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Jesus is in a series of pericopes that discuss the end of time events
signs
the abomination of desolation
the coming of the son of man
no one knows the time - so be ready
The main point: be ready
Michael Green notes 3 surprises (noting that the virgins are “christian people” - though not necessarily all saved)
the virgins looked the same, but they were not - half had the oil for the lamp, half did not.
“…it is all too possible to be often in church and in christian company, and yet be a stranger to the Holy Spirit. it is possible to have a lamp that looks but, but has no oil in it.
There are some things you can’t borrow - you must possess it for yourself - holiness is one of those things.
The message of the gospel can be passed from one person to the next, but faith is required for each individual - I can’t have faith for my children - they must have their own.
There are some times when it is too late.
Green suggests that weddings were often protracted affairs and did not have an exact timetable.
No one would know when the groom would arrive.
Since we have no clear word on the next timing of the second coming of Jesus - we must be ready.
Those around us who are playing the game or are waiting - need to understand that “today is the day of salvation” because there is no guarantee of tomorrow.
In another parable that we’ll study in a few weeks, Jesus tells of a rich man…Luke 12:18-20 “And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”
’ But God said to him, ‘Fool!
This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’”
In light of this, how should we pray - for one another, for our community?
pray that they will have a sense of the brevity of their own lives.
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