I am going to delete some of this on the main page.
diligently seeking truth
We cleanse our hearts through repentance.
We cleanse our minds through reading the Word of God and allowing God to renew our mind so that we think more and more like Jesus.
Keep yourself on-fire for Jesus.
Rev 16:15 ESV - clothes
Another interesting analogy in this passage includes the fine linen in which the Bride (believers in Christ) is clothed. Verse 8 called this fine linen "the righteous deeds of the saints." Though salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ (John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Ephesians 2:8-9), the good deeds of believers are called the clothing of "fine linen, bright and pure" (Revelation 19:8).
https://www.compellingtruth.org/marriage-supper-lamb.html
their are some things you cannot borrow and some things you cannot lend. You cannot borrow someone else's intimacy with God. A bond develops when you spend time with someone.
https://blog.adw.org/2015/01/what-does-jesus-mean-when-he-says-to-some-i-do-not-know-you/
I scanned over the page to look at how someone would describe the oil and buying it. I like the way he described it.
https://www.compellingtruth.org/I-never-knew-you-depart-from-me.html
psalm 18:28 - recheck the ampc virsion
1 John 2:28 abide so when the rapture comes
1 John 2:19 - practice
lamp p 2020 nasb
Jer 25;10
Acts 20:8
John 14:23
lawlessness - 2 Corinthians 6:14 NKJV
Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
Matthew 3:8 - in two versions
New International Version
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.
New Living Translation
Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.
Ephesians 5 the chapter
Matthew 18:23
https://youtu.be/yJCG-hAgggE
https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Songs-4-Worship-Kids/The-Path-Of-The-Righteous
learning to enjoy being alone is a superpower.
watch vitamin video https://youtu.be/H2V4U218osU
Vit c - 500 twice a day (max 2000 for average issues)
Quercetin 250 mg once a day - this video said it probably isn't helpful. But it might be helpful. But caution for hypothyroidism
Vit d - 1,000 to 3,000
Zinc - 30 - 50 mg daily
magnesium - 150 mg for patients in the hospital (vit d 1000 and B 12 500 mcrgrams )
melatonin - .5 mg at first and work up to 2 mg at night. Some help for patients with sepsus. hospital 10 mg nightly and it helped.
Matthew 21:28-30,32
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard…
Psalm 97:11 - light is sown for the godly - see AMPC says uncompromisingly righteous - check other versions NCV
Matthew 25
Hidden meanings
in the
Parable of the 10 virgins / 10 bridesmaids
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Related Bible verses will be used to
uncover AMAZING insights
This is an eye-opening page.
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This parable is about
Jesus coming back for his church
in the rapture.
The 5 foolish virgins were not taken to heaven
in the rapture.
Find out why on this page.
Here are some of the topics:
What is the difference between the wise and foolish virgins?
What is the deeper meaning of the lamps and the oil?
What is the deeper meaning of "buying" oil?
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Note:
I will give full explanations further down the page
on these topics.
Quick Overview
of the Parable
Through relevant scriptures in other parts of the Bible,
I will show that:
The Bible is clear
in the Old Testament and in the New Testament
including the book of Revelation which was written after Jesus died
that
Righteousness
(which means Obedience to God )
produces light.
( Meaning - Spiritual light that pleases God. )
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Following God produces light.
And we also see in that Isaiah verse (and other verses)
that God equates salvation as a lamp that burns brightly.
Lamps represent a visual of the
spiritual life
of the virgins.
I remind you that the 5 foolish virgins have lamps that are going out.
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.
Isaiah 62:1 b
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/62-1.htm
The Wise Virgins
Bible Definition of Wise =
Wisdom is knowing and doing right.
Proverbs 3:21 TLB
The Bible says...
The wise people will shine as bright as the sky.
Those who teach others
to live right will shine like stars forever and ever
Daniel 12:3 AMPC
AND
“Everyone who hears my words and obeys them is like
a wise man who built his house on the rock. *
Matthew 7:24 NCV
* The Bible says that God is the Rock of our Salvation
in Psalm 89:26.
The wise virgins are obedient and dedicated to God
and ready to meet Jesus at any time - through death or rapture.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous
shines brightly,
but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
extinguished = put out or snuffed out
The lamp (or light) of the wicked is put out.
