Be ready: The time is coming to receive Him.

by Alejandro Roque Glez.

“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to… virgins, which… went forth to meet the bridegroom… Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him… Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.”

(Matthew 25:1-13)

This is a parable the Lord used educationally to prophesy about his Second Coming. Note that he topped the parable, outlining about something that “will be;” that is, the Kingdom which would come one day, not that already existed here, even though its ultimate expression––himself––walked among the human fold. It also specifies that the virgins “would meet the bridegroom,” and nothing about they would leave with him; thus accentuating the event of his Second Advent and conjoining to his Church.

The mission of the Lord––on the way to his crucifixion and resurrection––was to emphasize that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (4:17); thus showing, through these passages, that overall mankind was entering its last period (Christian Era or Year of grace), which end with the eternal redemption of those who love God deep within their hearts and accepted his Son Yeshua (v.13).

The basic theme is that future––now near––Advent; when the weddings of God’s Lamb shall take place (Rev 19:7-9) and the Church of Yahweh comes out to greet her husband or bridegroom (v.1). Here the husband is worthy of worship, not the wife, and then it is He who is received with great distinction and hallelujahs. This is a parable addressed to all those who call themselves Christians.

These strangers are the ones mentioned in this quote as “slumbered and slept” (v.5), with no worries about paying any fruit for the Kingdom of God (v.2-3, 8-13); meaning to preach the Gospel of Salvation and announce the Good News to those oppressed by chains of ignorance and spiritually spellbound. It is to hold a life that shows our desire to see the precepts of God manifesting in our daily lives, and love as possible that peace that embraces true justice (not conditioned with perks); and detesting lies, as this is not a condition coming from Divinity, but the generational twist to which subjected us the once Lucifer-song-of-the-morning, later converted by choice in a stubborn enemy of all those who come to God (Jn 8:44; Is 14:9-15).

It does not refer here to those which the Devil has been savvy enough to denigrate and defame them before the world; enforcing over them yokes and legalistic impositions, using for that matter every State-power around us. Wherever there is a true Christian there will be as well spiritual and human entities trying to make them fall and expose them also to the humanistic circus, as if they were worthy of misdeeds and violators of laws accepted by the manipulated populace. Be aware and do not worry––brother/sister––God is the one who judges and he is taking notes.

This parable makes us reflect.

Is it good business to disagree with God in order to achieve fleeting earthly benefits? Didn’t the Lord say: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added?” So why you––earthly man––strive and toil yourself while forgetting the Giver of all your benefits? Does not he makes the sun to rise over good and bad ones at the same time? Why not believe in him when he emphasizes that into his Wedding will be allowed entering only the good ones according to faith? And who are the good guys? Not any sinless, but those which have been cleaned and soaped, through the blood spilled by the Blessed Holy Lamb; expiating our baseness and asking us only to wake up and be in guard so we could enjoy together such delight of welcoming him and one day live in harmony, justice, peace; and where there is no more death, becoming it just an obsolete symphony from a dark past never to return again.

[These and other New Testament prophecies are explicatively compiled in the author's book entitled: 'The Four Prophetic Gospels;' in print and digital editions]

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