Spoken Word no. 143
THE
Wise Virgins
Brian Kocourek, Pastor
January
31, 2010
Now, this morning we will continue with paragraph 148 Now, now
look, To show you that we're at the end
time, even the parable of the wise virgin and the unwise virgin is with us.
Now, look, the unwise virgin, the unwise
virgin is going to be the hybrid. See, she had the seed without the oil, the
moisture to make it grow. Now, and what's she doing? The two groups, the
Pentecostal group and the denominational of the world, the Evangelical groups
has emerging together. See? What for? Going to
149 Notice,
the unwise virgin. Have you noticed that Even one of my great friends, a real
scholar, a man that's smart, intelligent, brilliant Pentecostal man... And I
noticed my brethren in the Christian Business Men is shouting the praises of
God because in there they got Episcopalian preachers, Catholic priests. I
wonder if those men are sound asleep. Do you realize... They say, "Oh,
it's the greatest thing you ever heard, Brother Branham. Why, this Episcopalian
people, people come over here, and they say they got the Holy Ghost. They spoke
in tongues; they've did these things. Glory to God. I'm telling you, they're
just... Why, their church has been revolutionized." Oh, my, brethren, don't you know what that is? It's the sign.
150 When the unwise virgin, wants oil, and
while she's buying it, that's the time that the Bridegroom come. Oh, you
Pentecostals, what's the matter? Well, you can't see it unless God shows it to
you; that's one thing sure. If you
wasn't born back yonder, predestinated to it, you're going to miss it.
Blessed are their ears that can hear; blessed are the hearts that can
understand, for the time is at hand, every sign pointing to it. See?”
Notice
brother Branham is speaking of the ten virgins here, the wise and foolish. We
find this spoken of by Jesus in MATTHEW 25:1 ¶ Then shall the
kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went
forth to meet the bridegroom.
Now
I want you to notice a few things here. Jesus starts out by saying the “
He
uses the number ten in reference to
the number of Virgins. Now the number ten is one of the perfect numbers and it
is significant because it is the first decade and represents the entire numerical system. The entire numerical system
coming to a completion.
Now,
The reason this number is significance is because He is telling us this is the
end time, the end of the virgins.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven
be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom.
Now, Jesus is speaking of virgins. At this point we do not see
any distinction between these virgins. They are all considered virgins which means they have not been with men, and
have not been impregnated by mans dogmas and creeds. Now we know according to Mark 4: 14
and Luke 8:11 the seed that the planter sowed is the Word or
God, and in 1
Peter 1:23 we are told that our new birth comes from an
incorruptible seed, which is the word of God. And in all of these Scriptures we
see that a seed is used in type for the Word of God which is called a seed
because it contains life, to be more specific, the Word of God contains
God-Life. Therefore, God has a Word which is His seed, and the Devil has a word
which is also a seed. That’s the Two
sowers who went forth sowing. And since these women are called virgins, they
are a type of the church who have not been tainted by mans creeds and dogmas.
156 Ten Virgins
60-1211M] Now, watch, they, both of them were virgins.
Now, let me get this. Here, let's take these two right here. This is a virgin
and this is a virgin. This was a foolish virgin and this was a wise virgin, but
both of them are virgins. Now, if you'll
take that name "virgin" and run it down, it means "holy, clean,
sanctified." The word "sanctify" comes from the word
"sainted," which means "clean." Like the Hebrew word...
Now, that's a Greek word; "sanctify" means "clean."
Notice
that all ten have lamps. Now in Psalm 119:105
we read, "Thy
Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path," So we
see that the ten virgins are Bible toting Virgins. Now remember, a woman in the
Bible always types a church. Brother Branham taught us that.
WHY WE ARE NOT A
DENOMINATION? 58-0927 31 Now, a woman, in the Bible, represents "church."
How many knows that? We are a Bride; the Church is a Bride.
73 Conflict Between
God and Satan 62-0531] Fire is the confirmation of the Light coming
from the Word. The smart virgin, the wise virgin, had oil in her lamp, and
she trimmed her lamp and lit it.