The foolish virgins
FOOLISH
In the Bible, the term "foolish" doesn't mean absentminded or not yet knowing something - it usually refers to those who are going away from God.
are people who - think - God is going to
take them to heaven if they die or if the rapture comes.
The foolish virgins
do not make
righteousness and obedience to God
important in their life.
Proverbs 1:7 KJV says...
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge:
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 9:6 KJV
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Purpose of this Parable:
Jesus told this parable to spiritually
shake foolish people into realizing the truth about themselves.
Dozens of Scriptures associate people who are
obedient to God, righteous and wise
with light
and
the disobedient, unwise, foolish people
and the wicked people
are associated with:
their light being dimmed
or
with darkness.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous
shines brightly,
but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
extinguished = put out or snuffed out
The lamp (or light) of the wicked is put out.
In the book of Revelation,
the resurrected
Jesus is
talking to John.
In Revelation chapters 2 and 3,
Jesus is giving information to the people in the 7 churches.
Each time Jesus talks about
disobedience and unrepentant sin in those churches,
Jesus says he is going to extinguish their lamp
if they don't repent
soon.
So, those who are not obedient to our Lord
will have their lamp extinguished
at some point
just as the Foolish virgins had.
(To understand better, read First John 2:3-6)
Point 1:
Following God produces light.
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The wise virgins
have been following God.
They are obedient to God.
Their love for God produces obedience.
Jesus said, "If you love me you will obey me."
They aren't perfect but they do sincerely try
to please God.
They PRACTICE righteousness... Yet - they don't get it right every single time.
They are ready to meet the Lord at any time
from death or from being raptured.
- Practice -
Practice doesn't indicate perfection. It indicates that you want to do better.
If you know that He [Jesus] is righteous,
you know that everyone who practices righteousness
is born of Him.
1 John 2:29 NKJV
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If you do not practice righteousness, then you are practicing sinfulness.
There are many reasons why people do not sin in certain areas of their life.
But the test is - Does that person practice righteousness in areas that he
would rather sin.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15 KJV
I have many scriptures to show that the
wise virgins
are right with God and ready for the rapture.
God is light.
He gives every person a little light.
I've heard that when the egg and sperm unite, there is a little flash of light.
If a person follows God then he is walking in the light.
And that person will continue to gain light.
God wants us to dispel the darkness in us
by filling ourselves with light.
What brings light?
This is done by - reading the Bible, repenting, praying, obedience to God, and doing good deeds. There are Scriptures that show these bring light - I will give those Scriptures later down the page.
It is God who lights our lamp, and he uses certain criteria to increase the brightness.
Psalm 18:28 !!!!! See next three versions
New International Version
You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
New Living Translation
You light a lamp for me. The LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.
English Standard Version
For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness.
There are a Multitude of Bible verses that link righteousness to light.
For example, in Isaiah 62:1 b,
we see that God equates righteousness as brightness of light.
Also
it is God who puts out our lamp
if
we are "foolish" and practice sin.
The foolish live for themselves instead of obeying God..
In the book of Revelation,
Jesus spoke to John AFTER Jesus died and went to heaven.
Jesus told the Christians in the 7 churches
that if they didn't repent and start obeying HIM
he would put out their lamp.
Next,
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. Psalm 37:6 NIV
He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. Psalm 37:6 NKJV
God says that the righteous SHINE.
God explains that
Light shines on the righteous
Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.
Psalm 97:11 NIV
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/4-18.htm
Next -
Next
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Matthew 13:43 version?
Ephesians 5:7-14
Here, in our text, Paul describes the transformation which the Christian experiences in terms of the change from darkness to light. His words in our text are similar to his teaching in the Book of Colossians: from https://bible.org/seriespage/19-walking-light-ephesians-57-14
Bringing light by Reading your word and obeying it.
Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalm 119:130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
The Book of Proverbs begins by saying that God wants the foolish to become wise. (Foolishness is darkness and wisdom is light - Proverbs 3:21 TLB "Wisdom is knowing and doing right." )
If you follow Jesus (do what he says to do) you will not walk in darkness but you will have light.
