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For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. I'm really scared of that. If the winning bidder is unable to engage in sexual intercourse with the virgin through no fault of their own, he or she will be reimbursed the full purchase amount. Two women will be grinding grain, just as they normally would; one will be taken, the other will be left Matthew 24:40-41.

This parable, like others in this section, indicates that this distinction between believers and unbelievers, between those who will enter the kingdom of heaven and those who will be confined in hell, may not be apparent until the coming of Christ. Woman B: Before 30 would be nice.

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Come out to meet him. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves. Then the door was shut. Introduction How many of you have ever run out of gas? In most audiences, this would be nearly everyone. I cannot verify these statistics, so I caution you that they may be flawed. It would appear that every year at least a half million people call for help because they have run out of gas. Besides flat tires, dead batteries, and misplaced keys, running out of gas ranks right up there in the reasons why people call for roadside service. One might understand this happening a generation ago, when gas gauges were not entirely accurate, and when all the warning lights of our day were non-existent. But now we have warning messages that our fuel is running low giving us perhaps an hour more of driving , and then additional progressively urgent warnings indicating just how many estimated miles of driving we have left. The Context Before we get to the parable, we would do well to remind ourselves of the context. He made it clear that the end would not come immediately, but only after considerable time and troubles Matthew 24:4-31. In verses 32-51 of chapter 24, Jesus speaks of what His disciples can and cannot know, and on the basis of both, He gives some specific words of instruction regarding the last times. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man. When the fig tree begins to sprout new leaves, we can be assured that summer is near. Just how broad is this time frame, this season? One generation in length Matthew 24:34. Specifically, we can see this in relation to the flood. I believe we can safely say that at least Noah knew the season. Then the Lord shut him in. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth Genesis 7:12-17. Noah had spent many years building the ark. He knew that the season for divine judgment was near, but he did not know the exact day. Then one day God gave orders to board the ark. It was God who closed the door, and then He sent the flood. When judgment came, it came quickly, and without warning; there was no opportunity for those under judgment to change their minds and to board the ark. The same will be true in last days Matthew 24:39. Two men will be in the field, going about their normal daily routine; one will be taken, the other will be left. Two women will be grinding grain, just as they normally would; one will be taken, the other will be left Matthew 24:40-41. The application is now spelled out in verses 42-44. Since no one can know the day or the hour that the Lord will come, we must be constantly in a state of alertness, ready at any moment. Jesus illustrates His point with the example of a burglary. If the owner of the home had known the hour when the burglary would occur, he would have made sure to prevent it. But, in fact, he did not know the hour. One might even conjecture that he was not even aware that a burglary would take place. Thus, it caught him off guard, to his loss. We might illustrate the need for readiness in a different way. Firemen are trained and equipped to fight fires. And so they are in a constant state of readiness, even when they sleep. Their clothing is all laid out so they can quickly dress and get to the fire. Sometimes I see the fire truck outside the grocery store where I shop. The firemen are in the store, buying food. But they also have their portable radios in hand, ready to rush out if word of a fire is received. We, too, must be ready, Jesus tells us. From the context of chapter 24, I am tempted to think that while His return will be preceded by very difficult days, the actual day of His return will appear to be trouble-free, much like the day Noah and his family entered the ark. When Jesus returns, people will be going about their normal routines because there will be no sign of imminent danger. We therefore must be ready at all times. Just what does being alert look like? And because this is his normal routine, his master will find him at his appointed work when he returns, even though the hour of his return is unknown Matthew 24:46-47. Instead of caring for his fellow slaves by feeding them, he feeds himself and his cronies, indulging himself and others in that which should be given to his fellow slaves. This man will be cut in two and assigned to hell with his fellow hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth Matthew 24:48-51. The Parable of the Ten Virgins There are several things we need to consider before we attempt to interpret this parable. First, we need to recognize that this is a selective account. There are many details omitted. From where is the groom coming? Where are the virgins waiting? What will happen there? What role do the lamps play in this ceremony and celebration? And, perhaps most notable, where is the bride? She is never mentioned. It is obviously the groom who is central to this story after all, it is about the coming of the Messiah at the end of the age. Second, we may not be looking at a typical wedding. I doubt that in most wedding celebrations the groom would exclude bridesmaids for forgetting to bring oil for their lamps. I doubt that arriving late, as five of the virgins did, would keep them from gaining entrance to the