The Wise And The Foolish

Mat 25:1 ASV - Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.              
 It seems that the virgins were aware of the times they were living in and were waiting for the coming of the bridegroom their Lord .  Now Jesus is comparing the kingdom of Heaven in a parable to the faithfulness of the virgins.  Waiting for the bridegroom . Now I see that the lamps in this parable is a type something giving light .    Mat 6:22 ASV - The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 


Mat 25:2 ASV - And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Wise  Greek: phronimos
Wise, Wiser, Wisely:
"prudent, sensible, practically wise," Mat 7:24; 10:16; 24:45; 25:2, 4, 8, 9; Luk 12:42; 16:8 (comparative degree, phronimoteros); 1Cr 10:15; in an evil sense, "wise (in your own conceits)," lit., "wise (in yourselves)," i.e., "judged by the standard of your self-complacency," Rom 11:25; 12:16
Now foolish is the opposite of wise this is speaking of a knowing in their hearts of something pending, something to be very watchful for.  Ye are the salt of the earth , salt is a reminder of our covenant with the Lord our redemption through his sacrifice . Being wise and prudent letting your speech be with salt. metaphorically, of "believers," Mat 5:13 (1st part); of their "character and condition," Mar 9:50 (2nd part); of "wisdom" exhibited in their speech, Col 4:6.

Being possessed of purifying, perpetuating and antiseptic qualities, "salt" became emblematic of fidelity and friendship among eastern nations. To eat of a person's "salt" and so to share his hospitality is still regarded thus among the Arabs. So in Scripture, it is an emblem of the covenant between God and His people, Num 18:19; 2Ch 13:5; so again when the Lord says "Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another" (Mar 9:50). In the Lord's teaching it is also symbolic of that spiritual health and vigor essential to Christian virtue and counteractive of the corruption that is in the world, e.g., Mat 5:13, see (b) above. Food is seasoned with "salt" (see B); every meal offering was to contain it, and it was to be offered with all offerings presented by Israelites, as emblematic of the holiness of Christ, and as betokening the reconciliation provided for man by God on the ground of the death of Christ, Lev 2:13. To refuse God's provision in Christ and the efficacy of His expiatory sacrifice is to expose oneself to the doom of being "salted with fire," Mar 9:49.

Mat 25:4 ASV - but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

Oil is a type of the Holy Ghost , the spirit of God   OIL   Greek: elaion        (a) for lamps, in which the "oil" is a symbol of the Holy Spirit, Mat 25:3, 4, 8;   Vessels     Greek: skeuos   of "persons,"
Of your body being the temple of the Holy Ghost.  the exhortation to each one "to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor" is regarded by some as referring to the believer's body .  It is important to note that vessels of that day in most cases were made of clay as is our bodies.   And the Oil is a type of the spirit of God

  Jdg 7:16 ASV - And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.  Jdg 7:19 ASV - So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
Jdg 7:20 ASV - And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.  The victory is with God  for God to show his power he had to reduce Gideon forces down to nothing. Gideon started with thousands and end up with three hundred .  God told Paul in your weakness I am made strong . The Lord Told Moses when they were traveling away from Egypt ,Exo 14:2  and the Egyptians were in pursuit of them  Moses took them another way another way the way God told him into the valley.  And it put the people in a place of no escape they were trapped.    But God did it to show his power and love for his people. So it was with Gideon the enemy were many thousands and they were hundreds.        Now your body the vessels in verse 16  he put in their left hands a trumpet an empty clay pitcher and torches. Now the the trumpet is the voice the spirit of God , The pitcher is your vessel your body  and the torches were the light of Gods word in you.  Now the only way they were to get the victory was to do exactly as they were told.   And at the appointed time  they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that held the torches .   Now the pitcher is a type of our flesh or bodies made of earth just as the vessel holding the oil for the virgins. And the torches are the spirit of God in you . The pitcher is a type of our flesh and to let it be broken and allow the light to come forth out of us.   Luk 8:16 ASV - And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may see the light.                             
2Cr 4:7 KJV - But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2Pe 1:19 KJV - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts  Mar 14:38 ASV - Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Mat 25:5 ASV - Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

2Pe 3:3 ASV - knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 ASV - and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
While the Lord tarries in his coming , it says many are called but few are chosen now the calling of God is his calling way into the future if he desires. There is a perfect plan of God and only he knows its not if he comes, he will come again. We have great opportunity right now to humble our self's unto the calling of God and with repentant hearts  Jam 1:21 ASV - Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.   Pro 4:23 ASV - Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.  This word was written for you it is Gods heart to you, How much does he Love you. Remember we are talking about wise and foolish virgins and it looks like the foolish were spiritually sleeping.

