Soul Tips from PB

Following the warnings of the previous chapters, Jesus begins to tell parables to illustrate the need to be watchful (25:1-13) as well as faithful (25:14-30). In this parable of the ten virgins, we see wisdom and foolishness illustrated and compared. No one knows the day or hour, or the times and dates of how the future will unfold, only the Father knows these things ahead of time. However, when Jerusalem is judged, it will be a terrible time of distress and suffering. It will also be a vindication of who Jesus is, the promised Messiah. Therefore, the disciples (and the believers after them, including us) must keep watch, because they do not know the day or the hour. Once the events happen (in their generation), they would see that what Jesus said was true.