Now, what is it? Now, God is the Word;
the Oil is the Spirit; and the Fire is
the Gospel Light on that Oil. Amen. God said so. See? That's the vessel.
All right. The Oil is in the vessel,
and the Fire burning it, shows that it's
reflecting the Light of what the Word said. See? That's the reflection.
Now, that wise virgin could do that; but that other, foolish virgin, was on the
outside, had no Oil. And they couldn't reflect nothing but just their church
and their denomination. See? Now, "You say the Word... You said the Word
was Spirit?" Yes, sir. God said,
"My word is Spirit." That's right. The true Bride must be unified
by the Word. Now, remember, if she
is a part of Christ, she has to be the Word of Christ. In order to be the Word
of Christ, you have to be baptized into Christ. And when you're in Christ, you
believe Christ and Christ is the Word.
So
we see that these ten virgins represent the
church in it's purity with no man made creeds among them. They believe this
Bible alone. These
are message believers, they are not denominated by man, yet there is something
brother Branham said about the foolish virgin in this message we are studying that
we should take note of.
He said, Now,
look, the unwise virgin, the unwise
virgin is going to be the hybrid. See, she had the seed without the oil, the
moisture to make it grow. Now, and what's she doing? The two groups, the
Pentecostal group and the denominational of the world, the Evangelical groups
has emerging together.
So I would like to ask the question, “when
did they come together?” I do not see any large groups being represented out there
in the world with a merging of the evangelicals and Pentecostals, do you? But
what these foolish virgins have in mind is that they left denomination. They
heard the midnight cry, that is the SHOUT
of 1
Thessalonians 1:15-18 and they came out of denomination. But notice
the foolish virgin already were tainted. They were hybrid brother Branham says.
They came out but were hybrid with the world. Worldy. They did not have the
oil, or water for growing.
From Paragraph Spoken word
original seed 62-0318E P:20 Now, the unwise virgin and the hybrid
Pentecostals (That's the same thing:
hybrid with the things of the world.)... Now, remember, I'm Pentecostal, but not Pentecostal by
denomination. I resent that. I'm Pentecostal by experience. We must have
the, the Methodists are Pentecostal; the Baptists are Pentecostal; the Catholic
are Pentecostal if they’ve got the Pentecostal experience. You cannot organize
Pentecost, because it is an experience, and it’s God, and God cannot be
organized.
So you have the spirit filled and the
worldly filled hearing the midnight cry and coming out to see what it was all
about. Now, these were not bad people, just a people who were not born again.
All ten had only one thing in mind, and that
was to meet the Bride Groom. Jesus speaks nothing of these ten having eyes
for another man. These are not adulterous women. They are pure and have eyes
only for the Groom.
After Jesus speaks these initial words
letting us know that he is dealing with a group of sanctified young ladies, He then
tells us that there is a something that will ultimately bring forth a
separation between this group of young ladies.
Notice though that Jesus has now divided the
church or virgins into two groups. One that has an anointing of the Holy Spirit
upon her vessel, and the other that has no anointing of the Spirit of God upon
her, and thus her lamp is rather useless to her. Now, let me stop here and just
say this. Jesus begin to divide the ten ladies
into two groups of five which is grace. So Grace separates the two groups from
one another.
In verse 2 He tells us “And five of them were wise”, and
the word He used was a Greek word “Phronimos” which means wise but
comes from a root word “phren” which more accurately is
described as one having understanding, or an ability to perceive and make a
right judgment.
We know according to Matthew 13: 10-17 and Mark 4: 10-12
that there is a certain Group of predestinated people who are ordained to know,
to understand, and to perceive, and we know also by what Jesus told us in those
two scriptures that no one outside of
those ordained individuals is capable of knowing, and understanding the
Word. If you want to know whether you
are born again, you’ll know it when the Word of God comes alive to you.
