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Originally Posted by ABrotherinFaith
Hello Ohio, a quick aside regarding this parable. According to WL, all 10 of the virgins were believers. The parable ends with the groom: and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you. (Matthew 25:12)
How do you understand this is light of John 10:14? " I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine" and John 10:27 "according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me..."
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First of all the Lord knows everything and everyone, including all sinners, unbelievers, unrighteous, lawless, etc., so when He says, "I never knew you," was He then lying? Or was He voicing His disapproval?
Those foolish virgins took their lamps to meet the bridegroom. The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord. They had no oil of the Spirit in their vessels. We are vessels. These foolish ones were waiting to meet the Lord as their bridegroom, but they fell asleep, which means they died. They awoke at midnight, the end of the church day, and resurrected with all the other believers.
Since they were not prudent while alive, they must still buy oil. The Bible says little about how this will occur.