Did the Foolish Virgins Have Oil? Yes or No with Explanation?
No.
The Bible says, “They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them” (Matthew 25:3). And when the cry came, they said, “Our lamps are going out,” and they tried to borrow and then went to buy (Matthew 25:8-10). Now notice, if they had oil, they wouldn’t need to borrow or go purchase it.
You see, the lamp is the profession; the oil is the Holy Spirit. They were virgins—clean—but without the Oil they had no light when the Bridegroom came, so they were not ready.
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- Some Teach That The foolish virgins Must Have Had Some Oil for Their Lamps to Light Up at All and What the Actually Lacked Was Extra Oil. Is This True
No. That is not true. The parable draws a sharp line: some had oil; some did not. Scriptural explanation: - "They that were foolish took their la
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Questions and Answers, part 2
54-0103E §36
"What about in the rapture?" Well, in the rapture time... Jesus taught it as a parable. And He taught it many different ways. Here's one way. He said that there were ten virgins went out to meet the Lord, and all of them were virgins, but some had oil in their lamps and some let the oil go out. Is that right? And when the bride... Now, what was the oil? The oil was the Holy Spirit; the Bible said so. Now look. They were virgins. Now, what does virgin mean? "Holy, clean, separated, sanctified." Is that right?
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §81
Now the five wise virgins... Now, oil in the Bible symbolizes the Holy Spirit. We all know that. That's why we anoint the sick with oil, and oil symbolizes the Holy Spirit. So the wise had oil in their lamps, which was the Holy Spirit, so they were ready to go in at the wedding supper. And we could go back in Ezekiel 9, and so forth, and pull out and show, but I got about fifteen more scriptures wrote out here. So oil ... I believe we've already had it in our class this week, that oil symbolizes the Holy Spirit. We...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 1:E-89
There'll be weeping and wailing. The sleeping virgins will be wailing. They represent the church that refused to get oil (symbol of the Holy Spirit) in their lamps (symbol of the body or holder of the oil) until it was too late. It wasn't that they were not good people. They were virgins and that signifies a high moral order. But they didn't have oil in their lamps so they were cast out where there was wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Seals 9: Questions and Answers on the Seals
63-0324M §48
Now just think. What stimulates the church? Revelation, see. So wine, the new wine would be... Now watch. The oil and wine went together in sacrifice, went together in the church worship (now notice), assembled together, connected together. You that's got a concordance, look and see a whole string where wine and oil is met together in worship. If you've got a Cruden's, why, it says that there. Now notice on this. But now, you see, the oil is always the Holy Spirit. We find that over in Ezekiel, and we find it in th...
Questions and Answers on Genesis
53-0729 §98
There's your five wise virgins who had oil in their lamp; rapturing faith, believing all the signs, wonders, prophecies, and everything. And these five cut out of the remnant was taken away. And the rest of them were still virgins and will not be lost, but will go through the tribulation period. Jesus said "There'll be..." And they said, "Give us some of your oil. We want the Holy Ghost now." Now, anyone knows that the Holy Ghost... Zechariah 4, and, oh, James 5:14, all knows that it represents the Holy Ghost. Now,...