FOOLISH or UNWISE VIRGINS PT.1

Kenan Williams

11-13-2011e

Matthew 25:1-12

1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

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103 -80. Please explain the parable of the five virgins. Does a Christian sin?

Now, the parable of the five virgins--or the ten virgins it is; please excuse me. The ten virgins is found in Matthew 25:1. Ten virgins went out to meet the bridegroom (Now notice.), and five of them were wise and had oil in their lamps; five were unwise and did not have oil in their lamps. While they slumbered, the cry--cry come, "Go meet the bridegroom." And the ones that had oil in their lamps, trimmed their lamps, the fire was a-burning, and they went out to meet the bridegroom. The others come to buy oil, and they told them to go and get from--oil from those who sold it. While they were going, the bride come and the--bri--and the white--the wise virgin went in, and the sleeping virgin was cast out.

105 Look, the... All ten of them that went out were virgins. Now, there were ten virgins went to meet the Lord. Now, the word "virgin" means "sanctified (Does anybody know that?), holy, pure, sanctified." There were ten of them that went out to meet the Lord.

Now remember, they had been falling asleep in one watch, two watch, three watch, on till the seventh watch. But these really went to meet the Lord. And remember, as they went, the Lord came. That was the coming of the Lord's time. Not who was in the watch...

Jesus spoke where that some fell in the first watch, and some in the second watch, and some in... But at the coming of the Lord they all wakened down. But on this case, it was the last watch, because they went out, ten of them, to meet the Lord. And five smoked out their lamps, and took no oil; five had oil.

108 Now remember, oil in the Bible is a symbol of what? Can anybody say? [Congregation replies, "Holy Ghost"--Ed.] Holy Ghost. Then you could be clean, and pure, and sanctified without having the Holy Ghost. Cleansing is what you are clean...

Now watch. I'm going to take like this bottle. And it's laying out here in the chicken yard, and it's all full of filth. I pick it up; that's justification: "I'm going to use this sinner." And the next thing I do if I'm going to use it, I'll have to cleanse it. And then, if I cleanse it, what do I do to it? Sanctify it. The word "sanctify" made--means "clean," same thing as holy. "Holy na..." Yeah, "holy" is a Hebrew word, "sanctify" is a Greek word. The word "sanctify" means "clean and set aside for service." But then, "blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled," then they're put in service.

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68 As I have said before, now, in this we're going to try to give a little breakdown now of the Book, according to the histories and so forth. And each time when you see me referring to pages that I have written here, it's stuff that I have taken from commentaries and so forth.

Now, the writer of this Book is John, Saint John the divine, wrote to the future generation (A).

(B) Directed to the seven angels of the seven distinct periods of the Christian age, a age from the days of the apostles to the Coming of the Lord. And the... now, the ages appear in succession, each one, from the ascension of our Lord to His Coming again. Each church age is described of its spiritual condition. (E) Each church age can behold itself by its Scriptural and spiritual speaking unto them. As the Spirit speaks, each age can behold itself. Each age bore the true Vine of Christ, the Wise virgin. And each age bore the grafted vine, the foolish virgin.

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So, the Greek word for clean is "sanctify," the Hebrew word is "holy." Holy, clean, and sanctify, is all the same word. So this was not a filthy, dirty church; it was a sanctified, clean church, "ten virgins went out to meet the Bridegroom." What does it mean? All these churches. Not... now, not down here in the Roman; but down into the denominationals, the Nicolaitanes. Baptist preach on the Second Coming of Christ; Methodist preach the Second Coming of Christ; Presbyterian preach the Second Coming of Christ; Nazarenes preach the Second Coming of Christ; Pilgrim Holiness preach the Second Coming of Christ. That right? "All of them went out to meet the Bridegroom."

159 Now you--you remember that they every one was on their road to meet the--the Bridegroom. Now, if God only respects that, then He have, take them too.

But you remember the same thing, how the parable the other night, when God spoke up to us in the church age and said that "Balaam, the doctrine of Balaam." Now, here stood Balaam, which was a fine, great big organized nation. And they were believers in God, because look what Balac done when he come down... Balaam, rather. He offered the very same sacrifice to the very same God that Israel had, Israel's God, Jehovah. And he made seven altars. Seven is God's complete number.

163 Now, there was the virgins went out to meet Him. And the "foolish" virgins, now, did not have Oil in their lamp, but they had everything else: they were clean, they believed in Christ; they preached the Word that they believed, their denomination would let them preach, they preached that, the Second Coming, the Sacrifice, the Atonement. They believe. You ever tie up with a good Baptist scholar one time, (huh) you better know what you're talking about, uh-huh, sure had.

164 But, you see, "So close," said Matthew 24, Matthew 24:24; read it right away and you'll see. Jesus said that in this last days the two spirits would be so close together till it would deceive the very Elected if it was possible. It'll be so close it'll swing them Pentecostals like nobody's business. Sure! Now, Matthew 24:24, does anybody have it? I didn't get it right there. You got it there, sister, or some of you? Matthew 24. Got it, Ben? All right, read it.

[A sister reads: For there shall arise false Christians, false--false Christs,--Ed.] False Christs! [and false prophets,] False prophets! [and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.]

There you are. Now, what will rise? There will rise false Christs, false people saying, "I am of Christ." False prophets, saying, "I am this and I am that." And they'll almost deceive the very Elected if it was possible. And there's only one way that you can ever be saved, that's when you was chosen before the foundation of the world; that is, the Elected, by foreknowledge, your name was put on the Book back there. "Great signs!"