John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Being wise (knowing and doing right) creates light and teaching and influencing others to choose righteousness produces light.
Daniel 12:3 KJV
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
If we say we have fellowship with God but we walk in darkness we lie but if we walk in the light we have right fellowship....
1 John 1:5-7 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Stop doing deeds of darkness (sinful things) and then you will be clothed with light.
Romans 13:12 The night is far gone and the day is almost here. Let us then drop (fling away) the works and deeds of darkness and put on the [full] armor of light.
Whoever believes in Jesus - put Amplified in the word believe...
John 12:46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
The upright become bright lights
Psalm 112:4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Wisdom = light and folly = darkness
Ecclesiastes 2:13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
Good works done with a heart that loves the Lord produces light....
Matthew 5:16 In
the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may
see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Ones who walk in light...
***Daniel 12:3 - Wisdom and teaching people and influencing them to do right produces light.
** Psalm 18:28
**Psalm 119:130
Psalm 37:6 - I think already and Proverbs 13:9
Psalm 89:15
Psalm 112:4
** Proverbs 4:18
** Proverbs 6:23 is
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Light
Isaiah 42:16
Is 58:10 And if you pour out that with which you sustain your own life for the hungry and satisfy the need of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity and gloom become like the noonday.
What brings light?
Isaiah 50:11
Behold, all you [enemies of your own selves] who attempt to kindle your own fires [and work out your own plans of salvation], who surround and gird yourselves with momentary sparks, darts, and firebrands that you set aflame!—walk by the light of your self-made fire and of the sparks that you have kindled [for yourself, if you will]! But this shall you have from My hand: you shall lie down in grief and in torment.
Buying
Acts 26:17-18
Phil 2:14
Psalm 37:5
Be righteous Psalm 97:11-12
Psalm 37:28 doesn't have light but it tells us to be just and faithful to him
Wash with the water of the Word
Psalm 51 - repent -
Psalm 49:19 foolish
** Jeremiah 25:10 AMPC
Moreover, I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones [grinding out the meal] and the light of the candle [which every home burned throughout the night].
Isaiah 59:9 AMPC Therefore are justice and right far from us, and righteousness and salvation do not overtake us. We expectantly wait for light, but [only] see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity and gloom.
Jeremiah 13:16 AMPC Give glory to the Lord your God before He brings darkness and before your feet stumble upon the dark and twilit mountains, and [before], while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death and makes it thick darkness.
Point 2:
The foolish virgins are those who think they are
right with God
but are not.
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Jesus said to these foolish virgins in Matthew 25 verse -- that "I never knew you."
Jesus explains more about why they didn't go to heaven in Matthew 7
Jesus those words once before in Scripture. In Matthew 7 - Jesus said, that there would be a group that didn't get to heaven and they would say to Jesus, "Lord, Lord....
I will go into greater detail further down,
but just for a quick reference:
To understand - Read 1 John 2:3-6 -
the little book of First John not the Gospel of John.
and
James 2:17 reminds us that
if someone says they are a Christian
and then live their life without growing in Christ -
their faith is dead.
That faith will not save them (in the rapture).
Jesus
talks about the dead ones in the church
in Revelation 3:1 b
"You have a name that you are alive but you are dead."
More foolish scriptures
The wise virgins are right with God...
The Bible defines wisdom as knowing and doing right
AND the Bible tells us that you must follow God in Romans 2:13
Romans 2:13 NCV
Hearing the law does not make people right with God.
It is those who obey the law who will be right with him.
Proverbs 3:21
Wisdom is knowing and doing right.
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These virgins look to the scriptures to learn what God wants them to do and they also obey God.
FOOLISH
In the Bible, the term "foolish" doesn't mean absentminded or not yet knowing something - it usually refers to those who are going away from God.
Proverbs 1:7 b fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 14:16 says...
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Psalm 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalm 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
Psalm 73:22
Further down the page,
I give scriptures to
back up each of these points.
psalm 112:4
**Philippians 2:15
1 Peter 2:9
1 John 3:7 - ---------if you practice righteousness you are righteous-------
I am going to explain the 4 points but I will do them out of order.
