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Originally Posted by UntoHim
One problem I do have with this particular twist on this one is that if the oil represents the Holy Spirit then the five foolish virgins cannot be believers because they do not have any oil to start with...they do not have the Holy Spirit to start with....doesn't sound like believers to me.
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I agree. The footnote to that verse (Matthew 25:8) says that "
going out proves that the lamps of the foolish virgins were lighted. The contained some oil but did not have an adequate supply." But Matthew 25:3 says "For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them." It seems the first set brought lamps while the second brought lamps and oil.
I don't think these or the other parables were meant to be read so allegorically, so in depth and so symbolically. This parable is among a few others that give a simple message or patience and watchfullness. Trust. That was the Lord's concern at the moment.