Alas, Sovereign God! Speak using proverbs and parables.
Ezekiel 20:49 (reconsidered)
Matthew 25:1-16 (reconsidered)
In the future…..
The kingdom of heaven assimilates* ten virgins, who continually take their own lamps and go out to meet the bridegroom.
Five of the virgins are thoughtful*, and five of them are foolish*.
The foolish virgins take their own lamps, but no olive oil* with them when they go out to meet the bridegroom.
The thoughtful virgins always take extra olive oil in their own jars* along with their lamps, when they go out to meet the bridegroom.
Now,when the bridegroom takes his time to come*, all ten virgins lie down to rest and fall sleep.
In the midst of the night, an outcry* arises. “Behold, the bridegroom is coming. Go out* to meet him.” *3
So, all the self-same virgins awakened, and trim the charred wick of their lamps (put their lamps into working order).
Then, the foolish virgins said to the thoughtful virgins, “Give us oil out of your oil because our lamps have been extinguished.” *4
The thoughtful virgins responded, saying “No. Perhaps there will not be sufficient enough oil for us and you.” “So, instead, go your way* (through trial and testing) toward the market and barter olive oil for yourselves.” We bid you farewell (a wish of well-being)”.* So, the foolish virgins go their way, to barter for olive oil, at the market.
So, while they are at the market to purchase oil, the bridegroom appears. The virgins who had already prepared their lamps arose and entered in with the bridegroom to the Marriage Feast. Then, the entrance* (portal) is closed.
Afterward, the remaining virgins also came out to meet the bridegroom, calling out, “Lord, Lord, open up the entrance for us!” * But the bridegroom responded, “Truly* (truthfully), I tell you, I did not see you come before me so I do not know you.” “Farewell (a wish of well-being)”.
Therefore, “Arise and stay awake!” * Because you cannot discern clearly the day nor the moment in which the Son of Man (the bridegroom) will appear. *7
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* 1 Exodus 25:2 (reconsidered)
The Lord said to Moses, “Ask the children of Israel to bring me an offering (gift, tribute). Everyone willing to offer freely from his heart, bring an offering of…………olive oil for the Menorah” ( A candelabra of never-ending light. With the added idea of cheerfulness).
Exodus 39:32-33 The work on the tabernacle (God’s residence) for the appointed times (feasts) was finished. The children of Israel accomplished what The Lord commanded Moses to do. Then, they brought the tabernacle (tent) to Moses and brought …….. the pure Menorah (candelabra), the oil burners and the wicks to be set in working order; and all the jars of olive oil for the Menorah.
Leviticus 24:1 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a law, that the children of Israel bring me pure, beaten olive oil for the Menorah, to cause the light to burn (ascend) continually.”
Thoughtful
Foolish
Outcry
*2 2 Peter 3:9-10 (reconsidered)
The Lord is not slack announcing his coming (fulfilling his promise), as some rulers of men are slack; to the contrary, The Lord is patient and controls his anger toward us, not willing (desiring) anyone be bid “Farewell” (left or sent away), but that all enter into repentance. The day of the Lord will arrive like a thief at mid-night.
*3 Revelation 18:4-5 (NKJV)
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not be partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities”.
*4 Proverbs 13:9 (KJV)
The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished.
Proverbs 20:20 (KJV)
Whosoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be extinguished in obscure darkness.
* 5 Matthew 7:21 (reconsidered)
“Not everyone that says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’ enters the kingdom of heaven; therefore, do (abide, agree, execute, fulfill, keep, observe) the will of my Father in heaven”. Jesus Christ
Luke 6:46 “Why do you call me, “Lord, Lord’ and do not do what I say?” Jesus Christ
* 6 Stay Awake
literally: raise up or stand up from sleeping, sitting, resting, disease and/or death. figuratively: arouse from inactivity, obscurity, ruin, and nonexistence; lest some destructive calamity suddenly overtake you
*7 Matthew 24:44 (reconsidered)
“Therefore, be prepared: because the hour you think, by reputation, that seems certain for the Son of Man to appear, is not possible”. Jesus Christ
Reconsider: Repent 