Waiting for the Kingdom: Maintaining Lamps

from Parables Hosted by Isaiah English

Ten virgins wait for the bridegroom with their lamps; five wise ones bring extra oil, but five foolish ones do not. When the bridegroom delays, all fall asleep, and at midnight the cry goes out. The foolish ask to borrow oil and the wise tell them to buy their own; while they are gone, the bridegroom comes, and the door closes. Waiting is hard when prayers go unanswered and Christ seems delayed. The critical difference is readiness, which no one can borrow. Believers must be ready through faith in Christ, even if they pass through death before he returns.

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