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The Ten Virgins Pastor John IsaacsKingsWay
Community ChurchMay 28, 2006
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Unlocking The Mysteries of Gods Kingdom
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Mysteries of the Kingdom
Matthew 107-9 And as you go, preach, saying,
'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Heal the
sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast
out demons. Freely you have received, freely
give.
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Parables of Kingdom
Matthew 13 3-23Matthew 13 24-30Matthew 13
31-32Matthew 13 33Matthew 13 44Matthew 13
45-46Matthew 13 47-50Matthew 25 1-13Matthew
25 14-30            
The Sower The Tares The Mustard Seed The
Leaven The Hidden Treasure Pearl of Great
Price Drawing in the Net The Ten Virgins The Ten
Talents
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Mysteries of the Kingdom
Understanding Parables
A key to understanding the parables of the
Kingdom is to ask ourselves the question, What
does it reveal about Gods kingdom that they did
not already know?
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Mysteries of the Kingdom
Matthew 133-23 Parable of The Sower Those who
receive the Kingdom have hearts that are open and
responsive to Gods Word and they yield to the
fruit-producing power of Gods Holy Spirit in
their lives. However, the kingdom of God can be
resisted.
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Mysteries of the Kingdom

• Matthew 1324-30 Parable of The Tares
• Those who are in Gods Kingdom are not in the
  earth to dominate society nor to be isolated from
  society, but to be involved and engaged.
• We dont get to decide who belongs in Gods
  Kingdom.

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Mysteries of the Kingdom
Matthew 1331-32 Parable of The Mustard
Seed Those who are in Gods Kingdom arent
discouraged by small numbers or small beginnings
because they know the Kingdom of God is destined
for greatness and someday will cover the whole
earth.
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Mysteries of the Kingdom
Matthew 1331-32 Parable of The Leaven Those who
are in Gods Kingdom are strategically placed in
the world to be a disturbing presence. They are
here to bring the transforming power of God to
everything and everyone they encounter. As
Revolutionaries!
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Mysteries of the Kingdom

• Matthew 1331-32 Parable of The Hidden Treasure
• Those who are in Gods Kingdom have recognized
  its great value and gladly given up everything in
  order to possess it.
• Some will discover the value of Gods Kingdom
  without looking for it.

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Mysteries of the Kingdom

• Matthew 1345-46 Parable of The Pearl of Great
  Price
• Those who are actively seeking Gods kingdom
  will recognize its great value and preciousness.
• The kingdom of God doesnt come cheap and not
  everyone is willing to pay the price for it.

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Mysteries of the Kingdom

• Matthew 1347-50The Dragnet
• Gods kingdom indiscriminately nets all types of
  humanity.
• We do not get to decide which are keepers and
  which are not.

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Mysteries of the Kingdom

• Matthew 1347-50The Dragnet
• Every person will face judgment at the end of the
  age.
• The basis of this judgment will be by a persons
  works.
• Except a believer is judged by grace.

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Mysteries of the Kingdom
Matthew 243 Now as He sat on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to Him privately,
saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And
what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the
end of the age?"
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Parable of Ten Virgins
Matthew 251-131 Then the kingdom of heaven
shall be likened to ten virgins who took their
lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now
five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3
Those who were foolish took their lamps and took
no oil with them,
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Parable of Ten Virgins
Matthew 251-13 (cont.)4 but the wise took oil
in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while
the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered
and slept. 6 And at midnight a cry was heard
'Behold, the bridegroom is coming go out to meet
him!'
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Parable of Ten Virgins
Matthew 251-13 (cont.)7 Then all those virgins
arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish
said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for
our lamps are going out.' 9 But the wise
answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be
enough for us and you but go rather to those
who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
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Parable of Ten Virgins
Matthew 251-13 (cont.)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. 11 Afterward the other virgins
came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!'
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Parable of Ten Virgins
Matthew 251-13 (cont.)12 But he answered and
said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know
you.' 13 Watch therefore, for you know neither
the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is
coming.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
Beginning With A Common Experience
1. In the Jewish tradition, the bridegroom was
the center of attention not the bride. 2. The
wedding was always held at night. 3. The
bridegroom would prepare a house or a room in his
parents house for his new bride.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
Beginning With A Common Experience
4. The bridegroom would walk to his brides home
to take her back to his house for the wedding. 5.
As he walked through the streets, he would be
joined by people along the route that would be
coming to the wedding.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
Beginning With A Common Experience
6. Maidens would be waiting for the bridegroom to
make the journey and their job was to light the
way for the others. 7. The maidens would have had
oil burning lamps (probably made of clay). 8. It
was common to be in the position of waiting for
the bridegroom.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does This Parable Reveal?

