Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go you out to meet him. 13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.
This brings us to the parable of the ten virgins who were expecting the bridegroom to arrive within a specific time frame, which he didn’t. The ten virgins, like so many others, they had grown weary of their watch. Having dressed up in their very best, they had never intended to fall asleep, but as the expected time came and went, and they waited and watched, and waited and watched, their eyes became heavy, and before you know it, all ten of them fell into a deep slumber.
Then, as we noted earlier, in the pattern we studied about Jesus coming at night for important events, it is observed again that He comes in the dead of night so that the ten virgins become startled by what then seemed to them as His “Sudden” appearance. We’re not going to elaborate on the parable, nor are we going to deal with issues or shortcomings of the ten virgins. All we are going to do is to focus on the darkness, the aspect of the parable which hardly gets any attention.
The Darkness…. Exodus 16: 4 Then said the Lord unto Moses, behold I will rain bread from heaven for you and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Exodus 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they did not know what it was. And Moses said unto them, this is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!