From: Eddie Chumney

To: Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup

Subject: Parable of the 10 Virgins

What Does it Mean: THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS

Dear Mishpochah (family):

In Matthew 25:1-13, Yeshua tells us a parable about the 10 virgins. What is the meaning of this parable?

The parable of the ten virgins is one of the most important teachings in the Bible. Why? The parable is a
lesson about the 2nd coming of the Yeshua the Messiah. In the parable, Yeshua explains that there will be those
who will be EXPECTING HIS COMING BELIEVING THEY ARE HIS BRIDE but MISS HIS COMING.

YESHUA DIED ON THE TREE

TO UNITE THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

The parable of the ten virgins are about the 2nd coming of the Messiah. You can't understand the 2nd
coming of the Messiah unless you understand His 1st coming.

Yeshua died on the tree / cross to unite the 12 tribes of Israel.

KJV John 11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye
know nothing at all,

KJV John 11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the
whole nation perish not.

KJV John 11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus
should die for that nation;

KJV John 11:52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God
that were scattered abroad.

Yeshua died for TWO NATIONS who are:

#1) The children of God

#2) Scattered abroad
#3) Who will be gathered together into one

Who does this describe? It is: Northern Kingdom (Ephraim) and the Southern Kingdom (Judah).
Ezekiel 37:15-28 tells us that they will be united during Messianic times.

WHEN WILL YESHUA UNITE THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL?

In Acts 1:6, Yeshua was asked WHEN He will unite the 12 tribes of Israel.

KJV Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time
restore again the kingdom to Israel?
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 The 'Restoration of the Kingdom to Israel' is the uniting of all 12 tribes of Israel.

Yeshua answered that the BEGINNING of the process is an empowering of the Holy Spirit (Ruach
HaKodesh) who will be SENT out to the nations beginning in Jerusalem to the exiles of Israel.

KJV Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses
unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

PAUL TEACHES THE UNITING OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

In his ministry, Paul taught the role of the Messiah to unite the 12 tribes of Israel.

KJV Acts 26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

KJV Acts 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For
which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

The 12 tribes "hope to come" (future) is the uniting of the 12 tribes of Israel in Messianic times.

PETER WROTE TO THE 10 TRIBES OF ISRAEL IN EXILE

Peter wrote to the 10 tribes of Israel in exile.

KJV 1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered <1290> throughout Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia

The word 'scattered' is the Strong's number <1290> in the Greek concordance. It is the Greek word, 'Diaspora'.

DIASPORA = 1a) of Israelites dispersed among foreign nations

THE BOOK OF REVELATION TELLS US THAT THE 12 TRIBES WILL BE UNITED DURING
TRIBULATION TIMES

The book of Revelation gives us the details of how and when this will be literally fulfilled.

In Revelation 7:13-14, the question is asked, 'Who are these who came out of the great tribulation'?

The answer in Revelation 7:16-17 is a quote from Isaiah 49:10 which mentions the exiles of Israel which
specifically in Isaiah 49:10 refers to the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom or Ephraim.

The united of the 12 tribes of Israel is one of the two key signs of Revelation 12.

KJV Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the
moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

The 12 stars represent the 12 tribes of Israel united.

 From the time that this process starts, there will be 3 1/2 years until Yeshua sets His feet upon the mount
of Olives. This 3 1/2 year period is commonly called the 'great tribulation'.

At the conclusion of this 3 1/2 year period, there will be a wedding (Revelation 19:7-8).

In summary:

#1) Yeshua died to gather the exiles of Israel

#2) The Holy Spirit was outpoured to gather the exiles of Israel

#3) Paul's ministry was to the exiles of Israel

#4) Various letters in the NT was written to the exiles of Israel

#5) Revelation tells us the events which will be happening in the earth when the exiles of Israel are physically
gathered to the land of Israel during the 'Great Tribulation.

THE UNITING OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

IS LIKE A WEDDING

KJV Jeremiah 33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of
the bride ... For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

THE 12 TRIBES REDEEMED IS CALLED A 'VIRGIN'

KJV Jeremiah 31:10 Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He
that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

KJV Jeremiah 31:13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance ...

KJV Jeremiah 31:1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they
shall be my people.

