The Parable Of The Ten Virgins

This is an updated version of the story previously published at BibleVideos/org. Richard directed the second unit (broll) material on this title, enhancing the visual content.

[rommelzamora]

The overall and easily seen thrust of the parable is that Christ will return at an unknown hour and that His people must be ready. Being ready means preparing for whatever contingency arises in our lives and keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus at all times while we eagerly await His coming. As seen in the fact that all the virgins were sleeping when the call came indicates that it doesn’t matter what we are doing when Christ returns. We may be working, eating, sleeping, or pursuing leisure activities. Whatever it is, we must be doing it in such a way that we don’t have to “make things right” (get more oil) when He comes. This would apply to either the coming of Christ for His Church or for the Tribulation saints as they await His second coming.

[maryhudson]

Im ready and with the help of jesus christ im going to stay ready

[brianrudolph]

I brooded and prayed over this parable for many years. Here is what I believe the Lord showed me concerning it:
First, note that they were all virgins. Indicating that they were all made pure by Christ and thus all believers. Also, note that they all had oil in their lamps (spirits), except that the wise had oil in their vessels (souls) but the foolish did not. (Oil is symbolic of the Holy Spirit).
So, when we receive Christ, He comes into our Spirits, but it is our yielding to Him that allows Him to work into our Soul life.
The wise virgins prepared themselves for the coming of the bridegroom, meaning that they followed Him and kept His word and had an intimate relationship with Him in their prayer life and service toward Him, whereas the foolish were careless and obviously did not draw near to Him as indicated by their not having oil in their vessels.
And so, when the bridegroom came, they all heard the announcement of his coming and went out into the night to meet Him with their lamps to give them light along the way. However, it seems that the journey is somewhat long and the foolish virgins did not have oil in their vessels to keep their lamps burning and were unable to complete the journey and therefore were left behind.
Now, here is where a lot of controversy and various interpretations come in with various Christians. As we read further, Jesus says of the foolish that were left behind, that they came knocking at heavens door (in prayer) beckoning to be left in, yet the Lord says, go away, for I never knew you.
When we look at the meaning of 'know' in the Hebrew, it means to have an intimate relationship with another, much like as a man knows a woman intimately. So it is made clear here, that although they were believers from the beginning, they did not follow the Lord and draw near to Him and and have a personal relationship with Him and therefore He did not know them.
So, then it says that they were cast into outer darkness, where there was weeping and grinding of teeth (regret). Some Christians believe that this "outer darkness" is the Tribulation of which they must go through as a chastening by the Lord and although they were not wed to the bridegroom, nevertheless they are still saved in the end. They point to the fact that Jesus said He would never leave you nor forsake you if you are saved.
And we know that they were indeed saved and were believers, as they had the Holy Spirit (oil in their lamps). Other Christians will say that out of their carelessness, they lost their salvation. And so this opens a can of worms as to whether or not a believer can lose their salvation.
Well, I suppose that we will never really know what happens to those that are left behind. We can only hope that the Lord is merciful.

[enohisiorho]

I love this parable teaching’s it’s a blessing.

[irenedelrosso]

5 had the holy spirit because they were in the WORD 24/7, but the 5 who acted like believers were empty 🤔 😳 😏 be wise Study the Bible daily and pray to YHWH our Elohim in Yeshua Hamashiac

[SilviaDwomoh]

This was a blessing watching! Just made a video on this parable! It's a blessing!

[kenpoarniceguy]

I love that they updated this video. I remember the one for the Doctrine and Covenants.

[alephtav]

LEARN FOR YOUR SELF
AND SEEK TRUTH
AND BE FILLED BY HOLY SPIRIT
AND LIVING WATER FROM
THE LORD.
TO BE HOLY ND GLORIFIED

IN JESUS NAME
AMEN

[michaelg]

Repent and be saved. Foolishness looks like different things to different people, but trust in Jesus alone and you shall be saved.
(The oil and lamps are a symbol of the Holy Spirit in each of us. The Holy Spirit is the oil and we must be full of His life-giving presence when Jesus comes to collect us we should be shown attentive and receptive to His word, and his presence.)
God bless you all!