First - Lamps and Oil
Point 3:
FOOLISH
In the Bible, the term "foolish" doesn't mean absentminded or not yet knowing something - it usually refers to those who are going away from God.
The lamps and oil represent
a visual of the
spiritual life
of the virgins.
See scriptures further down.
Number 4
The word "buying"
does not mean purchase with money.
It refers to gaining something
through methods other than money.
It refers to developing a mature relationship with Jesus - that cannot be done overnight. It takes dedication and it takes spending time with our Lord. It means means to develop something through giving your time,
effort, and dedication.
The foolish virgins
need to get right with Jesus.
First
I will talk about
Lamps
The lamps and oil represent
a visual of the
spiritual life
of the virgins.
The Oil in this parable is not mainly about the Holy Spirit.
The meaning of
Lamp
In the Bible,
the word "lamp" often refers to
the condition of
a person's spiritual life.
Over and over in the Bible,
it tells us that
the righteous experience more and more light
in their life
but those who are not righteous
and not obedient to God
will find that
the little light they have will soon go out.
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Dozens of Scriptures associate people who are
obedient to God, righteous and wise
with light
and
disobedient, unwise, foolish people
and wicked people
are associated with:
their light being dimmed
or
with darkness.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous
shines brightly,
but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
extinguished = put out or snuffed out
The lamp (or light) of the wicked is put out.
In the book of Revelation,
the resurrected
Jesus is
talking to John.
In Revelation chapters 2 and 3,
Jesus is giving information to the people in the 7 churches.
Each time Jesus talks about
disobedience and unrepentant sin in those churches,
Jesus says he is going to extinguish their lamp
if they don't repent
soon.
So, those who are not obedient to our Lord
will have their lamp extinguished
at some point
just as the Foolish virgins had.
(To understand better, read First John 2:3-6)
The foolish virgins were disobedient and therefore,
they were left behind when Jesus came for the rapture
- even though -
though they thought they were going with Jesus in the rapture.
https://biblehub.com/psalms/97-11.htm
Psalm 97:11 NIV (use another version
Light shines on the righteous
and joy on the upright in heart.
Psalm 18:28 ***
Psalm 112:4
Esther 8:16 KJV put in another place
Psalms 112:4 NIV
Even in darkness
light dawns for the upright,
for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Proverbs 4:18-19 TLB
But the good man
walks along in the ever-brightening light
of God’s favor;
the dawn gives way to morning splendor,
while the evil man gropes and stumbles in the dark.
More Scriptures
Here are verses about light coming upon the Righteous...
Isaiah 58:6-10
says that
if you obey God,
he will reward you with light...
6 No, the kind of fast I want is that you stop oppressing those who work for you and treat them fairly and give them what they earn. 7 I want you to share your food with the hungry and bring right into your own homes those who are helpless, poor, and destitute. Clothe those who are cold, and don’t hide from relatives who need your help.
8 If you do these things,
God will shed his own glorious light upon you.
He will heal you; your godliness will lead you forward, goodness will be a shield before you, and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind.
9 Then, when you call, the Lord will answer. “Yes, I am here,” he will quickly reply. All you need to do is to stop oppressing the weak and stop making false accusations and spreading vicious rumors!
10 Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble!
Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you shall be as bright as day.
There are a multitude of verses about
obeying the Lord and receiving light.
For example
John 8:12
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Psalm 37:5-6
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Daniel 12:3
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Philippians 2:15b-16
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Jeremiah 25:10 NKJV
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
Below:
Acts 26:15-18 TLB
Paul meets Jesus on the road to Damascus...
“‘Who are you, sir?’ I [Paul] asked.
“And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting. 16 Now stand up! For I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant and my witness. You are to tell the world about this experience and about the many other occasions when I shall appear to you.
17 And I will protect you from both your own people and the Gentiles. Yes, I am going to send you
to the Gentiles 18 to open their eyes to their true condition
so that they may repent and
live in the light of God
instead of in Satan’s darkness,
so that they may receive forgiveness for their sins
and God’s inheritance along
with all people everywhere whose sins are cleansed away,
who are set apart by faith in me.’
Bible uses the word "lamp" as
a physical vessel for light. It also uses the word "lamp" as a picture of the spiritual life of a person.
