The 10 Virgins and Jesus' Return Part 2 | Doug Batchelor

[@jodengarver1294]

Please pray for me I'm struggling with opiate addiction and I'm constantly in shame but feel the conviction which I'm grateful for. I just need strength to go through these sick withdrawals.

[@roslynhidayia9881]

Praying for you brother Joden Garver.

[@jodengarver1294]

@@roslynhidayia9881 thank you. I keep praying myself, and I know the Lord will take it away I just strength and his will

[@noemicolon8515]

Keep praying and also start fasting, even if you start with 3 to 4 hrs. May the Lord Almighty bless you with lots of strength!!! Amen!!! There is a sermon by Pr. Batchlor that talks about fasting and prayer in KZbin.

[@tprada6214]

Praying for you. There’s a KZbin channel called The Life Boat. They focus on addiction and connection. My sister over dosed a year ago 4 days before Christmas. This channel has helped me understand addiction. The admins are believers. I pray The Lord’s blessings to you.

[@DEM11111]

@@tprada6214 🌞

[@BarbaraMckenzie-j1o]

A very sobering message. God bless the pastor and his family in their ministry.

[@Perseverance777]

Happy Sabbath!

[@Sabbath7thdaySaturday]

Happy Sabbath may God bless you all 🤗🙏❤️

[@citrussdachurch]

Amen! Happy Sabbath!

[@Bella-bz7fq]

Do we ever really become READY?even if we think we are , we have so much more to understand and learn.thank God he gives us time. Maybe for each his own time huh?thank u pastor doug.god bless u.

[@Sydneysss]

Only by Gods grace through faith and by having the Holy Spirit. I am thankful for Gods patience and how He sanctifies us and wants to save us from our sins but we all must make that choice to follow Him.

[@phyllisrattigan3349]

God bless you and your household Pastor Doug Happy Sabbath

[@sandysanders6873]

This is absolutely the 1st time I've heard this preached and I am not a young woman. I've been in church a long time and Pastor Doug is the 1st I've heard explain WHAT the reserve oil is. Thank you! Time is short!

[@nakiaboyr6196]

God bless Pastor Doug, his family & ministry. Peace from the Father and our Master Jesus Christ. All glory to Him. My brothers and sisters. If you have the time. Please read them in this order and see what God reveals to you. If you feel lead to do so. John 1:3 Isaiah 54:5 Exodus 19:3-9 Jeremiah 31:31-33 Jeremiah 3:8 Deuteronomy 24:1-4 Romans 7:1-6 Matthew 26:28 2 Corinthians 11:2 1 Peter 1:7-12 1 Corinthians 2:8 Revelation 12:17 Revelation 14:12 Revelation 19:7-10 ❤️ 🙏

[@jeanelizabethterry7583]

Thanks for this message.

[@FlameLegend100]

Happy Sabbath Pastor Doug may this year be a blessing for you.😁👍.

[@myjrny2]

I needed this message! Have to share it with my wife and kids! Thank you Lord for your messenger Doug and the message you placed in him to share with us!

[@Sydneysss]

A few days ago I had a thought come to me about where are we in the scope of time and what are the next Biblical events to take place, then I started hearing all these messages online relating to it, must be the Holy Spirit guiding. God wants us to be spreading the gospel, loving our neighbors, glorifying the creator, being filled with the spirit of truth and surrendering our will to God and being sanctified and sealed for the day of redemption.

[@kitwarjri7086]

Thanks Pastor been watching you for years n I hv learned a lot from yr teaching.

[@Bondploo]

GODBLESS DOUG BATCHELOR AND AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY The lord has used his holy spirit to lead me to you and the truth of the Bible and to JESUS CHRIST who I never new but now after 4 years i can now say I know JESUS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. I would very much like to come to granite Bay hilltop church and meet pastor Doug but I'm in NYC and I don't no anyone out in Sacramento but I would still go there just to meet Doug and go to the church there even if I had to live on the street godbless.AMEN.

[@kerenwinters]

Happy Sabbath❤️🙏

[@nathaliec7330]

Just love those sermon teaching us to wake up. You’re so on point thank you I’ve learned so much God bless for those important points of us sleeping 🙏🏻

[@alexandriamclees1267]

Please pray for my personal relationship with Jesus,I don’t feel ready ,but I want to .

[@allanmakumbi4675]

Thank you pastor dough for sharing the word of God

[@BarbaraMckenzie-j1o]

May I wake up and be alert/mindful of the nearsness of the coming of the Lord.

[@sealedsoon]

The closing song is absolutely beautiful and the very most best ever on AF!

[@cherylboucaud2482]

AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@laisaraluve1989]

AMEN 🙏 Praise GOD 🙏

[@me.roderick]

Woohoo just shut off the Seahawks and 49rs game to watch my favorite athlete. Paster Doug the spiritual athlete Woohoo!♔💪

[@whitaker144]

Doug Batchelor is my friend.

