Frank Molver (15 July 2013)
"The Kingdom of Heaven
"Is Like" [Similar to], a child, a mustard seed, a pearl,
10 virgins, etc"
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a child, a pearl, a net, a mustard
seed, 10 Virgins, etc etc
It is like these, it is similar to these examples.
So Jesus in not saying that the Kingdom of Heaven is 10 Virgins
He is saying it is like 10 Virgins, similar to 10 Virgins
So please stop saying that it is referring to only 10 tribes of
Israel
He also said the Rapture would be like 2 men in a field etc
One is taken one is left.
That means half of the people in this parable do not make it
That is the same thing as the 10 virgin parable
This 10 Virgin parable is a warning, just like the other
parables are warnings
There is no way out of our responsibility to participate with
following Jesus and preparing ourselves to meet him.