Where Then Do the Foolish Virgins Come From, If They Are Not in Mystery Babylon?
Direct Answer
They are a separate, clean-living, professing class who did not receive the Oil of the Holy Spirit. They are “virgins” because they are not part of the harlot system; yet they are “foolish” because, when the midnight cry sounded, they had no Oil and missed the door. They do not remain in Mystery Babylon; they pass into the tribulation, and later appear as the “sheep” at the White Throne—saved, but not the Bride nor in the Millennium.
Scriptural Explanation
- Matthew 25:1–13 shows two virgin groups. Both are virgins (clean), but the foolish lack Oil. When the cry came, the wise entered; the foolish arrived after, and the door was shut.
- “Virgin” stands opposite to “harlot” (Revelation 17–18). Babylon is a harlot; virgins are not her. “Come out of her, my people” (Revelation 18:4) draws the Bride fully out; the foolish respond too late, without Oil.
- The Bride is the called‑out, Spirit‑filled company with the Lamb (Revelation 7:9–17) and reigns with Christ (Revelation 20:4). The foolish virgins are not shown reigning.
- Those who miss the door face trial and witness under pressure (compare Revelation 12:17). They do not sit on thrones, but later stand at the White Throne as the “sheep” who inherit life (Matthew 25:31–34; Revelation 20:11–15). They are granted life, yet not Bride position.
Simple Clarifying Logic
- “Virgin” means not joined to the harlot; “harlot” is Babylon. So foolish virgins are not Babylon’s daughters; they are clean professors who lacked the Holy Spirit.
- When the cry came, the wise had Oil and went in; the foolish went to obtain it and found the door shut. Missing the Rapture, they are proven in the tribulation and come up at the White Throne as the sheep—saved, but not reigning.
Reinforcing statement
Now notice, the Bride hears and goes in; Babylon’s children share her plagues; the foolish virgins are neither—clean, late, and not sealed in time. The Bride reigns; the foolish are saved at the end, but outside the Bride.
Existing Follow-Up Answers
- Are There Foolish Virgins in Every Age? If Yes, Which Tribulation Do They Pass Through in the 1st to 6th Ages?
1) Direct Answer Yes. In every church age there were clean‑living professors without the Oil. But the prophetic company called “the foolish virgi
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Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §50
So then, this ... all of them was marching to war. You well remember in 1914. Now isn't it strange---right in "The Decline of the World War," (I have the volumes of it) in volume two, about page forty-four---that they do not know to this day who stopped that war? Kaiser Wilhelm said he never issued no such a thing. But all of a sudden it stopped, and nobody knows why. They were fighting. Here come ... up front, come... It was ... the war was over, and they had already signed a treaty of peace, knowing not what happ...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §47
But they was watching the warning, these disciples ... knowed what Jesus said, and they escaped. The historians said that the ones who was called cannibals, they said they eat the body of this man called Jesus, who used to heal them. See, they was taking the communion. He didn't know what it was, see, 'cause he was a carnal man, not a believer, and just a historian. And he... And they escaped the wrath that come upon the earth.
He that is in you
63-1110E §7
...Word, she did not receive it. And she was out into outer darkness, and there was weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, when the elected bride had done gone in; the wise virgins had oil in their lamps.
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §95
...d me." Said, "Ah-ah-ah, you can't fool me." There she goes, right over again, you see. Snake to begin with, frog to begin with. Paul said in the Bible, them kind, he said, "They went out from us because they wasn't of us to start with." Hmm. All right. The foolish virgin;
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §111
...temple. The others labor, and bring their glory into the kingdom. But the bride is with the bridegroom continually. The others will never be 'lotted. Like these down here, they'll serve; they'll not be cast away because He separated them, the sheep from goats. But the goat had no understanding of it. He didn't care about it. He was a goat, and satisfied as a goat. And so he just died as a goat, and that was the end of him. That was all, see. But the sheep, if God holds... I was standing there with the heathen, tha...