I am here
Lamps and Light are associated with godliness and righteousness.
God gives light to the righteous.
Living a certain way has as its reward light.
Number 1
The lamps and oil represent
a visual of the
spiritual life
of the virgins.
A. Oil is associated with a wise person.
In Proverbs 21:20,
the Bible tells us there is oil in the house of the wise.
Proverbs 21:20
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
(foolish man spendeth it up - which indicates the foolish man loses what oil he once had.)
Righteousness
can be defined as...
Right standing with God....
Being in a right relationship with God.
Oil
is received
because of righteousness -
God gives the oil of gladness to those who love righteousness and live righteous as best they can.
Psalm 45:7
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God,
hath anointed thee with the
oil
of gladness above thy fellows.
Hebrews 1:9
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Isaiah 61:3
This verse associates people who the Bible calls Oaks of Righteousness with being given the oil of gladness. So oil from God is given to those the Bible calls Oaks of Righteousness.
Below is a physical command to keep the lamp always burning that represents a spiritual command.
Ex 27:2
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
I have a lot more to say about oil further down the page.
(God calls people olive trees - and all people are crushed from life but those who are crushed for the sake of the Lord produce Sacred Oil or God gives them Sacred Oil.
Older Number
The lamps and oil represent
a visual of the
spiritual life
of the virgins.
A. Oil is associated with a wise person.
I've got a lot more to say about oil but it will make more sense if I put it farther down the page.
B. Oil was usually part of the animal offerings which indicates to me after going through my studies that it is an important part of our offerings to God of our service.
In Proverbs 21:20,
the Bible tells us there is oil in the house of the wise.
Think of house as also meaning our body.
Proverbs 21:20
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
(foolish man spendeth it up - which indicates the foolish man loses what oil he once had.)
Oil is mingled with a large majority of the animal offerings. Think of oil
Exodus 27:20 AMPC
You shall command the Israelites to provide you with pure oil of crushed olives for the light, to cause it to burn continually [every night].
(Also Leviticus 24:2 is similar to Ex 27:20 above.)
Number 2
The word "buying"
does not mean purchase with money.
It refers to gaining something
through methods other than money.
BUY
Matthew 13:44
Buy Greek 59 in Matthew 25
BUY
https://biblehub.com/strongs/proverbs/23-23.htm
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Buy could be translated - Acquire, Get, Purchase, invest in, possess
Buy = Hebrew # 7069
1) to get, acquire, create, buy, possess 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to get, acquire, obtain 1a1a) of God originating, creating, redeeming His people 1a1a1) possessor 1a1b) of Eve acquiring 1a1c) of acquiring knowledge, wisdom 1a2) to buy 1b) (Niphal) to be bought 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to possess
Revelation 3:18 says
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do n
Isaiah 55:1 AMPC
Wait and listen, everyone who is thirsty! Come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Yes, come, buy [priceless, spiritual] wine and milk without money and without price [simply for the self-surrender that accepts the blessing].
check out
Lev 22:11
crushed
There are all kinds of crushing situations. But I believe God would say, "Those who have been crushed for my sake [to enhance their spiritual growth and because of their dedication to me] are seen by me as oil and wine and I respond and give them light - the light of understanding, the light of protection, the wine of
2 Thessalonians 1:4 AMPC And this is a cause of our mentioning you with pride among the churches (assemblies) of God for your steadfastness (your unflinching endurance and patience) and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecutions and crushing distresses and afflictions under which you are holding up.
1 Thessalonians 3:7 Paul felt crushed but other Christians helped
2 Corinthians 1:8 AMPC
The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent.
2 corinthians 4;8 is a different kind of crushed. Some kinds of crush is good. And it is not just believers who are crushed. But those who seek righteousness produce oil of God when they are crushed.
below perhaps
Lamintations 1:15 - ??? virgins of Judah - could that be a ref to Matthew 25?
Amos 4:1 AMPC and Micah 2:2 perhaps
Luke 4:18 Jesus comes from the crushed - not the best verse
Isaiah 28:28 = wheat is not crushed.
I am going to start with
Point number two above
because I think it will make clear
Point number one.
I am going to
I have a HUGE amount of Scripture
to explain
what the oil and lamps are about.
