Verses 1, 6 ? On the second coming, he will come as the groom of the wedding banquet and make the church on earth his bride (Revelation 21:2). In the Old Testament, God was described as the groom of his people many times (Isaiah 54:4, 5; Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 1-3), Jesus also describes himself as the groom (9:15). On the day our groom Jesus returns, just as how a husband makes his wife happy, he will make us filled with joy (Isaiah 62:5). Are you preparing for Jesus’ return as the bride gets ready to meet the groom, by putting on a suitable holy dress?
Verses 11-13 ? To those who do not prepare themselves to meet the groom will be firmly rejected and will be told that he does not know them. No matter how much they cry out “sir, sir” (7:22) and stand begging at the door he will sternly say, “I don’t know you” (7:23) and reject them. Those who do not prepare themselves will be like these five foolish virgins who grieve at the end. There will be a day when the open door will be closed (verse 10). Before that day comes and you are filled with regret, prepare yourself today. Do your best this day in the work that will make the groom happy.
What lesson is God teaching me?
Verses 7-9 ? You have a personal responsibility to prepare your faith for the second coming. Just as how the oil of the wise virgins could not be given to the foolish virgins, you cannot take from at someone else prepared. If you do not have faith but your family does, you cannot go to heaven through their faith.