Paul said, “Ephesians
2: 1 And
you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; and quicken
means to come alive. Again in Colossians 2: 13 And you, being dead
in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you
all trespasses;
And that is your key, together with Him, for
if His Life is living and abiding in you, then you are alive to His word and
can see it as it comes to pass. Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Audio letter to Lee Vayle 64-0500
P:2 Because if they only see it in the hour
past, then there's no hope for the church. The church must see it in the
present tense. So God sends His prophet to manifest, present tense of it. You
see? And then, after it's over, then history is.
Anointed ones at end time
65-0725M P:158 Said, "I AM sent me." I AM, not I was, or will be, I AM,
present tense, the Word now. Not the Word that was, the Word that will come,
the Word that's now. See? You get it?
Anointed ones at end time
65-0725M P:168 "For it is impossible
for those which were once enlightened and didn't move on with the Word as it
come to pass..." They're dead, gone.
Now
this word "wise" that Jesus uses here
is a Greek word “Phronimos” which means to be prudent
or sensible in a practical sense. We see
Him use the same word in Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them, in other words, puts them into practice) I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon
a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded ( it's
foundation ) was
upon a rock.( and we know that this rock is Revelation, and Paul told
us that no other foundation can be laid than what is already laid and that is
Christ.)
And every one that heareth these
sayings of mine, and doeth them not,( does not put them into
practice) shall be likened unto a foolish man, which
built his house upon the sand: ( You'll notice here that he has no
foundation) And
the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that
house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
In
this parable we see that the Wise are those who not only hear but put into
action what they hear. This is considered the prudent or sensible thing to do.
And of course we see the foolish are those who also hear, but they do not do,
and because they do not put into action what they hear, they are not considered
wise or prudent, but foolish, because they could have taken action and saved
their home, but they did not, and therefore their homes were destroyed. Oh, how
many believers today are watching their own children going down the wrong road
and are headed for destruction only because they did not apply the Token.
Brother Branham said it won't do you any good unless you apply it, it must be
applied!, and that means it has got to be put into use or it won't do you any
good. Now the only difference between the Wise and Foolish is that One had
their foundation built on The Revelation of Jesus Christ, while the other
didn't. The same winds of doctrine blew down upon them both, they were
both subjected to the same rain and wind
and flooding which [ Isaiah 59: 19
] warns us that "when the enemy
comes in like a flood the Spirit of the
Lord shall lift up a standard against him".
But
the thing I want you to notice is that the same trials will come upon both the
wise and foolish alike, but the wise won't falter during this testing time
because they have a foundation built upon a rock which is revelation.
But the wise took oil in their
vessels with their lamps. In other words, the Word was anointed to
them which makes all the difference in the world, because to those whom the
Word is anointed, it is a living Word, whereas to the others it is not a living
Word, but a set of rules and regulations in which they must follow. In Isaiah 28: 9-13 NIV we see what happens to them who
hear this Message but understand it not. Who is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His
Message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the
breast? For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little
here, a little there. Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God
will speak to this people, to whom He said, "This is the resting place,
let the weary rest" ; and "This is the place of repose"- but
they would not listen. So then, the Word of the Lord to them will become: Do
and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; as little here, and a little
there- so then they will go and fall backward, be injured and snared and
captured."
And
so we see the foolish virgin whom did not have the anointed Word of God when
they realized how late it was they went to those who did understand the
Midnight shout and they began to seek this anointing but it was too late. And
so when they realized they did not have it they went into a works program and
tried everything they could to work themselves up into a condition of anointing
but it was to no avail. So let's read on and see what happens to them.
So we see that “ five of them were wise” and “five of these ladies were foolish”.
Now, in order to understand this, Jesus
tells us in the next verse why the five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with
them: Now, here is the scene He is building up in our
minds. These ten virgins, all of them
are on their way to meet the Bride Groom with lamps in hand, but five of them have no oil in their lamps
to keep the lamps lit. Thus the lamps or
the Word of God has become useless to them. Now, the significance of this is
that the lamp is used to light the path before you so you don’t loose your way.
But it’s got to be lit or it becomes of no use to you, just a bunch of extra
weight which represents extra burden to carry which is legalism.