celebration. This seems to be a rather exceptional situation, and not a typical event. Thus, knowledge of how wedding ceremonies were conducted in those days largely gained from sources outside the Bible will not prove that helpful. This extra-biblical information is not the key to understanding our text. Third, we need to set aside our 20 th century assumptions about weddings, bridesmaids and lamps. Specifically, we must not think of these lamps in terms that are familiar to us. It is used five times in this parable of the virgins in Matthew 25, once in John 18:3, once in Acts 20:8, and twice in Revelation 4:5; 8:10. In John 18:3, the lampas was the torch held by those who came in the night to arrest Jesus near the Garden of Gethsemane. From what I have learned, this lampas was not like any of the oil lamps my wife has collected. There was no glass chimney, no neat wick or adjusting device, and no attached tank in which oil would be stored. I think she was preparing the lamp by fixing it to a pole and then lighting the rag or primitive wick. Fourth, we need to rid ourselves of the false conception that the five foolish virgins ran out of oil. The text is clear on this point; the five foolish virgins never brought any oil with them. Surely the author is able to clearly supply this detail, so crucial to the interpretation of this parable. But he did not. Why do we wish to think they brought any oil with them? Would they all have been burning their torches for lighting the inside of the house where they all waited and slept? Would there not be the normal lighting in that place? Why would all five run out at the same time, just when they were preparing their lamps? I would understand that the lamps were transported without oil in them. If they traveled in the daylight, these lamps would not have been needed on their journey to the wedding place. The reason the wise virgins brought oil was because the oil was carried in flasks and added to the lamps at the time of need. There must have been some residue of oil on the rag or wick of the five empty lamps, which quickly burned out, only moments after being lit. This would explain why all five torches went out at the same time. Not only is the text clear about the foolish virgins bringing no oil with them, it is difficult to interpret the parable if, indeed, they did run out of oil. The difference between the five wise virgins and the five foolish virgins is salvation. They were lost, and never had it. They never had oil. They were just empty lamps. They looked useful, they seemed to give promise of light, but they never produced it. Let us not seek to supply what the author has purposefully omitted any oil in a way that makes us feel better about the story. We are not supposed to feel good about these five foolish, oil-less virgins. With these things in mind, let us seek to paraphrase the story. There was a wedding, to which ten young virgins were invited as participants. It would seem that in some way they were instructed to bring lamps, so that at the right time they could form or lead some kind of torchlight procession. All ten virgins brought their lamps, but only five brought the necessary oil as well. They all waited for the groom to arrive. Time passed and darkness set in. The groom tarried longer than expected and so all ten bridesmaids virgins slept until he arrived. Suddenly, at midnight someone cried out that the groom was approaching. All ten virgins are awakened by this cry, and they begin to prepare their lamps for ceremonial service. The need for these lamps is now particularly obvious it is midnight, pitch dark. The five foolish virgins ask the five wise virgins to share their oil, but their request is denied. Better to have a torchlight parade with five working lamps than with ten non-functioning, lightless, lamps. The foolish virgins were told to go purchase their own oil, which they did. But during their absence the torchlight parade took place, and the groom, accompanied by the five wise virgins entered the celebration hall. The doors were then closed. Later, the five foolish virgins arrived, with oil, but it was too late. That part of the festivities had already been completed. There was no need for the services of these five virgins, and they were not allowed to enter and join in the wedding celebration. He urges His disciples to stay alert, because they, too, do not know the day or the hour of His return. As we consider the interpretation and application of this parable, we should begin by observing that it is but one of several parables in this discourse. All of the parables have to do with what we do and do not know about the coming of Christ at the end of the age. Jesus assures us that we should be able to discern the season the general time-frame of His return Matthew 24:32-34. One particularly significant indicator of the season is the abomination of desolation and Great Tribulation Matthew 24:29-31. But while we may know the season within the span of a generation , we cannot and will not know the day nor the hour of His return. Because we do not know precisely when He will return, we must be constantly in a state of alertness. We must be ready. This parable is about being ready. It highlights one aspect of what it means to be ready. All of the parables in this discourse have to do with being ready for His return, but we are seeking to discern the unique message of this parable. In a moment I will make some observations which should help us identify the unique message of this parable. This parable, like all the others in this section, Jesus tells to His disciples privately see Matthew 24:3. So far as I can tell, neither the crowds nor the Jewish religious leadership are present. This is private instruction, for those who are followers Jesus, or who think they are. We should keep in mind that Judas was among the twelve who heard this parable, and he was not a true believer John 6:64, 70-71; 13:2, 10-11, 18-20. This parable, like the others in