The Parable of the Ten Virgins Explained

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If the only difference is extra oil, why then does Jesus say He does not know them?

"Them" being the five foolish virgins

They are shut out of the wedding feast. That seems a pretty significant difference....

10 b Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

11 Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’

12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’ From Matthew 25

Immediately following the parable of the ten virgins is the parable of the talents.

Jesus starts that parable by saying, "For it is just like a man going on a journey,"

Three servants were given his possessions to look after while their Master was away...

Two were rewarded for investing wisely, but to the third who had not, the Master said:

29 'For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one
who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 30 And throw that
worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Please excuse my being late to this conversation

If the only difference is extra oil, why then does Jesus say He does not know them?

"Them" being the five foolish virgins

They are shut out of the wedding feast. That seems a pretty significant difference....

10 b Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

11 Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’

12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’ From Matthew 25

Immediately following the parable of the ten virgins is the parable of the talents.

Jesus starts that parable by saying, "For it is just like a man going on a journey,"

Three servants were given his possessions to look after while their Master was away...

Two were rewarded for investing wisely, but to the third who had not, the Master said:

29 'For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who
does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 30 And throw that worthless
servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

He calls the one who did not wisely invest "worthless." And casts them out...

We cannot lose the Holy Spirit either. God promised He will be with us forever. So the oil isn't Holy Spirit.

Luke 11:13
13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

John 14:16-17
16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Now ask, what are things we can lose? Can we lose faith? Can we lose positional forgiveness in our relationship with God? (not that permanent forgiveness we get through Christ's blood sacrifice, by the forgiveness we need when we grieve the Holy Spirit through sinning). Can we lose truth by being deceived? Many things can fit. The irony is what seems to fit the least is the oil being Holy Spirit, yet it's a common interpretation.

I think "know" there is used in the "intimacy" thingy.

Mary did not "know" joseph. As in the marriage bed

In that sense, how could Jesus have "known" any of them?

It seems more along the "known" in these verses (Matthew 7):

21 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me
on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name
drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly,
‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

If the only difference is extra oil, why then does Jesus say He does not know them?

In that sense, how could Jesus have "known" any of them?

It seems more along the "known" in these verses (Matthew 7):

21 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me
on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name
drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly,
‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

To me...personally, it is the intimacy now in worship where you are not even there anymore, and are taken so far into his presence that you can not describe it.
on one such occasion (during worship at our church) I was taken into heaven. we were all there(I am sure you were there lol),and in heaven there were millions before the throne. we were doing a "special" to the father, to just adore him with all we had, which was our worship to him....total devotion.
In this assembly before his throne we were singing "I exalt thee".
There is some dimension there where time is way different.
But in the "special" one at a time someone would step foreword and all would stop singing so this individual would do the chorus "I exalt thee" right at the feet of the Father. It seemed like 10 earth years that this went on but time was so different that we could all get a chance within an hour or so.

When my time came, I approached the throne and was so taken by his holiness and presence that even with my glorified body I couldn't take it. I tried to sing but his presence and glory and holiness just overwhelmed me.
it was totally disarming and overwhelmed me. nothing came out,i could not sing.
It was so powerful that I "came to" in the meeting and I was back on earth so to speak,
I was back in the church in the worship meeting.

that kind of intimacy, where we are in his lap, in heaven, in the spirit.

This presents a curious juxtaposition.

These are bridesmaids ... and I don't know anyone who invites totally unknown
strangers to be their bridesmaids. So they had to be known at some point.

To me...personally, it is the intimacy now in worship where you are not even there anymore, and are taken so far into his presence that you can not describe it.
on one such occasion (during worship at our church) I was taken into heaven. we were all there(I am sure you were there lol),and in heaven there were millions before the throne. we were doing a "special" to the father, to just adore him with all we had, which was our worship to him....total devotion.
In this assembly before his throne we were singing "I exalt thee".
There is some dimension there where time is way different.
But in the "special" one at a time someone would step foreword and all would stop singing so this individual would do the chorus "I exalt thee" right at the feet of the Father. It seemed like 10 earth years that this went on but time was so different that we could all get a chance within an hour or so.

When my time came, I approached the throne and was so taken by his holiness and presence that even with my glorified body I couldn't take it. I tried to sing but his presence and glory and holiness just overwhelmed me.
it was totally disarming and overwhelmed me. nothing came out,i could not sing.
It was so powerful that I "came to" in the meeting and I was back on earth so to speak,
I was back in the church in the worship meeting.

that kind of intimacy, where we are in his lap, in heaven, in the spirit.

yes
I understand

but if you read vs 1 through 19 or so, it is the context of saved vs unsaved, false brethren and hypocrites.

In the virgin parable,all are virgins...pure/undefiled/set aside for their husband

This presents a curious juxtaposition.

These are bridesmaids ... and I don't know anyone who invites totally unknown
strangers to be their bridesmaids. So they had to be known at some point.

Matthew 7:22-24

The day of Christ's return is what "in that day" means.

In Greek, "iniquity" is anomia (Strong's #458), which means “transgression of God's Word.”These people didn’t care to learn about Jesus Christ, the Living Word; yet they claimed to know Him. They had no time for Him. They’d rather slumber! Yep, they were foolish indeed!

As a result, we have been WARNED by Jesus Christ Himself to be aware of the many false prophets in this generation, as well as INFORMED that not everyone who claims to be Christian will make it into the kingdom of heaven.

So. What’s the conclusion? .... whosoever hears (with understanding) these sayings of Jesus Christ and DOETH them, is a WISE MAN!

They’d rather slumber! Yep, they were foolish indeed!

Best to keep the components intact with any parable.

Virgins should stay virgins
oil should stay oil
Jesus should stay Jesus
Marriage chamber/room should stay the same.
No post trib setting or context is noted.

Matthew 7:22-24

The day of Christ's return is what "in that day" means.

In Greek, "iniquity" is anomia (Strong's #458), which means “transgression of God's Word.”These people didn’t care to learn about Jesus Christ, the Living Word; yet they claimed to know Him. They had no time for Him. They’d rather slumber! Yep, they were foolish indeed!

As a result, we have been WARNED by Jesus Christ Himself to be aware of the many false prophets in this generation, as well as INFORMED that not everyone who claims to be Christian will make it into the kingdom of heaven.

So. What’s the conclusion? .... whosoever hears (with understanding) these sayings of Jesus Christ and DOETH them, is a WISE MAN!

those components are not in the virgin parable.

This presents a curious juxtaposition.

These are bridesmaids ... and I don't know anyone who invites totally unknown strangers to be their bridesmaids. So they had to be known at some point.