[@Bondploo]

It's funny I Tell all I talk to to watch and hear pastor Doug and watch amazing facts but they tend to laugh or scorn me about it this is so true but I do not stop. AMEN.

[@kosherchessandphotography4139]

Very practical and educational sermon! Just a response to Pastor Batchelor asking if anyone tested whether Chinese food fills you, I can say that I have and it's simply not true that it fills you for an hour before you're hungry again. I've been living in China and Hong Kong for more than a decade and half and eating Chinese food most of this time. If you cook a proper Chinese (vegan, sugar free meal), it can sustain you for half a day (which is much better than some typical western meals, like one finds in McDonalds).

[@yvonnerobinson6142]

Happy New Year Pastor Doug God Bless

[@eugeneb3682]

We need the Holy Spirit 😇

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

Why are there empty seats!?

[@Sydneysss]

Because people arent sitting in them 🙂

[@BigBangAttack-mt6pz]

@@Sydneysss lol

[@ptortore]

he mentioned a storm at the beginning so many may have stayed away

[@Teach-in8gp]

Laodicea my friend. Laodicea

[@stewiefy]

while they went to buy(Matt 25:10, Rev 13:16-17, Rev 11:7-15, Pro 23:23, Rev 3:18) the wise have light(John 8:11-12, Amos 8:11-12) during the last 3 1/2 yrs when the two witnesses are overcome and only false christs and false prophets can buy or sell their gospel(Rev 14:8-13)

[@whitaker144]

Doug Batchelor

[@stewiefy]

Rev 11:11 the spirit of life from God entered into them Rev 11:12-15 and gave glory to the God of heaven Matt 25:10 went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut Isa 62:11 his reward is with him, and his work before him I was mistaken in thinking the door was shut at the beginning of the last 3 1/2 yrs Rev 11:7-15(Nisan 2023 - Tishri 2026) Gen 6:3, Isa 13:9-12, Amos 8:11-12 but now I see that they come to life one last time immediately before Jesus returns at which time a remnant give glory to God. Also Matt 25:10 says the door is not shut until the bride is caught up to the Bridegroom. When we see Him coming in the clouds, His reward with Him, the door is shut. The foolish will learn at the end of the 1000 yrs that the door is not opened to strangers.(Matt 25:11-12)

[@jackmacedo5486]

FAITH,

[@AbelBlog]

I THANK GOD FOR THIS GREAT MESSAGE, BUT THERE IS AN IMPORTANT CORRECTION TO MAKE In the parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25:1-13, the lamp symbolizes the word. Like it says in Psalm 119:105 (KJV) "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." the fuel symbolizes the faith. And the light produced by the lamp symbolizes the fruits. the foolish virgins are the ones who didn't put their faith completely in the word of God. Not only the light of their lamp is not of quality; it's a weak light, but it will die out. That's the condition of those who are not truly saved, the fake believers. They also often produce some fruits, but they are fruits of bad quality as it says in the parable of the sower. And their frits don't last just as the light of the lamp of the foolish virgins didn't last. Just as the oil of the foolish virgins wasn't enough to sustain them till the coming of the bridegroom, the weak faith of fake believers will not be enough to make them persevere till the end. Unlike what many religious people think, foolish virgin didn't lose their salvation. They were foolish from start. They never started their journey to meet the bridegroom the right way. They started it the wrong way. Someone who is really saved cannot start his journey the wrong way. Jesus said that the one who has, more will be given to him and he will have in abundance. That means that if you really have life and you bear the fruits of salvation, God is going to increase your faith so that you can bear more fruits. IT'S A GUARANTEE! (eternal security) That's what we see with the virgins. The foolish virgins had little light (fruits); that light couldn't light them enough to find more fuel in time and add it to their lamp. But the wise virgins had enough light which could light them enough to find fuel in time and to add it to their lamp. We also understand in the parable that just like fuel was individual in the parable, faith is also individual. You cannot rely on the faith of someone else to be saved. But someone who is filled witht he spirit can make someone else by baptized by the spirit. So the fuel has to symbolized something that can't be shared. Another argument that solidifies the fact that the lamp symbolizes the word is that both the foolish and wise virgins have received the same kind of lamp. Just as true and false believers receive the same word from God. But the difference is first with the faith and then with the fruits which is symbolized by the light of the lamp. Those of the wise group possess more of both than those of the foolish group. Some scholars have a slightly different interpretation of the parable in the sense that the fuel symbolizes the holy spirit. And at first it makes sense when we realize that the lamp get filled with oil just as we get filled with the spirit. But the problem is that the lamp as we've all agreed above is not our heart, but rather the word. The fuel in the lamp as a result doesn't symbolize the holy spirit in us, but rather faith in the word. And the lamp filled with fuel symbolizes one who has put his faith completely in the word. Because both the faith and the word are in our heart. The one who has more faith holds more to the word in his/her heart. Someone who is filled with the spirit can make someone else by baptized by the spirit. For instance through the laying of hands as the apostles used to do. So the fuel has to symbolized something that can't be shared. Just s the virgins couldn't share their fuel in the parable. That's why it makes sense that fuel symbolizes faith. More convincing even is when we realize that the ministry of the holy spirit in the lives of the disciples had not yet begun when Jesus was making this parable. Jesus hardly talked about the holy spirit in his explained parables. The three things Jesus constantly talked about during his ministry before the holy spirit was given were: The word, the faith and the fruits of the believer. And that's what we find in the parable of the sower. The word, the faith and the fruits. That's why it makes completely sense that Jesus would be dealing with the same 3 elements here in this parable of the ten virgins. So that's a small mistake from these scholars. The fact that oil has often been associated with the holy spirit in the scriptures doesn't mean that oil will always symbolize the holy spirit everywhere in the scriptures. We need to have a flexible perspective when studying scriptures because God's wisdom is not static.