So bear with me.
I will present a few as we go down the page.
You were created to produce light from following God.
Those who are shining will go with Jesus.
Isaiah 61:3
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Proverbs 21:20
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Hebrews 1:9
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Psalm 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Psalm 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Oil
Oil is used to anoint God's people for service.
Oil is used to anoint God's people for promotion.
As in 1 Kings 1:39.
Exodus 35:28 says Oil is used for incense - perfume to send up to God.
Also Exodus 40:9
James 5:14 oil and Mark 6:13 say it is used for healing.
Esther 2:12
Oil was used for purifying and for preparation to meet the king.
Oil is a valuable thing.
Genesis 35:14
As an offering to the Lord.
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
Anointed
There are more verse in Leviticus.
As a Blessing
Purple
Multiplied
1 Kings 17:14-16 Elijah multiplied her oil.
2 kings 4:2 - Elisha multiplied her oil.
2 kings 18:32
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us.
Haggai 2:12
If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
? Micah 6:15
Purple Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
Ezekiel 16:13 says
Proverbs 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
The foolish virgins
saw that
their lamps
were going out.
First I will talk about
Lamps that go out.
When the Bible refers to a lamp going out,
it often
represents sinfulness and wickedness.
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous shines brightly,
but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Job 18:5 NIV says...
“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
Other versions say - The light of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:20 says
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
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Lamps that shine brightly.
The Bible tells us that Bible Scripture is like a
Lamp that shines Brightly.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105
The above verse says that
when we spend time in the Word of God and obey its commands,
Light increases for us and we can see more clearly how to live.
Proverbs 6:23 says
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Psalm 132:17
In Isaiah,
the Salvation of God
is referred to as a
Lamp that burns
(brightly)
Isaiah 61:2
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
I have spent hours looking at Scriptures about
Light.
As you will see,
God reveals the meaning of the
lamps and oil
in the parable through the following Scriptures.
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Note:
Later down this page,
I will prove to you that the foolish virgins are
actually referred to as wicked.
Over and over in the Bible,
it tells us that
the righteous experience more and more light
in their life
but the wicked will find that
the little light they have will soon go out.
Proverbs 4:18 kjv
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 4:18 TLB 18 But the good man walks along in the ever-brightening light of God’s favor; the dawn gives way to morning splendor, 19 while the evil man gropes and stumbles in the dark.
Proverbs 13:9 says
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Taken from - https://biblehub.com/job/18-5.htm
jesse
The point of this parable is not about sharing. Actually, you cannot give your spiritual growth to another person. You can share what you know but you cannot give them your internal light that shines because you follow Jesus.
The foolish bridesmaids don't have a right relationship with Jesus.
Exodus 19:10-11 a picture of the rapture - and it emphasizes being washed.
Psalm 10:12 AMPC
Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble [patient and crushed].
Psalm 34:18 AMPC
The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent.
??? Psalm 143:3
Right now I'm using this one in the oil area Exodus 27:20 AMPC
You shall command the Israelites to provide you with pure oil of crushed olives for the light, to cause it to burn continually [every night].
(Also Leviticus 24:2 is similar to Ex 27:20 above.)
Leviticus 2:14 AMPC
If you offer a cereal offering of your firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for it of your firstfruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised and crushed grain out of the fresh and fruitful ear.
??? scriptureThe priest shall burn as its memorial portion part of the bruised and crushed grain of it and part of the oil of it, with all its frankincense; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.
Judges 10:8 AMPC
BUY
Matthew 13:44
Buy Greek 59 in Matthew 25
BUY
https://biblehub.com/strongs/proverbs/23-23.htm
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Buy could be translated - Acquire, Get, Purchase, invest in, possess
Buy = Hebrew # 7069
1) to get, acquire, create, buy, possess 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to get, acquire, obtain 1a1a) of God originating, creating, redeeming His people 1a1a1) possessor 1a1b) of Eve acquiring 1a1c) of acquiring knowledge, wisdom 1a2) to buy 1b) (Niphal) to be bought 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to possess
Revelation 3:18 says
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do n
Isaiah 55:1 AMPC
Wait and listen, everyone who is thirsty! Come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Yes, come, buy [priceless, spiritual] wine and milk without money and without price [simply for the self-surrender that accepts the blessing].