Mat 25:6 ASV - But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
1Th 5:2 ASV - For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.  No man knows the day nor the hour of the coming of the Lord , The parable here is the thief comes while you are sleeping or not watching when people that are not watching and waiting they will least likely expect him.    Remember there is the letter of the word and there is the spirit of the word. The natural and the spiritual .

Mat 25:7 ASV - Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Virgins   metaphorically of "chaste persons," Rev 14:4.  The bride of Christ the church The saints of God. The called, chosen and faithful. We see here that all ten arose and began to trim there Lamps .  And in verse 5 it says they all slept. Now the number ten here in bible numerics
means Perfection in Order And the number 5 is the number of Grace the key word here is Trimming ,  to adorn,to make ones self acceptable beauty this is a righteous thing
Isa 61:10 ASV - I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
A robe of righteousness being clothed upon        2Cr 5:4 ASV - For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.  The garland Jesus will be wearing in that day will not be a crown of thorns but a victors crown. And the bride adorns herself with her jewels .   You will notice it says her jewels it is something she has attained by her righteous living her jewels is speaking of her life her living her knowledge of Gods word and what is says about her its a matter of her heart before God she is rich in Gods eyes.  Pro 8:11 ASV - For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. This world has nothing but heart ache and misery and DEATH .
 
Trimmed   
Greek: kosmeo   Trimming  /of the lamp .       
Adorn, Adorning:

primarily "to arrange, to put in order" (Eng., "cosmetic"), is used of furnishing a room, Mat 12:44; Luk 11:25, and of trimming lamps, Mat 25:7. Hence, "to adorn, to ornament," as of garnishing tombs, Mat 23:29; buildings, Luk 21:5; Rev 21:19; one's person, 1Ti 2:9; 1Pe 3:5; Rev 21:2; metaphorically, of "adorning a doctrine," Tts 2:10.
See GARNISH, TRIM.    Now trimming is some thing ones does now at this very moment
Rom 12:1 ASV - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your spiritual service.
Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
The acceptable time of the Lord is now remember flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom
of God. So what will inherit Gods kingdom  it says a living sacrifice you must start now it says and be not fashioned like the world but be TRANSFORMED .    Greek: metamorphoo
Transfigure:

"to change into another form" (meta, implying change, and morphe, "form:" see FORM, No. 1), is used in the Passive Voice
(a) of Christ's "transfiguration," Mat 17:2; Mar 9:2; Luke (in Luk 9:29) avoids this term, which might have suggested to gentile readers the metamorphoses of heathen gods, and uses the phrase egeneto heteron, "was altered," lit., "became (ginomai) different (heteros);"

(b) of believers, Rom 12:2, "be ye transformed," the obligation being to undergo a complete change which, under the power of God, will find expression in character and conduct; morphe lays stress on the inward change, schema (see the preceding verb in that verse, suschematizo) lays stress on the outward (see FASHION, No. 3, FORM, No. 2); the present continuous tenses indicate a process; 2Cr 3:18 describes believers as being "transformed (RV) into the same image" (i.e., of Christ in all His moral excellencies), the change being effected by the Holy Spirit.  
I envision a butterfly he starts out as a worm just like you and I, borne of the loins of Adam earthy earth bound. But something happens he begins to take on another transformation he is changing slowly but changing. We are wrapped in our cocoon of flesh and we are slowly changing as we let this word into our hearts and stay on our knees before the father being repentant which means changing ones mind. So this worm as God has intended for all his creation, he begins to take on this new transformation of a cocoon an outer shell, our flesh. And through time and testing he waits for his new body. And so do we   1Jo 3:2 ASV - Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

 Now manifested in    Greek: phaneroo
Appear, Appearing:

akin to No. 1, signifies, in the Active Voice, "to manifest;" in the Passive Voice, "to be manifested;" so, regularly, in the RV, instead of "to appear." See 2Cr 7:12; Col 3:4; Hbr 9:26; 1Pe 5:4; 1Jo 2:28; 3:2; Rev 3:18. To be manifested, in the Scriptural sense of the word, is more than to "appear." A person may "appear" in a false guise or without a disclosure of what he truly is; to be manifested is to be revealed in one's true character; this is especially the meaning of phaneroo, see, e.g., Jhn 3:21; 1Cr 4:5; 2Cr 5:10, 11; Eph 5:13.  
Rom 8:28 ASV - And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose.
Rom 8:29 ASV - For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
Gal 2:20 ASV - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that [life] which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, [the faith] which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
1Cr 15:49 ASV - And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
2Cr 3:18 ASV - But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Col 3:10 ASV - and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:


 Mat 25:8 ASV - And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
 The sad part here is the door is about to close and so they say give us what you have There is a thing in the word called the foot tribunal      2Cr 5:10 ASV - For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.  

