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“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The five who were foolish didn’t take enough olive oil for their lamps, but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil. When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
“At midnight they were roused by the shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!’
“All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps. Then the five foolish ones asked the others, ‘Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.’
“But the others replied, ‘We don’t have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.’
“But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked. Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!’
“But he called back, ‘Believe me, I don’t know you!’
“So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.
This is my understanding of a Hebrew wedding in Jesus' Day.
1. First there is the actual Betrothal where the two families enter into a binding and legal contract with each other. This can be years prior to the actual wedding. The formal name of this step is Shiddukhin / Eyrusin. In order to get out of this Betrothal there must be a writ of divorce. The agreed upon amount of money (mohar) is paid by the bridegroom to the father of the bride. This is money again paid to the family of the bride for the lost of money the father would loose in labor now that his daughter is leaving. The money is also to honor her virginity. Having a big family and even girls could bring wealth to a family. It also sheds some light on how devastating and disappointing it would be for a woman to be barren. During this stage the bride remains in her fathers house with her family. At some point the father of the bride may give a dowry to his daughter. This is like a trust or an inheritance to secure her stability in case something happens. The father of the bride wants make sure that if his daughter is divorced or widowed, the daughter will have land, or money or possessions in order to make it. This is not required but sometimes done.
1. First there is the actual Betrothal where the two families enter into a binding and legal contract with each other. This can be years prior to the actual wedding. The formal name of this step is Shiddukhin / Eyrusin. In order to get out of this Betrothal there must be a writ of divorce. The agreed upon amount of money (mohar) is paid by the bridegroom to the father of the bride. This is money again paid to the family of the bride for the lost of money the father would loose in labor now that his daughter is leaving. The money is also to honor her virginity. Having a big family and even girls could bring wealth to a family. It also sheds some light on how devastating and disappointing it would be for a woman to be barren. During this stage the bride remains in her fathers house with her family. At some point the father of the bride may give a dowry to his daughter. This is like a trust or an inheritance to secure her stability in case something happens. The father of the bride wants make sure that if his daughter is divorced or widowed, the daughter will have land, or money or possessions in order to make it. This is not required but sometimes done.
2. At this stage, Ketubah & Economic Arrangements. Written agreement is made by the bridegroom to support the bride.
2. At this stage, Ketubah & Economic Arrangements. Written agreement is made by the bridegroom to support the bride.
3. This final stage is where our text takes place today (Matt. 25:1-13). The Bridegroom has left his home to go to the home of his bride to pick her up from her father’s house. After picking her up he and she travel back to the father's home of the bridegroom. Just before the bride and the bridegroom make it back, they are spotted along the processional route to his father’s home, someone shouts out, the bridegroom is coming. The 10 virgin bridesmaids are aroused (or awakened) because they were all asleep. They join the bridegroom and the bride along the route as the bride and groom are almost home.
3. This final stage is where our text takes place today (Matt. 25:1-13). The Bridegroom has left his home to go to the home of his bride to pick her up from her father’s house. After picking her up he and she travel back to the father's home of the bridegroom. Just before the bride and the bridegroom make it back, they are spotted along the processional route to his father’s home, someone shouts out, the bridegroom is coming. The 10 virgin bridesmaids are aroused (or awakened) because they were all asleep. They join the bridegroom and the bride along the route as the bride and groom are almost home.
5 of them were considered wise because they brought extra oil for their lamps to ensure that they had a light so they could take part in the procession leading to where the wedding banquet would be taking place.
5 of the virgin bridesmaids were considered foolish because they did not bring extra oil for their lamp. when it was announced that the bridegroom was coming the 5 foolish trimed and lit their lamps, but ran out of oil therefore their lights sent out, therefore they could not take part in the procession to the wedding banquet. Instead they went to get some more oil but by the time they were able to buy oil, the door of the wedding banquet had already been closed. The 5 wise virgin bridesmaids went in to the celebration banquet.
During a Hebrew wedding several things take place.