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Lev 22:11
Our Heavenly Father
wants to
purify us
like
gold is purified
so we become more like Jesus.
But He [God] knows the way that I take;
When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 23:10 NKJV
For He [God] is like a refiner’s fire
And like launderers’ soap.
He [God] will sit
as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And purge [refine] them
as gold and silver,
That they may offer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness.
Malachi 3:2b-3 NKJV
God refines us to make us more pure and righteous.
For You, O God, have tested us;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
Psalm 66:10 NKJV
OUCH!
Silver is produced by
being broken, pounded,
crushed, crushed, crushed,
pulverized, put in acid,
silver trapped on filters,
put in oven, then
heated, melted, skim off waste,
heated, waste taken off again,
on and on - OUCH!
2 Parables
Matthew 13:44-46 parable
buying attaining - spiritual value not something of this world.
1 Corinthians 7:30
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
But He knows the way that I take;
When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 23:10 NKJV
Wise Virgins
Proverbs 3:21
Wisdom is knowing and doing right.
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These virgins look to the scriptures to learn what God wants them to do and they also obey God.
FOOLISH
Proverbs 1:7 b fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 14:16 says...
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Psalm 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalm 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
Psalm 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Jeremiah 5:4
Jeremiah 4:22 not in KJV Another version ????
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
The foolish bridesmaids are panicking because their lamps are going out.
Fear is the opposite of a sound mind.
They are asking for a helping hand.
We can help other people but we cannot give them literally one of our hands.
It is the same with this oil.
It is something we have received from our obedience and we cannot GIVE it to someone else. The word "buy" can be confusing.
But we see in Revelation that the word buy can be used in a way other than giving money to someone and then receiving something.
A saving faith in Jesus Christ produces obedience. And as we grow in our relationship with Jesus, our obedience grows - our light grows brighter.
Love = Obedience when it concerns our relationship with Jesus.
The more you love Jesus, the more obedient you become and the more humble you become. Our love is supposed to GROW.
parable of the seeds - they heard but the weeds kept them from.....
Foolish
Thought they were ready to meet Jesus - But their light was going out
Luke 8:18
Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath , to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. (It seemeth to them that they had a relationship with Jesus but in reality they did not and the light they thought they had was taken away.
1 John 2
In Matthew 25, the foolish virgins needed to go BUY oil.
God didn't mean for them to buy literal oil.
In other verses in the Bible we see God telling people to go buy gold.
But he doesn't mean literal gold.
Let's see if we can get some understandingfrom the word GOLD.
Revelation 3:18 says
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
They were told to go buy Gold.
What does Gold represent.
1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
1 Corinthians 3:9-23
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
Malachi 3:3
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Ezekiel 28;4
With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Proverbs 20:15
Tested
Proverbs 27:21 ERV 21 People use fire to purify gold and silver. In the same way, you are tested by the praise people give you.
Joshua 6:19
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the Lord: they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Matthew 25:11-12
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Matthew 7:21-23 -
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Daniel 8:10-12 Truth is cast to the ground.
And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down.
12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
Isaiah says
Feed the hungry and help those in trouble and your light will shine out in the darkness and the darkness around you will be as bright as the day.
Shine
Daniel 12:3
Isaiah 58:10-11 (I like the Living Bible translation.)
Feed the hungry! Help those in trouble! Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you shall be as bright as day. And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy you with all good things, and keep you healthy too; and you will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.
slept is #2518 - used 22 times in the NT
to yield to sloth and sin
to be indifferent to one's salvation
1) to fall asleep, drop off to sleep
2) to sleep
2a) to sleep normally
2b) euphemistically, to be dead
2c) metaph.
2c1) to yield to sloth and sin
2c2) to be indifferent to one's salvation
Ephesians 5:14
has the same 2518 word
1 Thessalonians 5:6
http://biblehub.com/greek/2518.htm
this year is translated WASH
1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
oil of obedience - oil of love
oil is made by crushing. We crush OUR will and instead do God's will.
Don't forget - Matthew 25:41
Proverbs 28:4 praise the wicked will
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