this section, instructs us to be ready, when Jesus returns to this earth compare Matthew 24:42, 44, 50; 25:13. While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately Luke 19:11. This parable, like the others, portrays the return of Christ as sudden and unexpected compare Matthew 24:37-41, 43, 50; 25:5-6. In part, it is unexpected because so much time has passed. The one group enters in with our Lord, to enjoy fellowship with Him. The other group is kept out, and assigned to eternal torment. This parable, like others in this section, indicates that this distinction between believers and unbelievers, between those who will enter the kingdom of heaven and those who will be confined in hell, may not be apparent until the coming of Christ. It is at the second coming, when men stand before our Lord, that their true spiritual status and thus their destiny is known. Several times in the Gospels, Jesus makes it clear that there will be some surprises regarding who is in the kingdom and who is not when He returns. The Unique Contribution of the Parable of the Ten Virgins What, then, is the unique contribution of the parable of the ten virgins? Several clues to the unique message of this parable should be noted. Some would say and I would agree that this parable describes the condition of the church at the second coming. Jesus is speaking here as in this entire discourse to His disciples; He is not speaking to His adversaries, the Jewish religious leaders, nor to the crowds. Thus, this parable, like the others in this section, should serve as a warning to the church. Second, we should observe that for some period of time the five foolish virgins were almost indistinguishable from the five wise virgins. The five foolish virgins looked just like the five wise virgins. They all were invited to the wedding celebration, and they all came, expecting to participate in the wedding. Third, none of the ten virgins knew when the groom would arrive, and all ten slept when he took longer than expected to arrive. We do not find the five foolish virgins asleep, while the five wise virgins are busily at work. The emphasis here is not really on working, as it is in the earlier and later parables. This is because our salvation is not the result of our works, but of His work on Calvary Ephesians 2:1-10. Fourth, we are initially surprised and even disappointed that the five wise virgins will not share their oil with the foolish virgins. This is not because the five wise virgins were selfish. In the context of the story, sharing their oil may have meant that all ten would run short of oil. But when we come to the interpretation of this parable, we can see that the saved cannot share what they have in Christ with the lost. The lost will not enter heaven based on the salvation others have received. Each person is accountable for his own choices see Deuteronomy 24:16; Ezekiel 18:20; Jeremiah 31:29-30. Fifth, we find it emphasized here that once our Lord returns, there is neither the time nor the opportunity for the five foolish virgins to change their course of unbelief. For others for those who are alive , the second coming of Christ will be the point of no return. We see this in 2 Thessalonians 2: 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival. In our text, the five foolish virgins are not given the time to reverse their folly, once the groom has come. They had their opportunity, and they lost it. Now it is too late. Sixth, the outcome is either heaven or hell, and thus the key element is salvation. Go away from me, you lawbreakers! The wise virgins had the opportunity to obtain oil, and did so. The foolish virgins had plenty of opportunity to procure oil, but did not. It is possible to be in close contact with Christ, and with Christians, and yet not be saved. Go away from me, all you evildoers! Jesus is warning us in this parable that there will be a number of people who look like Christians, who associate with Christians, and who even think they are Christians, who will be shocked to learn that they are not saved at the return of our Lord. What a sobering thought. This text is not seeking to create uncertainty and doubt in the heart of the Christian. It is not seeking to rob the Christian of his assurance. But it is seeking to warn those who have a false assurance, but not salvation. Who can understand it? The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. So avoid people like these 2 Timothy 3:1-5, emphasis mine. Jesus wants us to be careful about assuming we are saved, if indeed we are not. It is for this reason that the apostles challenge us to examine ourselves, to be sure we are in the faith: 5 Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! We should remember that when Jesus spoke these words of warning in the parable of the ten virgins, Judas was among the disciples, and Judas was not a believer. Surely his true spiritual condition came as a great shock to the eleven. I believe that the five foolish virgins had no oil for the very same reasons people continue to run out of gas, even when the flashing message on their instrument panel tells them they are. Are we better off? For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God Romans 3:23. For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord Romans 6:23. The Bible says that we cannot be saved by doing good works, but only through the work of Jesus on the cross of Calvary. For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life John 3:16. For there is no distinction, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed. Second, those who run out of gas are lulled into a false confidence by the fact that everything appears to be fine at the moment. The engine is running smoothly; there are no preliminary chugs or sputtering of the engine. And so we feel confident in our choice not to purchase fuel. Jesus told us that He would come at a time when we did not expect Him Matthew 24:44. This is the way it was in the days of Noah. He will