The Parable of the Ten Virgins Explained
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That is talking about people who are physically awake but spiritually asleep. It is not a reference to literal sleeping which all humans must have.
Perhaps you don’t think so because she is a woman but…judge the works…demons tremble and are cast out…and the gospel of Jesus Christ is preached and the lost are saved and captives set free…and the sick are healed…and she endures much persecution.
In the Kingdom of God there is NO male or female…in Heaven there is no giving in marriage.
There is ONE Bridegroom and ONE Bride - many membered but ONE Bride…In Christ, we are equal but ONLY because we are in Christ.
God has raised up Kathryn Krick as an Apostle to equip and minister to all believers in the Body of Christ. She is not the only one…there are many others. We need the 5 Fold Ministry.
She is not an Apostle - guaranteed - but you can follow her all you wish.
Don't worry - the LORD knows what we have need of even before we ask Him.
What we don't need are more show-biz personalities, hoopla and money driven 'Apostles'.
The Kingdom of God is Righteousness and that Righteousness is found in the Word and the Holy Spirit.
God is the Head of Christ
Christ is the Head of Man
Man is the Head of the Woman
Only in marriage is the man head of his wife the woman but Christ is the Head of His Church- ALL BELIEVERS- there is NO male or female in His Church.
When I take a job, I come under my boss’s authority but ONLY concerning my job…NOT my faith in Jesus Christ.
When I get married, I come under my husband’s authority but ONLY concerning the marriage…NOT my faith in Christ.
ALL Believers are EQUAL in Christ- there is NO male or female. All Believers as His Church are subject directly to Christ.
You seem to forget that the real Apostle - Paul - who wrote "there is no male or female" also wrote:
Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.
3But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 4Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. 5But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved. 6For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. 7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.
For man is not from woman, but woman from man.
Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man.
For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.
The LORD never chose a woman to be a 'Apostlet' - this would be contrary to Scripture from Genesis to Revelation.
Women are never to ursup authority over a man in the Church as this would be a repeat of the Serpent in the Garden.
When we put off these bodies there will be no male and female - but not until then and only then.
There is no such thing as a woman Pastor - this is sin and confusion.
A woman can be a Shepherdess and a Prophetess and is always to be clearly known as a woman/female affirmation in title.
The fact that there is such rebellion in Christianity today is another clear sign of the spirit of antichrist and the falling away.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
Satan knew exactly who to target in the Garden and we see her again riding the Dragon in Revelation.
Stay close to your husband - he is your protection and Christ is well pleased with this.
Close enough. Much better than many other explanations. I think you said it right in the last couple of sentences. Personally I don't think it is a riddle or a mystery but a parable making a point from an example familiar to daily life in that culture at that time.
It is a parable and the message is to do what is necessary to be ready when Jesus comes so that you will not be ashamed at His coming and think that you can get ready at the last minute as it will be too late for that. I think people make too much of the objects like the oil and the lamp or the Bride, which is not even in the parable. Jesus could have used many different parables with different objects and details to teach the same lesson. AND HE DID. Which is why I think it is a mistake to focus on what the oil represents.
If someone is not ready, the are not abiding in the teachings of Christ and therefore they are not really His disciples in truth. Trusting your association with your church or those friends who truly are ready ( ready = they do the teachings of Christ) will not help you. Do we know of people who seem to live like that? Yes. Many. There lamps are empty but they entertain the idea that somehow they will be accepted. Even thinking that their ignorance will some how give them a pass. How many think they will be able to say "I didn't know" as an excuse?
Jesus gave several parables that reveal different facets of how people deceive themselves into a false sense of "preparation" for the coming of the Lord. The wedding garment is another eye opener. It reveals how some will think they can ignore the requirements as if He could not possibly be that strict. There are doctrines galore that have lulled hypocrites to sleep thinking they will be allowed in even though they are ignoring the teachings of Christ.
What did the 144k repent of?
Where did you find that?
Rev 14 is in no way 1 thes 4.
In no way.
Re read it.
Everytime it says "oil" insert " "forgiveness".
Does not even begin to fit.
All men are spirit soul and body.
Triune.
No man dies totally.
The spirit continues on.
Jesus died on the cross.
It had to be God on the cross.
Only God could resurrect.
Other verses command believers to not sleep, but watch. So yes sleeping is a sin.
Mark 13:36-37
36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Romans 13:11
11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Ephesians 5:14
14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
That's because it's a parable. Kind of like literally sleeping is not a problem because sleeping is normal. This is how figurative language works in parables, but some things can be literal. Wisdom and prayer is required to interpret this since no literal explanation is offered.
Also notice if you replace "oil" with "Holy Spirit" in the parable, then read the plain text, it doesn't really make sense. Again, a parable is a story used to give spiritual lessons. It requires interpretation.
This will go in one ear and out the other, or like most of you, you will ignore it and make the same illogical statement 1000 more times, but here goes (cover your eyes and say, na na na na na na na na na na na na).
The Church is CLEARLY SEEN in heaven BEFORE the Seals are ever opened by Jesus during the 70th week.
Rev. 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Rev. 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Rev. 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Rev. 4:1 is THE RAPTURE, the Feast of Trumps always ended the Summer Harvest (Church Age) thus the LAST TRUMP is not a Revelation Judgment, it is the Trumpet of Jesus ending the Church Age Harvest of souls by saying come up here........ Thus Jesus sounds like a Trumpet, which means he ends the Rapture by calling the Church up to heaven.