[davidtiffany]

When you read the parables of the Kingdom in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John you find Jesus saying the Kingdom of God IS like. In the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) however, Jesus says AT THAT TIME the Kingdom of God WILL BE like. It is the same as the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30).

If we back up to Matthew 24:27-50, which leads into these parables, we find Jesus talking about His Second Coming eight times (verses 27, 30, 37, 39, 42, 44, 46 & 50). The Kingdom of God will be like the Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Parable of the Talents at the time of Jesus' Second Coming. The Kingdom of God is not like those parables now nor will it be like that at the Rapture.

For those who belong to the body of Christ God will complete His work in you (Philippians 1:6), you will be glorified (Romans 8:30), you were baptized into the body of Christ by one Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13) which united you with Him in His death (Romans 6:3) and so you will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection (Romans 6:5).

If you belong to Christ, there's no way you're going to be left behind.

[andrewanthony]

Amen and Amen Jesus Christ is coming very soon prepare to meet the Lord our God fill with Holy Spirit always and obey Him Amen Shalom Maranata

[alexisandlondon]

I am truly ready to go back with my Lord and savior Jesus Christ

[lorettarambo]

I like how this portion of scripture comes to life from one of the parables in Matthew 25.

[alexisandlondon]

And I'm not changing I'm staying ready when the trumpet sound

[jesuschristislord]

Peace! Jesus Christ really I mean seriously wants to save u too. Actually He loves u so much amen. God Bless:D P.s. John 14:6 'n Acts 16:31 because He's the only Way to Heaven please 'n peace indeed. Hallelujah! Maranatha in Jesus Christ name 'n in His Holy blood amen!

[marbelletadros]

Amazing videos that teach so much and are so realistic.

[MaameAfiaAmoako]

This story show that we don't know when God will come

[edvardzv]

Reading the books of the New Testament, we probably asked ourselves more than once: *"Why 2000 years we do not see those miracles that accompanied the Сhurch of Christ in the I century, as described in the New Testament?"* Why do the so-called preachers of Christ have to prove that Jesus really existed and atheists boldly deny the historicity or divine origin of Christ? Maybe because the Сhurch of Christ has not existed for 2000 years?
The Сhurch does not exist in the form in which it is presented in the books of the New Testament, but there are Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and other christian sects claiming to be the place of the Church, but they not have the only thing that distinguishes the divine from the human and is characteristic of just the Сhurch of Christ -the reinforcement of the word with signs, that is, miracles (Mark 16:15-20). Therefore, some researchers doubt the historicity of Christ, and some of them are not opposed to declaring him a an ordinary philosopher, teacher. But even if Jesus were an ordinary philosopher, his disciples would be ordinary followers of Jesus. And they would not dare to write about the miracles that not only Jesus, but also his disciples, could perform. In this world, the great fertility of atheism can be explained by the fact that there is no main opponent of critics of the Bible - the Church. If there were the Church in our time as described by the authors of the New Testament books, where miracles are performed, the sick are healed, where prophesied, and the dead are raised, no one would doubt the historicity of Christ. Then there would be the same controversy throughout the world as in the first century - Jesus the Son of God or the false prophet who seduces the world by miracles. As a result, we can say that the emergence and development of christian sects and atheism was the result of the fact that over the 2000 years the Сhurch of Christ did not exist.

Find *"The Mystery about the Church of Christ"* video on YouTube. The video reveals the prophecy of the disappearance and reappearance of the Church of Christ before the End of the World. Watching this video will give hope to all who sincerely seek God and will interest those who are not too lazy to think freely. Click on my name to watch the video (The video is in Russian, but English subtitles are included).

[basseyurum]

This is wonderful everyone get for rapture day

[SuperJVx]

the moral of the story is that people who cannot afford rising oil prices are no damn good