Now, in the same manner as the lamp without
oil, if the Word of God is not lit up in our heart it will do you no good. And
so we see these Bible toting young ladies out in the dark with no light. They
are carrying a lamp, but apparently they do not know how to use it, or what it
is for? Otherwise they would have made sure it had oil in it. And how many
people profess to have the Message, and yet because they have no oil, they do
not know how to utilize this great Lamp of God to us. And thus they still walk
in darkness and the lamp, or Message does them no good, for they do not know
how to use it to see clearly., their way to the Bride Groom.
And because they do not know how to
rightfully divide the Word of Truth what light they did have soon goes out and
they walk in total darkness no different than the rest of the world. And so we see this pathetic scene take place
where we have ten women, These are good
women, they are ladies, they are virgins, not sitting in denominations. They
are untouched, virgins.
25:4 But the wise took oil in
their vessels with their lamps. Notice the significance
of the words Jesus says and how he says it. The wise took oil in their vessels.
That means that they had a vessel that was separate from the Lamp. Now, the
vessel represents their person. The Apostle Paul told us in I THESSALONIANS 4:3 For this is the
will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should know how to
possess his vessel in sanctification and honour.
In
other words, we should know how to keep our vessel sanctified. And the vessel
represent your body, your person. And again we read in ACTS 9:15 when God spoke to Ananias
about Paul, But the Lord said unto him, (God is
speaking to Ananias here,) Go thy way: for he is
a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the
children of
So we see that the five wise took oil in their vessel and we know that
oil represents the Holy Spirit or the anointing of God. I SAMUEL 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
Now, let me show you further that this oil
represents not only the Holy Spirit in the believer, but an ability given to
the believer by the Holy spirit to know and to understand the Word of God,
because the anointing is for that very purpose of shining forth the light of
God just as the oil in the lamp is to shine forth light from the lamp.
In I JOHN 2:20 we read, ¶ But ye
have an unction (that
means anointing,) from the Holy One, and ye know all things. Then John makes it
clear when he says, 21 I have not written unto you because ye know
not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
And notice how specific John becomes concerning what this anointing will do for
you, and also what a lack of it will not do. He says, 22 Who is a liar? but he that denieth that Jesus
is the Christ. (is the Anointed,)
then notice how John becomes very, very specific as to what that lie is. He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. And remember, the
word and is a conjunction linking
two things together. 2 John 9 Whosoever
transgresseth (that means to go beyond the limits), and abideth not (and
remains not) in
the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of
Christ, he hath both the Father and
the Son.
So John is very specific about what that
antichrist spirit is. Then John makes it more clear what He is driving at, when
he says, 1 John 2:23
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: But he that
acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. You see because if you
deny that Jesus is the Son of God, then you make Him God the Son, and now you
have two Gods. And further if you deny that He is the Son of God, then how can God be a Father? A Father has at
least one child or he isn’t a father.
And without a Son God is just God, but He could not be a Father. Then to
say Jesus is his own Father denies that He is a son, and thus denies that God
is a Father and you see where it leads to? Confusion!
And John says, if you do not have the son you
do not have the Father, but if you acknowledge the son then you by definition
also acknowledge the Father. Notice also that he says, Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not
the Father: (and that word hath is the Greek word echo, and thus you
can not echo or reflect the Father if He doesn’t have children.)
But he that acknowledgeth the Son hath (echoes
or reflects the son, reflects) the Father also. Oh how beautiful the Scriptures
come together.
ROMANS 8:29 ¶
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to
the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
And that word conformed is not the same word that was used when he told us not
to be conformed to this world.
And if we are to be conformed to the image
of His first born son, then what image is that?
PHILIPPIANS 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the
Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may
be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to
the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. So
we shall have a glorified body, just like the eldest brother received His
glorified body.