KJV Jeremiah 31:2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the
wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

KJV Jeremiah 31:4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel:

ZION REDEEMED (12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL)

IS CALLED A 'VIRGIN'

KJV Jeremiah 3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take
you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

ZION = UNITING OF THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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KJV Psalm 147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

YESHUA WILL RETURN IN GLORY

WHEN HE UNITES THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

KJV Psalm 102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

12 TRIBES = ZION REDEEMED = 'VIRGIN' = LAMP THAT BURNS

KJV Isaiah 62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace ... he salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth

KJV Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom
rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

WHO ARE THE WISE / FOOLISH VIRGINS?

Let's define some of the terms in this parable.

#1) They are VIRGINS (Matthew 25:1)

Zion redeemed is like a 'virgin' (Jeremiah 31:10, 13)

#2) They took their LAMPS (Matthew 25:1)

The Torah is likened to a 'LAMP' and the uniting of the 12 tribes of Israel is likened to a 'LAMP'.

KJV Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light ...

KJV Isaiah 62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace ... he salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth

#3) FIVE were wise and FIVE were foolish

The FIVE represents the FIVE book of the Torah.

#4) The FOOLISH don't follow the Torah. The WISE do.

KJV Proverbs 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

KJV Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect ... making wise ...

KJV Proverbs 28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son ...

#5) The FOOLISH have NO OIL (Matthew 25:3)

KJV Proverbs 21:20 ... and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

#6) There was a CRY made ...

 The exiles of Israel will be gathered with the 'blowing of the shofar'. The SOUND of the shofar is likened to
a LOUD CRY / SHOUT. It is called in Hebrew, 'Teruah'.

KJV Leviticus 23:24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the
month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing <08643> of trumpets ...

<08643> = Teruah 1) alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm or joy

KJV Isaiah 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall
come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship
the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

#6) There was a CRY made at MIDNIGHT... (Matthew 25:6)

MID-NIGHT is the MIDDLE of the NIGHT. The 'Night' is the tribulation. The MIDDLE of the NIGHT is
the 'Great Tribulation' which is the last 3 1/2 years (Revelation 12).

The FOOLISH VIRGINS don't realize that the Bridegroom is coming until MIDNIGHT. Before midnight,
she is ASLEEP.

AT MIDNIGHT (the beginning of the great tribulation) is when the nations will establish WORLD
GOVERNMENT from an ECONOMIC COLLAPSE (Revelation 12 / 13)

#7) The FOOLISH (those that don't follow Torah) want to BUY OIL for their LAMPS but can't do so (Matthew
25:8) and miss the coming of the Bridegroom (Matthew 25:10)

WHAT MAKES THE FOOLISH VIRGINS

MISS THE COMING OF THE BRIDEGROOM ?
The 'foolish' virgins didn't have enough 'Torah understanding' to know that the Messiah will unite the 12
tribes of Israel in Messianic times and the joy of this event is like a wedding.

They don't understand how the 'Torah' prepares us for the 'wedding of the Messiah'.

In Colossians 2:16-17, Paul tells us that:

#1) The New Moon teaches about Yeshua's second coming

#2) The Sabbath teaches about Yeshua's second coming

#3) The Dietary Laws teaches about Yeshua's second coming

#4) The annual Festivals teaches about Yeshua's second coming

WHAT MAKES THE FOOLISH VIRGINS FOOLISH?

Most Christians don't know how the New Moon, Sabbath, Dietary Laws and annual Festivals teach about
the second coming of the Messiah.

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 Most Christians don't know that the central theme of the New Testament is the role of the Messiah to gather
the 12 tribes of Israel.

Most Christians don't know that Yeshua died on the tree to gather the 12 tribes of Israel.

Most Christians don't know that the book of Revelation tells us that the Messiah will be revealed to the
world when He gathers the 12 tribes of Israel during a time of great tribulation upon the earth.

By not knowing these things, the 'foolish virgins' miss the 'wedding' (Messiah's second coming to gather
the exiles of Israel).

The 'foolish virgins' don't even realize that they are missing a wedding until the 'midnight' hour. When they
go to "buy" (try to understand what they dont' know), they aren't able to "buy".

I believe that because the collapse of the US dollar and the economic collapse of the USA is so near that
we are SOON nearing the days when the 'foolish virgins' won't be able to buy.

HOW CAN YOU BE A WISE VIRGIN?

How can you be a wise virgin? become 'wise virgins' by knowing how the Sabbath and Festivals teach
about the second coming of the Messiah and by understanding how their faith in Yeshua as Messiah is related to
His role to gather the 12 tribes of Israel.