Introduction to Parable of Ten Virgins Matthew 25
Good evening to our Readers....
I wanted to give you a preview of the next 2 posts that will discuss the parable Jesus gave about the 19 virgins.
The reason I want to do this is to give you the right frame of mind for thinking about this parable and to eliminate any possible confusion that might arise.
In the parable, the second coming of Jesus Christ is in view. However, I realize that some, perhaps many of you may not be familiar with certain aspects of His coming.
For example His second coming is divided into 2 parts. In the first part, Christ will come in the clouds and call His bride the Church home. This takes place in the air. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 & 1 Corinthians 15)
In the summer of 2019 I posted some lessons teaching about the first coming of Christ in the air to call His bride, the Church home to heaven. The Lord will come in the clouds and stop there as the dead in Christ rise first.
All other believers alive at that moment will be caught up in the air to meet Christ and ever be with Him. The word "caught up" is where the word "rapture" is used when speaking of the end of the Church age. He is going to take His bride to heaven for the marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19).
Then after a period of time Christ will come a second time with His bride back to the earth to destroy the wicked and establish His kingdom.
The 10 virgins in the parable represent the nation Israel and what they are to be doing until the final return of Christ to the earth to establish His kingdom. When the feet of Jehovah touch the Mount of Olives it will be split into 2 pieces and the Day of the LORD & judgment of the nations will happen. (Zechariah 14).
At that physical return of Christ to the earth, the faithful Jews will be watching and waiting for the arrival of their King and the King is coming to this earth with His bride. All the world shall see Christ and the Jewish nation will look on their Messiah that they crucified and shall mourn and be converted. (Revelation 1:7; Zechariah 12:10)
I hope that this bit of preview will help us with our understanding of this parable.
May Jehovah be glorified in all that we say, think and do as the Lord's day approaches!
Bob
I wanted to give you a preview of the next 2 posts that will discuss the parable Jesus gave about the 19 virgins.
The reason I want to do this is to give you the right frame of mind for thinking about this parable and to eliminate any possible confusion that might arise.
In the parable, the second coming of Jesus Christ is in view. However, I realize that some, perhaps many of you may not be familiar with certain aspects of His coming.
For example His second coming is divided into 2 parts. In the first part, Christ will come in the clouds and call His bride the Church home. This takes place in the air. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 & 1 Corinthians 15)
In the summer of 2019 I posted some lessons teaching about the first coming of Christ in the air to call His bride, the Church home to heaven. The Lord will come in the clouds and stop there as the dead in Christ rise first.
All other believers alive at that moment will be caught up in the air to meet Christ and ever be with Him. The word "caught up" is where the word "rapture" is used when speaking of the end of the Church age. He is going to take His bride to heaven for the marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19).
Then after a period of time Christ will come a second time with His bride back to the earth to destroy the wicked and establish His kingdom.
The 10 virgins in the parable represent the nation Israel and what they are to be doing until the final return of Christ to the earth to establish His kingdom. When the feet of Jehovah touch the Mount of Olives it will be split into 2 pieces and the Day of the LORD & judgment of the nations will happen. (Zechariah 14).
At that physical return of Christ to the earth, the faithful Jews will be watching and waiting for the arrival of their King and the King is coming to this earth with His bride. All the world shall see Christ and the Jewish nation will look on their Messiah that they crucified and shall mourn and be converted. (Revelation 1:7; Zechariah 12:10)
I hope that this bit of preview will help us with our understanding of this parable.
May Jehovah be glorified in all that we say, think and do as the Lord's day approaches!
Bob
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