winter Solstice at dawn on the eastern horizon. This is the same causeway that leads to the base of the Great Sphinx, which signifies Yahshua as the First and the Last and the Beginning and the End by its connection to Virgo and Leo, the first and last signs of the ancient Mazzaroth or Zodiac. Though the Rapture may not occur then either - since no one knows the day or hour - the Mayan End Date connected to the Winter Solstice in 2012 is allegorically tied to the Rapture by its association with the summer months south of the equator - and the time for crops and harvests there.

The Great Commission to the Two House Church of Judah (the Jews) and Ephraim (the Ten Lost Tribes and the Gentiles as a whole) during the Age of Grace and at its close is thus being referred to in this amazing Parable. Its message is therefore directed to all believers in Yahshua today. Please heed its message, and get your lamps filled with the oil of the Holy Spirit NOW - before it’s too late!

Yahshua is coming SOON! Maranatha!

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ARTICLE IMAGE CREDITS:
First 3 Images Courtesy of Wikipedia under "Parable of the Ten Virgins", 

which contains an interesting review of the Parable:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Ten_Virgins