Now, we will have
to move along because this is taking too much time. Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Now,
we could take some time on this but we know that during the church ages the
church was in a sort of slumber, during those dark ages, when the Word of God
lay dormant. But notice the next verse and how specific the time is that Jesus
is bringing out in this parable. He is telling us that it is almost the end of
the day, which implies the end of time. It is almost midnight…
6 And at midnight there was a cry made,(and
at the very end of the day, when there is no more time left it is midnight… and
don’t we see that same implication in Revelations 10:7 when time shall be no more?)
Notice this midnight cry which is made, Now
I want you to notice, they all heard the midnight cry, right? So it had to be
pretty loud, right? And this word cry here means to speak very loud or with a
loud voice, which is called a shout right? So we can say that all the virgins
both wise and foolish heard this Midnight Shout? And what was the Shout? "Behold,"
which means "Look and See”, The Bridegroom cometh, He’s on His way… And
who was standing there knocking at the door? "Behold I
stand at the door and knock," That’s Revelation chapter 3, and "Behold the Judge
standeth at the door." That’s James chapter 5. We see the same thing in Revelations Chapter 10: where the
same root word is used to express this great cry in verse 3. In verse 1 The
Lord Himself comes down and in verse 3 He cried with a loud voice, (which is a
shout) as when a
lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. And we know the Loud voice like a lion
represents a prophetic voice, or that of a prophet. God speaking through His
Prophet as we see in AMOS 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret
unto his servants the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared,
Not squeaked, but roared,) who will not fear? the
Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
…Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Now,
notice what that shout was…Not, behold the Bride Groom is here, but that word
cometh is the word erchomai which means “yet to come”, not Parousia which means
present already. No, that midnight cry is speaking of the Coming of the Bride
Groom, Then if it speaks of the coming of the Bride Groom, then the Bride Groom
is not here yet at this time. Then who gave the midnight cry? Certainly it is
not the Bride Groom, but another declaring his soon arrival. And when the king
called forth a wedding for His Son, notice He is the One who called forth the
wedding, it was Him calling forth, it was Him, the king that gave forth the
Shout. And brother Branham said in his sermon,
DIVINE
HEALING 54-1219M 283 I'm so happy today to know that God is in our
midst; the shout of the King is here,… WAY OF A TRUE PROPHET 63-0119 E-66 There
was a shout of the king in the camp. God was with them
HEAR YE HIM 57-0125 E-78 O God, how we love You. How we worship You.
You are in our midst. The shout of the King is here. The great Jehovah
UNITED UNDER ONE HEAD 58-0326 E-50 I believe that His Presence is here. The King, there's a shout of the
King.
TIME OF DECISION 59-0418
E-44 But what did he fail to
see? He failed to hear the shout of the King in the camp down there. They had a
smitten rock. They had a Pillar of Fire, a supernatural sign. They failed to
see that. That's what's the matter with the world today, they fail to see It.
CONDEMNATION BY REPRESENTATION
60-1113 35-2 And we believe that there is to
be a church in these last days, that will receive both former and latter rain.
It'll be scattered throughout the world in this Laodicean Age. It'll be a
church that's called back to the original faith in God. It'll be a church
that'll have Jesus Christ walking in it, manifesting Himself; the shout of the King will be in it.
6 And at midnight there was a cry
made, Behold, the bridegroom; come out to meet him.(
now I know your King James version says, Behold the Bridegroom cometh, go out
to meet Him, but this is a mis-translation. The original says, "Behold the Bridegroom, come out to meet Him). You see, the Message is always come out, not
go out, for the one declaring the message is not inside with you, but is on the
outside saying come out from among them and be ye separate saith who? Saith the Lord! So Who saying come out to
meet my Son? The King. Of course . He is the one who has invited you to the
wedding. He is the one who is preparing the great supper. He is the one on the
outside calling you to come out and we see that in Rev 3: 20, for it is the word that is
calling us out, and God is the Word. Jesus told us in John 12:48 that the Word will
Judge in the last days, then who is this Judge standing at the door in James 5: 9,It
is God the Word.
Notice
in 2 Corinthians
6: 17 Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the
unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and
ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
We see the same thing in Revelations 18:4 where God says,
“Come out of her my people that ye be not partakers of her plagues.