• The bridegroom is Jesus.
• The ten maidens represent His audience Jewish
  followers.
• The bridegrooms journey to get his bride is the
  Second Coming of Christ.
• Entrance to the wedding ceremony is the
  believers eternity with Jesus.

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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does This Parable Reveal?
5. The message is about the posture of these
Jewish followers in waiting for the Second
Coming of Jesus. Vs. 13 Watch therefore, for you
know neither the day nor the hour in which the
Son of Man is coming.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does This Parable Reveal?
6. The message is also to all believers
throughout the ages to be watching like the
wise maidens and not like the foolish maidens who
were not prepared for the delay.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
How Are the Ten Maidens Similar?

• On the outside, they all represent purity,
  innocence, and devoutness toward God.
• They were all there with lamps.
• They all grew weary of waiting.
• They all fell asleep during the waiting.

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Parable of Ten Virgins
How Are the Ten Maidens Similiar?
5. They all responded when the cry rang out
announcing the coming of the bridegroom.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
How Are the Ten Maidens Different?
1. Jesus says one group were foolish and didnt
get into the wedding. 2. The other group were
wise and accompanied the bridegroom to the
wedding feast.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
How Are the Ten Maidens Different?
Foolish Maidens
Wise Maidens
Without Oil
With Oil
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
Exodus 3023-30 23 Also take for yourself
quality spices-five hundred shekels of liquid
myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two
hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty
shekels of sweet-smelling cane,
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
Exodus 3023-30 (cont.) 24 five hundred shekels
of cassia, according to the shekel of the
sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. 25 And you
shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an
ointment compounded according to the art of the
perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
Exodus 3023-30 (cont.) 26 With it you shall
anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of
the Testimony 27 the table and all its utensils,
the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of
incense 28 the altar of burnt offering with all
its utensils, and the laver and its base.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
Exodus 3023-30 (cont.) 29 You shall consecrate
them, that they may be most holy whatever
touches them must be holy. 30 And you shall
anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them,
that they may minister to Me as priests.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
Psalm 1331-2 1 Behold, how good and how
pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in
unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the
head, Running down on the beard, The beard of
Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
Zechariah 41-7 1 Now the angel who talked with
me came back and wakened me, as a man who is
wakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me,
"What do you see?" So I said, "I am looking, and
there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on
top of it, and on the stand seven lamps
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
Zechariah 41-7 (cont.) with seven pipes to the
seven lamps. 3 "Two olive trees are by it, one at
the right of the bowl and the other at its left."
4 So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked
with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
Zechariah 41-7 (cont.) 5 Then the angel who
talked with me answered and said to me, "Do you
not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my
lord." 6 So he answered and said to me "This is
the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel 'Not by might
nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the Lord of
hosts.
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
Zechariah 41-7 (cont.) 7 'Who are you, O great
mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a
plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With
shouts of "Grace, grace to it!" ' "
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Parable of Ten Virgins
What Does The Oil Represent?
The Holy Spirit
What Does The Holy Spirit Bring To Us?
Gods Love, Joy, Peace, Kindness, Generosity,
Patience, Humility, Freedom, and Power.
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Living Life The Kings Way Watching For His
Return Living By The Power of His Holy Sprit!