The Parable of the Ten Virgins

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Matthew 24:44 ESV

The  Betrothal

The Bride Price or Dowry

The Wedding Banquet

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed….but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 1 Peter 1:18, 19 NIV

Ephesians 5

Revelation 19

2 Corinthians 11:2

My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:2-3 NIV

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 NIV

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 NIV

Revelation 19: 6-9

1. Some people look the part but lack the heart.

2. You cannot have a relationship with Jesus on borrowed faith.

3. You can’t buy your oil. 

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV

4. Someday the door will be shut.

But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. Later the others also came. “Lord, Lord,” they said, “open the door for us!” But he replied, “Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.” Matthew 25:10-12 NIV

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 NIV

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. Matthew 25:13 NIV