“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom” (Matthew 25:1).
The bridegroom is Jesus Christ and all believers in Christ are virgins, but some are wise and some are foolish. “Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps” (Matthew 25:3-4).
Scripture says that the human spirit or heart is the lamp and the vessel of the Lord: “The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all the inner depths of his heart” (Proverbs 20:27).
Jesus says, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). What kind of light? The light of revelation of the true God – the Word, as it is written: “The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple” (Psalm 119:130).
So when Jesus spoke of lamps in His parable He was referring to the human hearts, that some people who believe in Jesus Christ do not know whom Christ is, that many follow blindly without knowing the true Christ (see Matthew 7:22-23).
God gave His Word as oil to illuminate the human mind. Whoever believes that Scripture is the Word of God, and receives the Bible as the light of God; their lamp will shine for ever like the sun on the last day (see Matthew 13:43).
The Word of God is the oil that enlightens the human mind until the truth of the Bible lights up in our hearts. All Scripture is the floodlight of God, and whoever receives the Word “shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life” (John 8:12).
God’s Word is the everlasting Son of God, who is Jesus Christ, which is the Holy Scripture, the eternal life and the testimony of God. “And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son” (1 John 5:11).
Scripture is that oil the wise virgins took in their vessels, which is the light of God. The Word of God is Jesus Christ – the true bridegroom: “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:12).
Jesus Christ came to fill us with the knowledge of the true God, and to give us eternal life. God gave us eternal life through His Word. And eternal life is to know Him the only true God and Jesus Christ whom He sent (see John 17:3).
The light of God is the knowledge of God which comes from the Scripture. It is through the Scripture we know that the Word of God is the Son of God. The Bible is the true “Witness of God which He has testified of His Son” (1 John 5:9).
Scripture is the Word of God and that bridegroom whom Jesus says is coming. The Word is “the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8).
The knowledge of the Holy Scripture is that oil the wise virgins took in their vessels; therefore their lamps did not switch off because “The word of the Lord endures forever” (1 Peter 1:25), “Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27).
We should seek the true revelation of God’s Word. Whoever believes the Scripture is the Word of God has the light of God. Jesus says, “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness” (John 12:46).
The lamps of the foolish virgins switched off because they lack the knowledge of the coming bridegroom. The true bridegroom is the Holy Scripture: “Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness” (Luke 11:35).
Jesus says we should be prepared for the arrival of the bridegroom, that all Scripture must be fulfilled: “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled” (Matthew 5:18).
Today, the Scripture is knocking at the door of our hearts saying, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20).
PRAYER
Heavenly Father, open my mind to understand the Holy Scripture, and give me the ear to hear the voice of your Word, in Jesus name. Amen.
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