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3341.—Parable of the Ten Virgins

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, Cal. · Feb 7, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 6.

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3341.—Parable of the Ten Virgins

By M. D. K.

If the parable of the ten virgins is applied to the close of probation, where is the time to stand without and knock?
M. D. K.
Some parables and prophecies have twofold applications, such as Elijah as a type of both John the Baptist and the people who shall give the last message. So the parable of the virgins applied to the great 1844 movement, when Christ went in before the Father to receive the kingdom. All did not follow Him into His judgment work (see Dan. 7:13, 14), and the tarrying time to that experience then; but is it not also true that these wise virgins represent those who by faith follow Christ in His work of ministry on high, while the foolish are figures of those who fail to study the Word and who will be shut out at Christ's coming?