 Greek: bema
Judgment-Seat:

primarily, "a step, a pace" (akin to baino, "to go"), as in Act 7:5, translated "to set (his foot) on," lit., "foot-room," was used to denote a raised place or platform, reached by steps, originally that at Athens in the Pnyx Hill, where was the place of assembly; from the platform orations were made. The word became used for a tribune, two of which were provided in the law courts of Greece, one for the accuser and one for the defendant; it was applied to the tribunal of a Roman magistrate or ruler, Mat 27:19; Jhn 19:13; Act 12:21, translated "throne;" 18:12, 16, 17; 25:6, 10, 17.
In two passages the word is used of the Divine tribunal before which all believers are hereafter to stand. In Rom 14:10 it is called "The judgment seat of God," RV (AV, "of Christ"), according to the most authentic mss. The same tribunal is called "the judgment seat of Christ," 2Cr 5:10, to whom the Father has given all judgment, Jhn 5:22, 27. At this bema believers are to be made manifest, that each may "receive the things done in (or through) the body," according to what he has done, "whether it be good or bad." There they will receive rewards for their faithfulness to the Lord. For all that has been contrary in their lives to His will they will suffer loss, 1Cr 3:15. This judgment seat is to be distinguished from the premillennial, earthly throne of Christ, Mat 25:31, and the postmillennial "Great White Throne," Rev 20:11, at which only "the dead" will appear. The judgment-seat of Christ will be a tribunal held "in His Parousia," i.e., His presence with His saints after His return to receive them to Himself.
What this is saying is    Col 2:6 ASV - As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in him,  Walking in the same path as Jesus,   following him in all things      Jhn 14:15 ASV - If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.   This is counting the cost ! it will cost you your life.
Mat 16:25 ASV - For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.  Remember the worm and his life changing event. Losing this old flesh for an incorruptible body    1Cr 15:52 ASV - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Mat 25:9 ASV - But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.  The wise say we can not help you now it is time to go now, When the time was right and God was calling you and blessing you it wa than to fill your vessel with Gods spirit and be changed by the renewing of you mind. I ask the Lord about that word RENEWING    Greek: anakainosis
Renew, Renewing (Verb and Noun):

akin to A, No. 1, "a renewal," is used in Rom 12:2, "the renewing (of your mind)," i.e., the adjustment of the moral and spiritual vision and thinking to the mind of God, which is designed to have a transforming effect upon the life; in Tts 3:5, where "the renewing of the Holy Spirit" is not a fresh bestowment of the Spirit, but a revival of His power, developing the Christian life; this passage stresses the continual operation of the indwelling Spirit of God; the Romans passage stresses the willing response on the part of the believer.
When I ask the Lord how do I renew my mind he spoke to my heart and said by my word the renewing comes through my word   Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Tts 3:5 ASV - not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Mat 25:10 ASV - And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were
ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.   When he comes and he receives his saints his bride to himself than I know no scripture for a second chance.   God is full of mercy and loving kindness and he will have mercy on whom he will . But if his word is final for his saints than as you read on it is final for all.

Mat 25:11 ASV - Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
There is such a saying as getting right with God or making peace with God. Only one place in the word where that takes place that I know of , Its the thief on the cross     Luk 23:42 ASV - And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.  What we see is this man was hanging on a cross he had no way to go back and find his way to God. This is also true in baptism . People say baptism  is not necessary look at the man on the cross . This is also in line with the foolish virgins we have plenty of time yet.  Its just not baptism its repentance and its being filled with Gods spirit its renewing your mind by his word. Its grace and his gift of faith for God so loved you that if you believe with your heart that Jesus hung on your cross for you so you will not perish but have everlasting life. And the most important thing here my friend is you are not on a cross today.

Mat 25:12 ASV - But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Now the interpretation here for Know is just what it says he does not know you. I have read where it says I know not whose family you are from. So if we are children of God and he is our father than we belong to the family of God.     Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:     Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The moment you step into Gods kingdom he changes your spiritual DNA .   But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:   He gives you the right to become his child his spiritual child. So in the beginning we are born of our natural fathers in the flesh, but when you come to God you inter into his kingdom born not of blood or the will of the flesh your natural father or the will of man any longer.  You are born again of his spirit and this is the promise Jesus spoke of you must be born of the water and of the spirit.  The washing water of Gods word this word is the renewing of you mind washing you.
Jhn 15:3 ASV - Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.

 And the spirit is    Jhn 16:13 ASV - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, [these] shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
Jhn 15:26 ASV - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
And Jesus told Nicodemus     Jhn 3:3 ASV - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Mat 25:13 ASV - Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.