God has been giving me the understanding of this for years. Today as I was in prayer it all came together. I just read your posts and saw how much insight God has already given you!
 
This is what the LORD showed me a few years ago:
Get saved--become the Church
Get saved--become part of the Body of Christ
Get to know Jesus Intimately--become The Bride
 
Gerlinda, you touched on the next part. We cannot be both the Body of Christ and The Bride. This is so simple we could not see it before. God is always logical, doing all things decently and in order. God makes up the Bride from among the living out of the Church and out of The Body. This leaves room for those who come out of the graves. The Bride becomes a separate Entity. As God explained that The Bride could not be the Body of Christ, He simply said, "Jesus cannot marry Himself!" Wow. What sense that makes, doesn't it?
 
Next the Ten Virgins were a problem for me. They were all virgins so they are all Christians. The 50-50 split was a problem because we know very FEW will go on to have intimacy with Jesus thereby becoming The Bride. Those who do not make up the Bride are not bad Christians. They are just taken up with the cares of this world or have become lukewarm. They don't have a lot of daily time for the Bridegroom...Out of 70 Jesus had only 11 He could count on. Ratio is getting more realistic.
 
He showed me this morning to change the 50-50 split to 100 Virgins. Discounting the five foolish Virgins we have five Wise. Subtracting the 5 Wise going in the Rapture that's 5%. That leaves 95% of the Church left behind. This answers the question that not all Christians will go in the Rapture. Those left behind will be evangelizing the Gentiles. The 144,000 Jews will be evangelizing their own. As Revelation says there was a number behind the 144,000 that COULD NOT be numbered. That is all the Christians! (Now personally I believe God has not appointed Christians to His wrath. Therefore I believe Christians will be taken out of the world at the three and one half year mark before His wrath falls.)
 
This explanation makes all the Scriptures fit together. Those that "seem" to contradict one another do not do so any longer. All makes perfect sense! Hallelujah.
 
Doves, as always please pray about this. Also please share what the Holy Spirit may give you to add to this or to clarify matters. God will give you something He doesn't give me so that we may all work together to His glory!
 
Blessings In Him