One important thing to note first and foremost is that there's a timeline for every event and happening on earth in line with God's Pprophetic Calender! Before Jesus Christ came to the scene...some events preceded his birth as well as after his birth.
We remember Angels visiting the earth for this same divine agenda.
First the Angel that visited Zechariah the Priest who bore John the Baptist (the forerunner to Jesus' ministry). Then the Angel who visited Mary the mother of Jesus. Then the Angel who visited Joseph a number of times and finally JOHN the Baptist who went ahead of Jesus proclaiming Prepare Ye the Way of the LORD.
So we see from the aforementioned events that anytime sometime big within the Calender of God is about to hit the earth realm...God sends envoys to set the stage for divine visitation.
It is imperative to note that there's a Prophetic Timeline of God Almighty for the Earth and the Church which is evident in the word of God (the Holy Bible) and through divine visitations (Dreams, Visions and Prophecies).
Our main scripture for tonight is taken from Matthew 25:1 through 13
Perhaps everyone of us has somehow come across the parable of the 10 Virgins which Jesus used as illustration to talk about the EVENTS of the EndTimes.
One thing we shouldn't forget is that parables isn't any ordinary story but they are wise~sayings used to convey deep mysteries (messages) to audience that requires revelation or explanation to understand or comprehend.
I must state here that the Church (which refers to the Body of Christ or Believers in Christ Jesus) is at a point of Transition from Time to Eternity and from Eternity to Time. Even though not everyone will be a partaker...we must strive to attain our place in these Glorious transformations!
Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
I would like us to take note of the terms Jesus used...
He didn't mention the Kingdom of God like in other places in Luke 17:20 to 22.
There's a significant difference between the K.O.H and K.O.G...People have been inter-changing the two terms for the other...which is absolutely wrong.
Luke 17:20-21 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.