‘Last Generation’
Mat 25:1-5 “Then the
kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went
out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise
took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.”
A virgin is a
Christian who gives up the worldly pursuit to serve God full-time.
2 Cor 11:2 For I am
jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband,
that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Oil - Annointing,
Holy Spirit
At salvation, every
born-again Christian is given the Holy Spirit of redemption, who will empower
him with spiritual gifts to encourage and help him to obey and keep His words
and commandments.
Extra Oil - Spirit of
truth
John 14:15-17a “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I
will pray the Father, and He will give
you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth,
"
When a Christian
loves the Lord, he will keep His words and commandments. God will then give him
another Helper (extra oil) - the
Spirit of truth, so that with truth he will be free from sins and bondages and
able to disciple others.
John 8:31-32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed
Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Y2K or Year 2000AD
Year 2000, was the
end of the millennium. IT experts said that at midnight 2000AD, the Y2K
computer bug may set off ICBM, rockets, nuclear bombs, etc. to annihilate the
whole world. With so much sufferings caused by wars and conflicts, plagues and
natural disasters, most Christians were convinced that the Lord's coming will
likely be in Y2K.
Delay in Coming at
Y2K?
Our lord did not
tell anyone when He would come, so He did not delay His coming. It was men who
assumed that He would come in the Year 2000AD. When our Lord did not appear as
men expected, they thought that He had delayed His coming.
Foolish Virgins
These five foolish
virgins represent full time workers in the last days. For fear of missing
Rapture, many Christians gave up their jobs to become full time workers.
Unfortunately, without the sincere love for Jesus, they will not keep His
commandments and words. These fulltime workers who were without the extra oil
(Spirit of truth), are serving themselves (prosperity gospel and partially
keeping the Mosaic Law and Jewish feasts, etc.) and not God for they are not
doing His will.
Mat 7:21 “Not everyone
who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in
heaven."
But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all
slumbered and slept
After Y2K, hardly
anyone dared to preach endtime prophecies anymore (slumbered). These foolish
virgins (endtime Christians in 2 Tim 3) lose faith in Jesus and His words and
accept destructive heresies defiling them to be worldly again. Many are now covetous
pastors and televangelists with some are gay bishops and pastors.
2 Tim 3:1-5 But know this, that in the last days
perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of
money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal,
despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather
than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from
such people turn away!
Wise Virgins
The wise virgins
who keep His commandments are given the Spirit of truth (extra oil) to love one
another as Jesus had loved us. They are worthy to be the sons of God and the
bride of the Lamb.
