I still have my “rapture eyes” on throughout the remaining summer and all the way until FoT. It still could be any day and like Geri, I’m keeping close watch on all things related to Israel, the Gog/Magog war, and the potential peace plan. B-) I agree it could be any day! When a cry is made at midnight, behold the bridegroom cometh, there still seems to be a passing of time which takes place. For we are told that the unwise virgins have the opportunity to take stock of their supplies, entreat the other virgins to share their provisions, and then make a hasty retreat to find suppliers of oil. At some point in their absence the bridegroom comes and gathers His bride! Between the first sounding/cry, we are not told the length of time that expires. Whether it be minutes or hours, or possibly even days, time does transpire. This does not occur in the twinkling of an eye! TR I do not understand this parable of how the 5 unwise virgins could run out of oil. I thought oil represents the Holy Spirit and we receive the Holy Spirit on that day when we ask Jesus to be our personal Savior. Once saved always saved ... we can’t loose our salvation ... even if we are living a backslidden life at the time of rapture, we are still going up. We can loose rewards at the Bema Seat but we can’t loose our salvation ever. John 10:28-30 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one. So how does someone run out of oil? Is it their lamps are filled with earthly oil that will burn and run out because they don’t have the spiritual oil of the Holy Spirit lighting their path? :unsure: The day we think not, it will happen You are correct, Geri. We can not run out of “oil”. Those who do not have any oil are those who are not saved. I do not believe there will be any time for them to get saved because a little further in the chapter (Math 25 1-13) we read:
If Ive learned anything from all my years of watching, waiting, and being disappointed I have learned that He will come at just the right moment. Not a minute before and not a moment after. I used to hope that our collective wills would entice Him to come get us, as if we had such a great argument to persuade Him, but that’s just like a man to want God to do things man’s way, as if it were about me. Lol I guess that's just the human nature and try though I might I still don’t see things God’s way. I have to be good with that and trust that He knows what He’s doing (of course He does!) even though it doesn’t satisfy my desires. One of the things I love so much about Ritan is seeing so many others who just want to be with Him. The yearning is so strong and the “things” of this world do not hold us captive. Another “watch day” has come and gone and we are still in this but at east we are in it together, and that is comforting. <3
Mat 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
Mat 25:11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’
Mat 25:12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
Mat 25:13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
