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 Jesus Wants Us to Wait for Him in the Holy Spirit ㅡ

 “Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.”

 (Matthew 25:1)

 We all need to study as never before the parable of the ten virgins.

 Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. The wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

 This is the holy oil represented in Zechariah [Zechariah 4:11-14 quoted].

 This representation is of the highest consequence to those who claim to know the truth.

 But if we do not practise the truth, we have not received the holy oil, which the two golden pipes empty out of themselves.

 The oil is received into vessels prepared for the oil. It is the Holy Spirit in the heart which works by love and purifies the soul....

 Satan is working with all his hellish power to quench that light which should burn brightly in the soul and shine forth in good works.

 The words of God to Zechariah show from whence the holy golden oil comes, and its bright light which the Lord kindles in the chambers of the soul gives light through good works to the world.

 Satan will work to quench the light God has for every soul, by casting his shadow across the pathway to intercept every ray of heavenly light.

 He knows that his time is short. The people of God must cleave to God, else they will lose their bearings.

 If they cherish hereditary and cultivated traits of character that misrepresent Christ, while professedly His disciples, they are represented by the man coming to the gospel feast without having on the wedding garment, and by the foolish virgins which had no oil in their vessels with their lamps.

 We must cleave to that which God pronounces to be truth, though the whole world may be arrayed against it.

 (S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 4 1179)

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