| "Then
shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, |
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which
took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom." |
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Matthew
25:1 |
The kingdom of heaven symbolizes the realm of the
mind.
It is likened unto ten
virgins because the number ten relates to the mind,
which enters a virgin state through its purification.
Israel also symbolizes The Mind,
which consisted of Ten tribes.
Israel is the
bride, Moses, the type-and-shadow bridegroom.
THE
BIBLE DECODED; "Judah" ... page 37
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The ten sons of Jacob
(born of Leah and the bondmaids, symbolizing flesh
and bondage) are associated with the mind. The ten tribes
of Israel and the two tribes of Judah each have a negative and
positive aspect. (1 Kings 11:31).
The number 12 represents
judgment.
We are to judge the negative aspect of each of the twelve tribes
of Israel!
| "And
Jesus said unto them. Verily I say unto you, That ye which have
followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit
in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel." Matthew 19:28 |
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| Judging
the negative aspects of these 10 sons or tribes formulates to
12x10, which equals 120, removing the flesh of the mind, symbolized
by the veil between the "wordly sanctuary" and
the"holiest place of all," symbolizing
the mind and heart. |
| "And
the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for
that he also is flesh: |
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yet
his days shall be an hundred and twenty." Genesis
6:3 |
| THE
BIBLE DECODED; "Jerusalem" ...page 137 |
| THE
LITTLE BOOK FOR THE SOUL; "Judging Joseph" ... page
133 |
This veil was literally
rent upon Jesus' crucifixtion, symbolizing the time of transition...
from the purification of the mind to the purification of the
heart through a spiritual circumcision. The number associated
with the purification of the heart, is 144.
| "And
he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four
cubits, according to the measure of a man... " Revelation
21:17 |
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72 virgins and 72 names of God |
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The number 72
is associated with the purification of the mind! |
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144 ÷
2 = 72 |
We must purify
the mind and the heart, cleaning the "cup and
the platter" as Jesus instructed.
| "...for
so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit,
six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours..." |
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Esther
2:12 |
The lamp that
each virgin carried symbolizes the vessel that holds the
oil, which produces the light. That vessel is the heart.
"And
five of them were wise, and five were foolish."
Matthew 25:2
The number five
represents taxation (which spiritually) is to make a choice
between carnal and spiritual, as the Jews were taxed through
the teachings of Jesus to make a choice between the letter and
the spirit of the law, between flesh and spirit.
"They
that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
" Matthew 25:3
The foolish had no oil,
symbolizing the spiritual anointing that brings the light
of truth, leaving them in spiritual darkness. These five virgins
represent those that think they have purified their minds through
their ritualistic mind-body practices. They possess the lamp,
but are lacking the oil or spiritual anointing through which
the mind is truly purified.
"But
the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."
Matthew 25:4
"While
the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept."
Matthew 25:5
The bridegroom
is Jesus, the spiritual teachings of whom have tarried for more
than 1500 years... covered over by religious iniquity, which
rendered the spiritual mind unconscious... possessed by "the
spirit of slumber."
| "(According
as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber,
eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not
hear;) unto this day..." Isaiah 29:10 |
But some that have been
in the dust of a spiritual inactivity will awaken and begin the
purification process.
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"And many of
them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt...
And they that be wise
shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that
turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."
Daniel 12:2,3.
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"And
at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Then all those
virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
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| And
the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our
lamps are gone out. |
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the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for
us and you: ... |
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but
go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves."
Matthew 25:6-9 |
Midnight is the 12th hour.
12 represents the spiritual
judgment that purifies our mind and heart. Those that have
completed this process by the hour appointed by The Father will
enter into the bedchamber, receiving the spiritual seed of God...
conceived within the spiritual wombs or hearts of the true
spiritual virgins... those that have purified themselves through
the spiritual anointing. It is going to take everything we have
to prepare ourselves for this spiritual marriage.
| "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." Matthew 25:10 |
Marriage is intercourse... a spiritual
or communicative intercoursing of God's holy seed or word of
truth into the heart.
Living in the 3rd dimension
we are subject to time. And if we are wise we will use this time
to prepare or purify ourselves through God's spiritual anointing,
making ourselves holy for this spiritual marriage.
We prepare ourselves
for this sacred union through six days of spiritual works, revealed
through the six churches in Asia, the last of which is Philadelphia:
| "And
to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things
saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key
of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth,
and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before
thee an open door..." Revelation 3:7,8 |
| Through
a metaphorical six days (6x24=144) of works comes the creation
of "a new heaven and a new earth" symbolizing
a new mind and a new heart... The "new Jerusalem,"
symbolizing a new state of being, preparing us for this
most sacred and holy union...The sowing of God's holy seed on
God's Day of Atonement... |
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THE
BIBLE DECODED; "The Two Kingdoms" ...page 179. |
| "And
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and
the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:1,2 |
"Afterward
came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you
not."
Matthew
25:11 |
| "But
he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are;
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity." Luke
13:27 |
The word know
is intercouse, the sowing of the seed, taking place
beyond the kingdom of heaven...
in the kingdom
of God... in the realm of the Heart!
"In
The Heart" by Eddy Butler
Article
written by Sandra L. Butler ~ Copyright 2008
Author;
The Bible Decoded: breaking the ancient code
The Little Book for the soul: an ancient healing process
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