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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The faith that was once delivered to the saints
53-1129A §35
...thing it was called a confusion. And we find out that Babylon started over there in the beginning, and it was the first place of idolatry. We find out for it's in Genesis. Then we find it over here in the middle of the Bible, and then we find it over in Revelations appearing again. See, it come out of Genesis. Come up Babylon all along. Right on up and it goes to seed in Genesis. Now, in Genesis we will have to start with two boys. That's where the human race sprang from Adam and Eve, and out of Adam and Eve... Of...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §38
What a beautiful parallel here we could run, if we want to get back to Ezekiel 4 [9] and find out there that He said... (Has anything like this happened before?) He looked at the high walls, and when he did, he seen abominations done in the city. And there went ... come forth four men with slaughtering weapons. And they went forth to slaughter everything through the city of Jerusalem. And before they went to slaughter, they held ... stopped them, for there was another one came dressed in white, with a writer's inkh...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §64
There's your hundred and forty... Now if you want to see the bride come up after that, to show that the 144,000 is not the bride, just continue to read now on down, from the 8th chapter on ... or, yes, the 8th chapter---or, the 8th verse, I mean, from the 7th chapter. Let's start at the 9th verse, 'cause the 8th verse is the sealing of Benjamin, twelve thousand. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number [here comes the bride], of all nations, ... kindreds, ... people, and tongues, s...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §122
Now, the sleeping virgin, she lost her place. We know that. She comes up in the judgment. And if she's ever heard the truth, she's condemned. That's right. You'll never find Jesus any place but where you leave Him at. Judas could come up... Remember, the sleeping virgins, you say, could be inspired by the devil? Absolutely. Still living clean? Yes, sir. Judas did---saved, sanctified, preached divine healing, cast out devils. Why, he was just right straight up; almost the same thing that the rest of them was. But wh...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §115
...e sleeping virgin stayed long enough to get part of the Word, but not all the Word. The deceived church stays long enough to get part of the Word, but not all the Word. And they were sincere and honest about it. Eve was deceived. The Bible said she was deceived. Adam was not deceived. Adam knowed exactly he was doing wrong. But his wife, doing the things that she was doing, persuaded him to partake of the forbidden. Why, he was a man, see, and it was so to him that he... You understand, see. He knowed he was doing...