He is the same and changes not. God said, I am that I am, and if he changes
not, then every time we see the Scripture proclaim come out we know that it is
the Father calling for us to come, just as we saw the Father King calling for
the people to come to the wedding of the Bridegroom.
So then after this great cry goes forth,
this shout of the King, then notice in the next verse, because 13 is the number
of the United states, and we do not have time to go into that but I have
already preached on that, so we will skip that part but notice, we read in 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Now notice that this is verse seven. and its Matthew
25 which is 2+5 equals 7, so we have a double confirmation of 7’s which is
completion here. And in the seventh age it’s lamp trimming time.
Now, remember the lamp is
the Word of God. So what does it mean to trim the lamp? Notice when they all
began to trim their lamps, which I believe they began to search the Word for an understanding of what this Midnight Shout
was all about, it is then that the real difference between them comes into
view. The Wise, were made ready, while the foolish realized they did not have
the oil which we know always in scripture, oil represents the Spirit of God,
the Holy Spirit. And this is the difference between them. And this is also the
reason why the Wise knew who it was at the door and the Foolish did not. I think this also speaks of the Wise having
an understanding of the Headstone returning with shouting of Grace,
Grace unto it. Because, the
foolish were not aware of this grace. Apparently when they searched the Word,
they saw something in it that they had to do for themselves, while the Wise in
trimming their lamps, saw the Scriptures as saying that "He will make ready a
prepared people", and also, "He which began the work in you will
perform it" and other scriptures letting us know how we should
approach Him." And so the Wise just
went out to Him while the foolish began their works efforts.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our
lamps are gone out. Notice their lamps have gone out. That means
they were once lit. That means there wicks were at one time in contact with the
oil. But no longer, for the oil had run out. The anointing had left. The wick
must be in contact with the oil, (Spirit), and then it is able to be lit and
bring forth light.
But oh, message believers, you that will
hear this sermon, and you that will read it, Paul said, “you did run well, what has hindered you.”
And so verse 9, the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there
be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for
yourselves. And we have more people selling the message than at any
other time, and you can get it so cheap that if you don’t have a full library
of the message it shows that you have placed other things before the Word of
God.
10 And while they went to buy, (Notice
the last thing that happens here before the Bride Groom comes is they, the
foolish virgin got caught up in a buying spree. And what is all the clamor
about today right in this message? Is it not over who has a right to sell the
Message? Can’t you see where we are at?) 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door
was shut.
E-35 Sudden Secret
Going Away of the Church 58-1012 They were ready to go meet Him,
but some of them let their oil go out. Don't let that be your case. Keep oil in
your lamp. Oil is the Spirit, the Holy Spirit. Never let it drain from you. When you feel your love dying away, your
sincerity to Christ, and to the
cause, quickly go to Him Who has the Fountain of Oil and buy for yourself a
filling of the Holy Spirit.
LAMB'S
BOOK OF LIFE 56-0603 E-28 028
Noah was a type that was carried
over like the sleeping virgin. But Enoch was translated just before the
tribulation struck. And Enoch was took up, and was found not, because God took
him: the type of the going forth of the going forth of the church. And Noah
watched him. When he seen Enoch go, he knew it was time to enter the ark, for
to be carried through the tribulation. The Bible said there was ten virgins
went out to meet the bridegroom, and five were wise; five were foolish. And
they were all virgins, every one of them. But five was wise. And they had oil
in their lamp. And they went out to meet the bridegroom. And the bridegroom
came. And the ones that had oil, went in.
See, the translation, going with the Bridegroom. But those who were left behind, they come and wanted in too just like those
who come and knocked on the door of the ark. "Noah, let us in." But
God closed the door. No, friend of mine, one of these days God's going to
give you your final call, then the door's going to be closed between mercy, and
judgment. Don't be left out. Get in now while you can. Don't pay no attention
to what the world says. Get into Christ, for
those that are in Christ will God bring with Him. See?
