The Prepared Virgins

The Prepared Virgins

 

 

At midnight, a cry was heard: "Here comes the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!"

All the ten virgins woke up and began to trim their lamps.

The foolish five virgins said to the wise ones,

"Our lamps are going out; give us some of your oil."

But the wise virgins replied, "There may not be enough for both us and you.

Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves."

While they were gone to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived,

and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet,

 and the door was shut (Matthew 25:5-10, Korean Modern Bible).

As I meditate on this passage, the phrase "the prepared virgins" resonates with me.

Like the wise five virgins, we must be prepared to meet the bridegroom, Jesus Christ.

"I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband" (Revelation 21:2).