Comment: We use Psa 119:62 to show that the resurrection of the Ancient Worthies will occur at a crisis or turning point: “At midnight I will rise (from the sleep of death) to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.” Therefore, “midnight” can also signify a crisis or turning point in the parable and does not have to pinpoint 1874 as the start of a new day. “Midnight” will be a crucial turning point for the feet members….
Returning to Verse 7: “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.” We note that the very first thing to happen after the midnight cry is that the virgins awoke. (They had been slumbering—see Verse 5.) All of the virgins “arose” (awoke) and trimmed their lamps. The hour of the beast is fast approaching when the nominal Church will come into…
Having in our previous post considered several reasons why the class was rather reluctant to change the time line for the application of this prophecy we should now like to consider several other points from another standpoint—from the standpoint of TODAY. Here is the question: Could these happenings of the past have providentially occurred to lock this subject until a later date? The answer seems to be yes, and will become more apparent as we continue. Matthew 24 tells about…
Having presented the common or orthodox view of this parable we should here like to present another possible interpretation, note none of the essential lessons which we gleamed from the first have been changed it is simply the time for the application of this parable that is being reconsidered now. Upon further study the class had deemed that certain points in the parable merited reconsideration. One point is that ten virgins went forth and the Bridegroom did tarry. After the…