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Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
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Matt 25:1-13 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Taking the leap from the guests representing "the bride of Christ" can't be done, but the proponents of the "bride of Christ" concept do it with this passage all of the time! Read This Parable from Matthew Again, Too The commonly accepted interpretation of this parable is that the guests represent the church-how can the guests be considered the bride? The bride is not the subject of this story-the guests are. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
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Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. Matthew 22:1-14 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. He doesn't even refer to it as the bride but that it is adorned as a bride. In verse 10, it also says that John the Revelator saw that great city descending down from heaven adorned as a bride. It clearly states however that "that great city, the Holy Jerusalem" is the Lamb's wife. It does not say Israel is the Lamb's wife. This passage does not say the body of Christ is the the Lamb's wife.