The Bride chamber or Chuppah is prepared
The bridegroom and bride consummate their marriage privately
It is a 7 day wedding feast/celebration (Blessing, music, dancing, eating, drinking)
4 While all of this is going on the 5 foolish virgins return from buying oil and start banging on the door of the home of the bridegroom’s father wanting to be let in. However they are told that the door is shut and would not be opened. When they asked for the Lord to open the door, He said “I do not know you”
The Groom pays mohar- This is money given from the bridegroom to the father of the bride for the money that he will lose from her labor and for honor in that she is a virgin.
The Brides father may give to the bride dowry. This is not required. it is like a trust or inheritance just in case she is widowed or divorced. The father of the bride passes on land, money and/or possessions to his daughter to ensure that she is secure if things go left.
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In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him. The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there.
Then Elimelech died, and Naomi was left with her two sons. The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later, both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.
Then Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland. With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.
But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers’ homes. And may the Lord reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me. May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.
“No,” they said. “We want to go with you to your people.”
But Naomi replied, “Why should you go on with me? Can I still give birth to other sons who could grow up to be your husbands? No, my daughters, return to your parents’ homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what? Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord himself has raised his fist against me.”
And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi. “Look,” Naomi said to her, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same.”
But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!” When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.
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“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The five who were foolish didn’t take enough olive oil for their lamps, but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil. When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
“At midnight they were roused by the shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!’
“All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps. Then the five foolish ones asked the others, ‘Please give us some of your oil because our lamps are going out.’
“But the others replied, ‘We don’t have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.’
“But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked. Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!’
“But he called back, ‘Believe me, I don’t know you!’
“So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.
1. What is a brides maid to the Hebrew Culture. What is their wedding ceremony like.
1. What is a brides maid to the Hebrew Culture. What is their wedding ceremony like.
2. What does the lamp represent. The lamp is the vessel that holds the oil that ultimately fuels the light. So technically you have 4 components: The lamp/vessel, the oil, the wick, and the light.
2. What does the lamp represent. The lamp is the vessel that holds the oil that ultimately fuels the light. So technically you have 4 components: The lamp/vessel, the oil, the wick, and the light.
3. 5 were considered wise and 5 were considered foolish. What made the 5 wise, and what made the 5 foolish?
3. 5 were considered wise and 5 were considered foolish. What made the 5 wise, and what made the 5 foolish?
*The 5 that were foolish ran out of oil and did not bring extra, therefore they were considered foolish.
*the 5 that were wise were wise because they brought extra oil to ensure that they could still produce a light.
4. The word rouse, I wonder how does that verse read in other text and in Greek. I wonder how the commentators interpret "aroused"
4. The word rouse, I wonder how does that verse read in other text and in Greek. I wonder how the commentators interpret "aroused"
5. What does it mean naturally and spiritually to prepare your lamp?
5. What does it mean naturally and spiritually to prepare your lamp?
6 From verse 8 this would be a wonderful sermon "Black out".
7. Just a thought.... When the bridegroom returned, there was no time to get ready.
7. Just a thought.... When the bridegroom returned, there was no time to get ready.
8. Where in the world were the wise referring to when they said go to the shop and buy?
8. Where in the world were the wise referring to when they said go to the shop and buy?
9. The bible said at mid-night. I wonder what happened at midnight. What does midnight look for us today.
9. The bible said at mid-night. I wonder what happened at midnight. What does midnight look for us today.
10. In verse 13 Jesus said "so you too". He was referring to His disciples.
10. In verse 13 Jesus said "so you too". He was referring to His disciples.
11.what does it mean to trim your lamp. They all were aroused. they all went to sleep. They all were drowsy. What does that say about this wedding party
11.what does it mean to trim your lamp. They all were aroused. they all went to sleep. They all were drowsy. What does that say about this wedding party
12. The components of the lamp.:
12. The components of the lamp.:
a. The lamp - this represents your temple, your vessel
b. The oil - This is fuel that produces light. The oil is the holy spirit or the spirit of God
c. The wick - the wick represents your life which must be maintained
d. The light is the manifestation of the oil. The fruit of the oil. The fruit of the spirit. The result of having the holy ghost.
13. The Night time or midnight symbolizes the dark times or the end of the day. We are living in the last and evil days. It is dark outside.
13. The Night time or midnight symbolizes the dark times or the end of the day. We are living in the last and evil days. It is dark outside.
English Standard Version Chapter 12
many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;