Now, I want you to notice something here.
While the others who were considered foolish went out looking to try and find
some anointing in order to understand
this Midnight Shout, the others went into the Marriage in the Presence of the
Bridegroom as it says, They went in with Him.) 11 Afterward came also the other virgins,
saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. Afterwards, the others realized who
it was that was knocking and who it was that was Present, but it was too late
then, they missed Him because they had not been ready. The Word had not been
anointed to them and they missed the Revelation of Jesus Christ. They were left
behind for the tribulation period.) 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know
you not. This word know here is a Greek word which means to fully
know but in the context that Jesus is using it, it would suggest that He's
saying, "I never really had a consummate relationship with you" and
therefore, (as Doctor Hoyer from Wheaton
Illinois who was at one time considered the greatest U.S. student of the Greek
said, "this should be translated as
" I used to know you as my wife, but I do not know you as my wife any
longer. "In other words, we never consummated our relationship together
and therefore I really never knew you in a conjugal sense of the word.
Finally we hear Jesus speak forth words of
warning concerning this parable and what it means in verse 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of man cometh. And of course this word watch means
to ever be keeping a vigilant eye, or spiritual alertness for the Parousia of
the Son of Man.
And
remember, if this Midnight Cry or Shout is still a secret to you then it has
not been revealed to you, and as long as it has not been revealed to you then
it does not yet belong to you. For we read in Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret [things
belong] unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto
us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this
law".
Notice,
Brother Branham said, "when you have been truly baptized by the Holy
Spirit, then the Message is no longer a mystery to you, it is no longer a
secret to you, you know it!" "It's all lit up before you" I don't think you'll need to have someone
take you aside and tell you about tithing, or the need to be in church, you'll just automatically be there when those
doors open, because it's real to you, and because you Love Him so much that you
can't get enough of Him. And because it is real, you'll hunger and thirst for
as much of Him as you can get. You won't need someone to hold your hand and
baby you through, because you're ready to Live, or Die, Sink or drown, or
whatever is necessary for His Word's sake. You see, that is what the New Birth
is all about. It's not just coming to a fellowship. It's about being born again
as a new individual, a new Creation in Christ Jesus. Old things are done away and
all things have become new. You don't live for your job, you don't live for
your vacation, you don't live for your new car like the rest of the world does.
You live because Christ lives in you. You have no taste buds for the things of
the world. I'm not saying that some of those things aren't nice to have, but they can't really satisfy.
And there is only one thing that can satisfy, and that is to know Him.
And
what is the evidence that He has filled you with His Spirit, that you have been
baptized in the Spirit of the Living God? ,
"when you have been truly baptized by the Holy Spirit, then the Message
is no longer a mystery to you, it is no longer a secret to you, you know
it!" "It's all lit up before you". And if it is no longer a mystery to you,
then it has been revealed to you. And if revealed to you then it belongs to
you. You are a possessor of it as we read in
Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things
belong unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong]
unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this
law".
1032-Q-306 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 64-0823E 306. After the Bride is raptured will any of the foolish virgin be saved
or will they all be lost? No. See, everything will be finished for the Gentile
church when the Bride is taken from the earth. The Spirit of God leaves the
earth: "He that's filthy is filthy still; he that's righteous is righteous
still; he that's holy is holy still." In other words the sanctuary becomes
smoky, where the Attorney stands to plead the case. Christ leaves the
sanctuary; His day of mediatorial is over. The rapture comes; He leaves from
the sanctuary, goes forth and takes the Book of Redemption, and claims
everything He redeemed. There's no more mediatorial work. How many understands
that? I got it on one of the Seals--or one of the... Yeah, the Seals, I believe
it was, that Christ comes forth to claim His mediatorial work., just a minute.
"Will the foolish virgin be saved." No. Whatever happens, happens
now. After that time she's in the state... Now, she will have to go
through the tribulation period. And the reason of it is, is because she
has rejected the Atonement in Its fullness. She is a believer, a professed
believer, but she will have to go through the tribulation period.