Rev. 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Now we get to see the Church in Heaven BEFORE the Seals are ever opened by Jesus !!
Rev. 4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Why is this so hard to decipher for you post-trib or mid-trib guys? Rev. 2:10, Rev. 3:5, and 3:21 all three describe the OVERCOMERS who are Faithful unto death !!
Rev. 1 is Jesus as seen in all of his Glory by the Disciple (The things which you HAVE SEEN)
Rev. 2 is Jesus speaking unto the 7 Churches and 7 always equals completion, thus the 7 Churches = The Church Age or the full 2000 some odd year Church Age period we are in now (The things WHICH ARE)
Rev. 4:1 states it very clearly for you if you will LISTEN !! Jesus said come up here and I will show you the things WHICH MUST BE HEREAFTER. (Meaning the 70th-week Judgments soon to fall on mankind AFTER the Rapture)
Why is this so hard to decipher? Because you already (think) you know everything but you don't. And that's no slap at anyone, God specifically chastised me about 5 years ago when I asked in prayer, after 30 years of service, why Lord are there so many interpretations of the 144,000, the Harlot, Babylon, the Beast, etc., etc. I got this from the Holy Spirit "Ron, you guys already know it all" So, don't go all overboard, if the Lord can tell me we think we know it all, and that is why we, IN ESSENCE, can't receive or learn from God then it's not just about me but about the whole Church. I changed, now I do hear His voice in every instance because I do not ASSUME my old thoughts on anything are correct, I simply ask God to show me when anything is not clear, and He always does. We can affirm this again in Rev. 5:9, we see the Church in Heaven and they sing Worthy is the Lamb to OPEN the Sealed Scroll, and that he has REDEEMED US BY HIS BLOOD !!
Rev. 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
So, the Church is seen here IN HEAVEN, just before Jesus opens the 7 Sealed Scroll of Judgments. And no one is in Heaven until the Rapture, 1 Cor. 15 CLEARY STATES that the Dead in Christ ARISE at the Rapture, and we who are alive are then CHANGED and then we all go to Heaven to be with the Lord. Those seen in Rev. 7 can not be Martyrs from the 70th-week tribulation, because no one who dies during the 70th week will go unto Heaven, they remain on earth and are raised up at Jesus' Second Coming, so says the Scriptures, SO................ those seen in Rev. 7:9-17 are the Raptured Church, they can not be the 70th-week Martyrs, and I can PROVE IT !! With Scriptures.
Below is where many of you make your fatal mistake, something I stopped doing because now I realize God wants to teach us IF we stop thinking we already know it all (we don't). Thus anytime something doesn't fully jibe, don't just accept it as TRUTH, ask God to show you in full because God gives us NO CONTRADICTIONS, we create them.
Rev. 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
So, people see this above and just ASSUME (WRONGLY) that these people seen here came out f the 70th-week tribulation that is called GREAT here, but when we put it all together, the bible states EMPHATICALLY that this can not be true, so something had to give, so instead of just accepting the NORM, I asked God why the Contradiction. And by looking for the REASONINGS instead of just accepting this as factual, I got the answer. Here are the verses that show these people CAN NOT be from the 70th-week Great Tribulation.
The 5th Seal
Rev. 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
So, those Martyrs killed during the 70th week want VENGEANCE on those people still living ON EARTH who killed them during this 70th week Anti-Christ reign, but Jesus gives them their White Robes and tells them to be patient, they MUST WAIT, until ALL of their fellow brothers have been killed in like manner as they were (by this Anti-Christ Beast who has 42 months of rule over this earth and the saints, to do as he so pleases). So, those seen in Rev. 7:9-17 CAN NOT be those Martyrs seen here, they MUST WAIT until the Beasts rule is over sir. Want more proof? See BELOW:
Rev. 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
So, those who are Martyred during the 70th-week are judged when? After the Second Coming. and they specifically REIGN on this earth with Jesus for 1000 years !! So, according to the 5th Seal AND this Rev. 20:4 scripture, those seen in Rev. 7:9-17 CAN NOT be any of the 70th-week Martyrs !! So, how can that be? Why the contraction? Because we men caused this SNAFU by mandating that God can only use the word GREAT as an adjective on ONE THING, the 70th-week tribulation, God can't describe the 2000 some odd yer Church Age as GREATER in length than the 7 Year or 70th week tribulation, no, we as men can not allow God to describe anything as GREAT except the 70th week, LOL. This is why people can't see God's full truths, as He (Holy Spirit) explained this to me.
Those seen in Rev. 7:9-17 can only be from the 2000 some odd year GREAT TRIBULATION PERIOD is in 2000>7 as in 2000 years is greater than 7 years, in spite of men's protestations, that is a FACTOID. That actually FITS, those seen in Rev. 7:9-17 being from the 70th week DOS NOT NOT FIT, as I have shown, now people can close their eyes and say na na na na na all they want to, I am correct on this because I rooted out the truth via the guidance of the Holy Spirit. But of course, if it makes MEN WRONG....by all means, na na na na na I see NOTHING NOTHING !!