Christopher Kendall's Blog – March 2013 Archive (2)

1. The Bridegroom is our Lord Jesus Christ;

2. The virgins are the professors of religion, members of the church;

3. The office of these virgins is to meet the bridegroom, which is as much their happiness as their duty.

4. Their chief concern is to have lights in their hands,

The circumstances of the parable of the ten virgins were taken from the marriage customs among the Jews, and explain the great day of Christ's coming.  As Christians we profess…

Christ foretells his second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express the greatness and certainty of them. Concerning Christ's second coming, it is foretold that there shall be a great change, in order to the making all things new. Then they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds. At his first coming, he was set for a sign that should be spoken against, but at his second coming, a sign that should be admired. Sooner or later, all sinners…