The True Identity Of The Ten Virgins From Matthew 25 Revealed And It Just May Shock You • Now The End Begins

The True Identity Of The Ten Virgins From Matthew 25 Revealed And It Just May Shock You

Everything about the parable of the Ten Virgins points to a future time
where God will again be dealing with His people, the Jews. They are
waiting for a King who will bring in a Kingdom. It will have its
fulfillment in the time of Jacob's trouble, where faith + works will be
the doctrine of the day. The Two Witnesses and the 144,000 will be
preaching from books like Hebrews and James, as well as the
"constitution of the kingdom" found in Matthew 5-7 (KJV).

by Geoffrey Grider May 7, 2017

Everything about the parable of the Ten Virgins
points to a future time where God will again be dealing with His
people, the Jews. They are waiting for a King who will bring in a
Kingdom.

“Then shall the
kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps,
and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and
five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.” Matthew 25:1-4 (KJV)

The standard lazy Laodicean wrongly divided interpretation
of the Ten Virgins is that it represents Christians who are prepared by
their good works to meet Jesus at the Second Coming and those who have
“no oil”, lacking in good works, and are thus unprepared. This is the
position of the a majority of Church pastors in our day. And it misses
the mark by a mile and a half.  So let’s take a look and see if we can
figure out who these Ten Virgins might be, and what event they are
waiting for.

Understanding the kingdoms

“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.” Matthew 25:1 (KJV)

Everything you need to know
about who these virgins are is contained in the first six words of the
very first verse. Here the Holy Spirit is directing your attention to
people who are looking for a kingdom on Earth, and not a spiritual
kingdom in Heaven. Where else have we seen people waiting for a kingdom?
Oh, that’s right, here..

“When
they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord,
wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” Acts 1:6 (KJV)

The non-Christian apostles
were looking for a kingdom on Earth as well, and they almost got, too.
Had the Jewish people not rejected the preaching of Stephen in Acts 7,
Jesus would have returned then and brought in the Kingdom Age.
But after they stoned Stephen, the “window in Heaven” closed back up,
Jesus sat back down, and it was “hello, Church Age!” just two chapters
later when Saul was knocked for a loop.

“And
said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on
the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and
stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.” Acts 7:56-58 (KJV)

So we know that the Ten Virgins
will have their “moment in the sun” during the time of Jacob’s trouble,
after the Rapture of the Church. These Ten Virgins are not Christians
and they are not in the Church Age.

One chaste Virgin is not many virgins

Secondly, the Ten Virgins are not Christians
because Christians nowhere are represented as “virgins”. The Bride of
Christ, the Church, is ONE chaste virgin who will be presented on “that
day” to the Lord by the apostle Paul. Right now I can hear people
screaming, “it’s not true! how can he say that?!?” But au contraire,
snowflakes, it be true.

“For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 11:2 (KJV)

‘Nuff said…moving on.

Some of the lamps lose their oil

Thankfully, and amazingly,
Christians in the Church Age are “sealed unto the day of redemption”,
and can never, ever lose their salvation. They can lose rewards at the
Judgment Seat of Christ, but their salvation and entrance into Heaven is
never in doubt once they become born again. But these Ten Virgins in
Matthew 25 are not as fortunate. They all started out with full lamps of
oil, but a full 50% fell by the wayside and were denied entrance into
the marriage when the Bridegroom arrived.

“Afterward
came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he
answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.” Matthew 25:11,12 (KJV)

How can this be?
It’s because in the time of Jacob’s trouble, an element of works is
connected with their salvation. All Ten Virgins have faith, but half of
them “lost their oil”. In plain words, their works failed and then they
failed. In Revelation we are told that the people in the time of Jacob’s
trouble must keep the commandments for salvation. A Christian does not
have to do this.

“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12 (KJV)

Why do you think
Jesus tells the people in the Tribulation to “endure to the end”?
Because if they don’t endure to the end, they die unsaved. This is never
the fate of a born again Christian in the Church Age.

The son of man and the son of God

Another really huge clue is contained in verse 13, where it talks about the “Son of man”.

“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” Matthew 25:13 (KJV)

Nearly every place in the Bible
where the term “Son of man” is used, it is either a reference to the
nation of Israel or Jesus dealing with the Jews in the Kingdom Age.
Never is the term “Son of man” used to refer to Jesus dealing with
Christians in the Church Age. To put it another way, the Son of man goes
with the kingdom of Heaven, and Son of God goes with the kingdom of
God. And not to confuse you, but you will notice the term “Son of God”
also used early on in the gospels because until Acts 7, the Jews stood
in line to receive both kingdoms. After the stoning of Stephen,
the kingdoms were split with the kingdom of Heaven going to the Jews
way into the future after the Church Age, and the kingdom of God to the
Church.

“I am crucified
with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the
Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 (KJV)

The Son of man is He who returns
at the Second Coming for the Jews. The Son of God is He who calls His
Bride out at the Rapture of the Church! It’s the same Jesus, but
represents two different dispensations.

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13  (KJV)

Some final thoughts on the Ten Virgins

Everything about the parable of the Ten Virgins
points to a future time where God will again be dealing with His
people, the Jews. They are waiting for a King who will bring in a
Kingdom. It will have its fulfillment in the time of Jacob’s trouble,
where faith + works will be the doctrine of the day. The Two Witnesses
and the 144,000 will be preaching from books like Hebrews and James, as
well as the “constitution of the kingdom” found in Matthew 5-7 (KJV).

These virgins are going to a marriage,
but the wedding ceremony has already taken place. They are not the
Bride, they are guests and servants. How do we know that? The good Dr.
Luke has the answer.

“Let your loins be girded about, and your
lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their
lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and
knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those
servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I
say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to
meat, and will come forth and serve them.” Luke 12:35-37 (KJV)

You will take careful note
that the people here in Luke 12 have their “lights burning”, as do the
virgins in Matthew 25. Not only that, but Luke says when “their lord
arrives”, it is after having been at the wedding. Did you catch
that? By the time the Ten Virgins meet the Bridegroom, the wedding is
all done and they did not attend nor were they even invited.

The parable of the Ten Virgins,
rightly divided, is an excellent lesson in dispensations and Bible
doctrine. It clearly shows the difference and division between the
Kingdom Age and the Church Age. And it clearly shows a Pretribulation Rapture that removes Christians from off the Earth before the time of Jacob’s trouble begins.

Hope it’s a blessing to you.





The True Identity Of The Ten Virgins From Matthew 25 Revealed And It Just May Shock You • Now The End Begins