[@MsGratefulgal]

Thank you Abel, this is an interesting story. Your contribution is leading me to another story of 'Wise men from the East' and The teachers of the Law within the town in which baby Jesus was born. Both groups took studies seriously. They had facts with them but what makes the pagans wise, is that they took seriously what they studied, prepared for the journey to prove if it was true. They discovered Truth and thus accorded their Masters in Finding Jesus (M.FJ) Pathfinders (Jesus Finders) Are we taking God at His Word? Do we believe that He is faithful to keep His promises? If I got a notice that the president is coming tonight in my house, I would be like Mephibosheth. Our dear Lord, Helper of Israel, your are our source of confidence. You delight in mankind. Prepare us for your 2nd Advent Jesus is full of surprises, He led the pagans by night, shining brightly as a star in Bethlehem and they were probably taking naps during day light. He is leading us with The Written Word and with His Spirit (Comforter) There is a song: O Holy Dove It gives other symbols of the Holy Spirit Holy Dove Holy Wind Holy Rain Holy Flame Could it be that the Oil reserve🥫 is the mind🧠 Oil is the Word of God Flame- Fruits of the Spirit The Holy Spirit works in cooperation with the mind and its contents: the heavenly manna that you feed on/oil that you fill your engine with. If you miss a day without your meal/drive on an empty tank, you starve your budding and growing fruits. Proverbs: An empty sack cannot stand upright A lamp without oil cannot burn Drink water from your own cistern (oil & water are expensive liquids) A burning lamp represents the wise women and men. Light gives joy, warmth and it enables us to see. Daniel 12:3. The foolish keep others in darkness Lamp🧍+Oil📖+Holy Flame🔥=🪔 (fruits of the Spirit)

[@theoutlander9564]

Girlfriend = his wife...... it's Doug's humor.

[@chintasrvvegankitchen7761]

He did mean Karen right? Girlfriend?

[@tawidwidkasit-an6930]

10 Virgins refer to 10 lost Tribes , they are Virgins because they have not yet receive the Teachings of Jesus whereas the 2 Tribes(Judah & Benjamin) received the Good News from Jesus himself, 3 years ministry..The 10 Tribes are the Beast that rise from the Sea of Rev. 13 ,Beast with 10 Horns, Countries around South China Sea, or the Last 10 Kings..5 were Foolish, not absolute criteria for tottally lost , that is why there are 7 Churches of of Asia, totally lost were 3 Tribes plus 2 in the 7 Churches of Asia were foolish.

[@angelawebb6987]

"Girlfriend"?????????

[@PeregrineFisher]

Girlfriend? What?😂

[@sl4983]

That's what I was wondering

[@sl4983]

Girlfriend?

[@ericb5194]

Insulting your audience again dough, huh? Being rich and arrogant will do that. And giving money to you will not save people, stop telling them that.

[@MsGratefulgal]

God have mercy on us. Probably some of us look like 'the fig tree in leaf from a distance Mark 11:13. We look like rich (Rev. 3:16-17), we say that we are rich (with oil reserves) and before going to sleep, we seem to have no information needs about/for the wedding. But the temptation to pretend that all is well and another snare to sleep while all lamps are burning, fail us to get help before hand. The Master of the wedding is giving some counsel to us to buy from Him the oil/the salve, it is in abundance. Come one, come all with no money. N.B. He is the salesman: selling oil to us. This is the time to buy oil, use for ourselves, share (sharing is still allowed) and store enough for the great day. The commotion of the great day will not allow sharing. Compare the great distress on the Titanic, the life saver boats were the oil much needed. Once the Master stops selling the oil, He will come to the wedding. That is the 'delay' He sells His own oil to be used for His wedding. The door is closed because the five girls will not find genuine wedding oil/wedding garment🥼. Helps us dear Lord, while we are in your presence (oil shop) to increase our attentiveness so that no oil spills, it all goes to the reserves and that we get enough to store for the dark season/disaster preparedness

[@BarbaraMckenzie-j1o]

May I wake up and be alert/mindful of the nearsness of the coming of the Lord.