166 Now watch these two churches. Oh, if I could... if there was some way I could just make the people see It. Just burns in my soul! This... these churches are just as clean and holy as this one; if they're all virgins, they're all virgins, just as clean. The only difference was--was the Oil in the lamp, the Holy Ghost. And the Holy Ghost, if It's in there, It produces the very same kind of fire It did on Pentecost. But they don't have no fire, no Oil in their lamp. They have church ritual, church just as ritual as--as it can be, fine ceremonies (nothing against it), creeds that would shake your conscience, and songs like Angels singing. And they're... you'll... put your finger on your... their life, you couldn't do it. But still that's wrong! It's not... it's--it's part of It, but not all of It. That's the kind that misses the Rapture. See?

167 Now watch. Here was Moab come down. I'll take it right here so if you can see it. Here's Moab, a great organization, I'll put here "for" organization; here is Israel, with "no" organization. Here's Moab, put up one, two, three, four, five, six, seven altars; Israel had one, two, three, four, five, six, seven altars. All right. Moab up here put one, two, three, four, five, six, seven bullocks; Israel, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven bullocks. All right. Moab said, "There'll come a time when there'll be a man (Christ) come on earth, so He'll be the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world, we'll put seven" (what?) "lambs on this altar"; Israel said, "That's exactly right, seven lambs on the altar." See?

168 Now, in the very beginning, Cain put a altar, made a sacrifice, worshipped, done everything that Abel done, without... (Oh, receive It!)... without the revelation of God, when, the whole Church is built on that revelation. Jesus said so, "Upon this rock I'll build My Church." Spiritual revealed Truth of the supreme Deity of Jesus Christ, "On this rock I'll build My Church."

Now, if God only respects your rituals, your rites, as Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostals, and so forth, if He only expects that for you to do, preach the Second Coming and all these other things (that, it's absolutely Scriptural), like Baptist, Presbyterian, and so forth does, then God is obligated to take both of them 'cause that's all He required. But, you see, without the revelation, there's the sleeping virgin; here's the wise virgin. They was a organization, a great nation.

170 We read the other night, where It said, "These people will not be an organization, they'll be wanderers around in the land, dwelling in tents, poor, humble." But said, "Don't you try to curse them, 'cause I'm with them." Now watch! These people believe in the same ritual that they believed in, and worshipped the same God. See? But they didn't have signs and wonders following them! Israel had a Brass Serpent, a smitten Rock, the joy of the King, Divine healing, prophets, everything right down here. And they did not, they had the ritual without--without the blessing, the Oil.

171 The same thing with the sleeping virgin and the wise virgin, they were both sanctified people. But this one had Oil. And this one did not have Oil, so they said, "We're as good as you are." That's... There's none of us good, as far as that concern. "Why, you're a bunch of holy-rollers!" Well, that's okay, uh-huh, that's all right. There's none of us good, we all sinned and come short of the glory of God. But the only way you'll ever know It, is not by joining church, not by trying to live good, but while receiving Christ. It ain't what I live; it's what He was. It ain't what I am; it's what He is. He become me that I might, through His grace, become Him, the son of God. You see it?

172 Now, a sleeping virgin, and a wise virgin with Oil in her lamp. Now, all of a sudden, there came a sound, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him!" And they wakened. But when they did, this one could go in 'cause they had Oil in the lamp. That was the difference.

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325 Now, now look. We're... Show you we're at the end time, even the un-... The parable of the wise virgin and the unwise virgin--virgin is with us. Now, look. The unwise virgin--virgin... Excuse me. The unwise virgin is going to be the hybrid. See? She had the Seed, without the Oil, the moisture to make It grow. Now, and what's she doing? The two groups, the Pentecostal group and the denominational of the world (the evangelical groups), has emerging together. See? What for? Going to Sodom, see, see, now notice, to reap this harvest. Notice the unwise virgin.

326 Have you noticed that, even one of my great friends, a real scholar, a man that's smart, intelligent, brilliant, Pentecostal man? And I notice my brethren in the Christian Business Men is shouting the praises of God, because, in there, they got Episcopalian preachers, Catholic priests. I wonder if those men are sound asleep. Do you realize? They say, "Oh, it's the greatest thing you ever heard, Brother Branham. Why, this Episcopalian people come over here and they say they got the Holy Ghost. They spoke in tongues. They did these things. Glory to God! I'm telling you, they're just... Why, their church has been revolutionized." Oh, my!

327 Brethren, don't you know what that is? It's the sign. When the wise virgin wants Oil... Or, the unwise virgin, rather, wants Oil, and, while she's buying It, that's the time that the Bridegroom come. Oh, you Pentecostals, what's the matter? Well, you can't see it unless God shows it to you, that's one thing sure. If you wasn't born back yonder, predestinated to it, you're going to miss it. "Blessed are the ears that can hear." Blessed are the hearts that can understand, for the time is at hand. Every sign pointing to it. See?

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19 The unwise virgin has beginning to cry out for Oil. Now, remember, she was a virgin. And if she's a virgin, she's a church. See? We'll get to that this afternoon, in Revelation 17. If she's a virgin, she's a church, 'cause the church is a virgin.

Paul said, "I espouse you to Christ, as a chaste virgin."

Revelation 17: 1-9

1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

28_ Now, then, this unwise virgin, when she went to buy Oil. She was sent to buy Oil. When she did, she found out that she was too late. Why? Why, friend? The seeds are done planted. See? There was three, up to the Sodom time.