Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning.
Keep oil in your lamp scripture.
These are not answers so much as they are the means to the answer.
They all thought they were ready.
We must always keep our oil supply fresh and our tanks topped off.
The parable of the ten virgins.
Most importantly making our relationship with god a priority above everything else.
These things help us to keep our lamps and oil flasks filled.
In the parable oil could not be loaned to someone else.
When we see these signs that jesus spoke of in the gospels happening we re supposed to be looking up to the skies because according to jesus it is then that we will see him.
Outwardly they all appeared prepared.
2 five of them were foolish and five were wise 3 the foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.
25 at that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
The glorious light of heaven is given her by god the father god the son and god the holy ghost.
The bride will keep her lamps trimmed so that heaven s oil can burn brightly to match the light of heaven coming down with the groom.
That when he cometh and knocketh they may open unto him immediately.
Is referring to the end time second coming.
3 took no oil with them in the interpretation of the parable the lamp or torch is obviously the outward life of holiness by which the disciple of christ lets his light shine before men matthew 5 16 and the oil is the divine grace or more definitely the gift of the holy spirit without which the torch first burns dimly and then expires.
In this context what does the following mean.
The redeemed christian church of god bible study topic.
Keep your lamp filled with oil may 1 2018 text.
For our lamps are gone out.
The parable of the ten virgins teaches us to make the main thing the main thing.
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord when he will return from the wedding.
Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
We should keep on being filled with the holy spirit which is done by asking and receiving by faith being aware of and dependent on the lord and by having.
4 the wise ones however took oil in jars along with their lamps.
5 the bridegroom was a long time in coming and they.
The master goes on with his teaching on the subject of covetousness still addressing himself primarily to the disciples.
And the foolish said unto the wise give us of your oil.
And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the holy spirit.
Oil in the bible usually represents the holy spirit or the anointing of the holy spirit.