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Originally Posted by Igzy
We think if we can nail down the exact consequences, then we can control them. So we try to figure out what missing the marriage feast means. Is it for the whole 1000 years? Is for only part? In a perverse way it can become trying to figure out what we can get away with.
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The next question is whether the 1,000 years is something actual or something metaphorical. When you recognize the nature of the whole writing of Revelation, it is not so clear that there are any of the things as identifiable phenomenon. But there is significant spiritual significance.
Same should be applied to this parable. There is surely a cost for not having the lamps full of oil. But what that means is not stated. The importance is not what goes wrong, but keeping things right.