This past Sunday's Gospel lesson was the Parable of the Ten Virgins. I'm not going to retell the parable here, but the point of the parable was to keep watch "for you don't know the day or the hour" of the return of the Bridegroom. I have some very basic questions about this text.
1) Assuming that Jesus didn't tell this parable in a vacuum and was in fact speaking to a live audience, we can safely say that each individual in the original audience is now deceased. Since that's the case, are they still watching?
2) What are they watching? How are they watching?
Discuss, please.
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I'm married with two children.
My MBTI type is E/INFP, in case that means anything to you.
My prayer: Lord, help me finish everything I sta
Most importantly, I believe that the reality and personage of God was uniquely and fully realized in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. No one else comes close.
Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for the seizures and/or convulsions you may experience while reading this blog.
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Hopefully they were watching when they died. I believe that is when Jesus came to take them (their souls) home to be with Him. If they were keeping watch, they are with Him now and are only waiting to be united with their new bodies at Christ's second coming.
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