come at a time when it seems we are doing just fine. Third, those who run out of fuel are those who wrongly suppose that they still have plenty of time to get it later. We know when our gas gauge is low. Good grief, we can see the flashing lights on the dash. But we lull ourselves into thinking that there is still plenty of time to deal with the problem. There will surely be another gas station ahead, and not too far. This false confidence has gotten many people into trouble. Those who think they will have other chances to come to faith in Jesus are making a very dangerous assumption. The coming of our Lord will be sudden and unexpected, and when He comes, all chances of changing our course have been forfeited. The coming of our Lord ends our opportunity to turn to Him in faith, and it seals our doom. The coming of our Lord was not to be immediate, as the disciples supposed, but at a much more distant time. When He comes, our fate is sealed, and there will be no opportunity to change our minds then. We must therefore be prepared now and from now on by acknowledging our sins, our helplessness, our need for salvation, and by trusting in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus in our place. Being ready means, among other things and especially in this parable , trusting in Jesus, and having our sins forgiven. Must we wait until the coming of our Lord to learn, much to our dismay, that we were not really saved? God wants us to know for certain that we are saved. He wants us to be fully assured that our sins are forgiven and that we have a salvation that is certain. He wants us to be confident, because we are saved and we know it: 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus Philippians 1:6. Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day 2 Timothy 1:12. At the second coming, we may be surprised that some whom we thought to be saved were not, but there is no need for us to be surprised. What I want you to see is that salvation is the work of God. He accomplished it through the death, resurrection, and ascension of His Son. He made it known through His Word. He calls upon us to believe in Jesus, assuring us that if we place our trust in Him, we are saved forever. We are sealed by His Spirit, and we are kept for the final day, just as our salvation is kept for us. It is not any work of ours that saves us, but Jesus, in whom we must place our trust. Those who have come to a saving faith have entered into a radically new and different way of life. Their actual conversion may not have been as dramatic as that of the Apostle Paul see Acts 9:1-22 , but they have come from death to life, and from the pursuit of sin to the pursuit of God. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me Galatians 2:20. Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. Walk as children of the light Ephesians 5:7-8. Those who are Christians no longer fear death, as they once did as unbelievers: 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death that is, the devil , 15 and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death Hebrews 2:14-15. Those who are Christians now see spiritual truths, to which they were blind as unbelievers: 14 The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. But we have the mind of Christ 1 Corinthians 2:14-16. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. Those who are Christians have the internal witness of the Spirit: 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. Those who are Christians are happy to leave this life behind, and yearn for the day when Christ returns: 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them Hebrews 11:13-16. Revelation 22:20 My friend, do these things which characterize Christians characterize you? If not, then confess your sin and trust in what Jesus did for you on the cross of Calvary. He bore your punishment, and He offers you His righteousness and eternal life. We are not of the night nor of the darkness. Copyright © 2005 by Community Bible Chapel, 418 E. Main Street, Richardson, TX 75081. This is the edited manuscript of Lesson 77 in the Studies in the Gospel of Matthew series prepared by Robert L. Deffinbaugh on April 10, 2005. More on this later. If this delay is the will of the Father, it makes more sense. The Lord tarries longer than expected; He is not delayed. Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the NET Bible. The NEW ENGLISH TRANSLATION, also known as THE NET BIBLE, is a completely new translation of the Bible, not a revision or an update of a previous English version. It was completed by more than twenty biblical scholars who worked directly from the best currently available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. The translation project originally started as an attempt to provide an electronic version of a modern translation for electronic distribution over the Internet and on CD compact disk. Anyone anywhere in the world with an Internet connection will be able to use and print out the NET Bible without cost for personal study. In addition, anyone who wants to share the Bible with others can print unlimited copies and give them away free to others. It is available on the Internet at:. Bob Deffinbaugh graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary with his Th. Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i... Published April 27th 2005.

People Guess Who's a Virgin from a Group of Strangers (Post Interview)
Let me say a bit about myself. Woman B: Yes, with a guy friend of mine. I have met similar stats, but you have to look at it another angle. Popkins picks off some low-hanging fruit in her dissection of the and its fetishization of cherry pie. Have you made a decision to remain a virgin until marriage. Those who think they will have other elements to come to faith in Jesus are meet other virgins a very dangerous assumption. Sorry to throw your world for a loop but rape spans all age groups, socio-economic status, race, gender and so on.