From Marilyn Agee
Re: John M Johnson (19 Aug 05)
"The Ten Virgins the Parable Does not Stop in Matthew"
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2005/johnj819.htm
Hi:
I believe that the parable of the 10 virgins refers to two classes of believers, carnal and spiritual.
In 1Co 3:1, Paul said, "I, brethren (believers), could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ."> > Are they all virgins? Yes. They in there standing before the Lord are all virgins. They are clean, undefiled.
I think the wise virgins are clean and wearing white robes of righteousness. They have confessed their sins committed after they accepted Christ, as per I John 1:9. The foolish virgins had all their "old sins" (II Peter1:9) erased when they accepted Christ, just as the wise virgins did. However, the foolish ones have not confessed their sins committed SINCE they accepted Christ.
In John 13:8-10, Peter saith unto him (Jesus), Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, IF I WASH THEE NOT, THOU HAST NO PART WITH ME. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit." Those that confess their sins are eligible to be wise virgins, for they are wearing the white wedding garment. Heb 12:14 says, "Follow peace with all men, and HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD."
In Rev. 3:18,19, Jesus told the foolish Laodicean virgins, "I counsel thee to BUY OF ME gold (symbol of deity) tried in the fire (Tribulation), 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. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and REPENT."
> > Our spirit is made alive by God sending the Spirit of His Son into our spirits to cry Abba Father. It is Jesus that comes to us when we are born again....the Holy Spirit cannot cry Abba Father because the Holy Spirit is not the Son. The Holy Spirit did not die on the cross for us. The Holy Spirit did not shed his blood for us...Jesus did.
The Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ. Rom 8:9 says, "ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." II Cor. 5:19 says, "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself."
Jesus Christ is the first and last, YHWH king of Israel and YHWH of hosts, the Redeemer. Christ is LORD of the Old Testament and Lord of the New Testament. Isa. 44:6 says, "Thus saith the LORD (YHWH) the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD (YHWH) of hosts; I am the first (YHWH King of Israel), and I am the last (YHWH of hosts, the redeemer); and beside me there is no God."
Rev. 1:8 says, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is (at the Pre-Trib Rapture), and which was (at the First Advent), and which is to come (at the Second Advent), THE ALMIGHTY." In Rev. 22:16, Jesus said, "I am the root (YHWH) and the offspring of David (Jesus)."
Is this important? Yes. In John 8:23-27, Jesus, "said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I AM FROM ABOVE: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for IF YE BELIEVE NOT THAT I AM HE (the Father), YE SHALL DIE IN YOUR SINS. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. They understood not that he spake to them of the Father."
> > Be waiting and watching....for your master (Jesus)...when he RETURNS FROM THE WEDDING.
Luke 12:35,36 is interesting. It says, "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 (ek, from the place of; Thayer) the wedding (i.e., from Heaven); that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately."
To the Laodiceans, Jesus said, "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and REPENT. Behold, I STAND AT THE DOOR, AND KNOCK: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne." (Rev. 3:19-21).
Do the foolish Laodicean virgins repent? Yes. Rev. 7:14 says, "These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
The Bride saints are those caught up in the Pre-Trib Rapture, plus the 144,000 Israelites caught up in the Pre-Wrath Rapture. Rev. 14:4,5 says, "These are they which were not defiled with women (i.e., harlot churches); for THEY ARE VIRGINS...in their mouth was found no guile: for THEY ARE WITHOUT FAULT before the throne of God."
Agape, Marilyn Agee
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