Answer virgin parable Jew or Church

 

I think this is the answer of the persons in the parable of the ten virgins; both.

 

This parable is a meeting in time and spiritual condition between those observing the law and those receiving mercy/grace/redemption from Christ.  Those in an active relationship through the Holy Spirit have oil ready and lamp burning.  When the time nears for the bridegroom coming, all ten look for Him.  However, five went to buy more oil, representing reconciliation to the Father.  The Jews receive their sin covering by sacrifices which must be purchased, or through traditions of men.  Jesus condemned the traders at the Temple as a den of thieves.  They were selling the sacrificial objects required by the Pharisees to be reconciled to God.  They were “thieves” not because they were cheating materially, but because they offered a false reconciliation to the Father; One not in keeping with the heart of God.  “I desire mercy, not sacrifice”.

 
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