Re Matthew 25:1-13, can you give reasons why the 10 virgins are brides instead of bridemaids?

Answer 1

Every believer in Christ is a member of the church, which constitutes the bride of Christ. Five were wise and five were foolish. The "oil" in their lamps represents The Holy Spirit.

All expected Christ to come but not all were ready.

Answer 2

Because it tells us in verse 10 that this was all part of a wedding ceremony, and not a selection of a bride, we can conclude that these women were waiting for the traditional appearing of the groom for his bride which initiated the wedding ceremony of that day and time. They could not all have been brides awaiting their own weddings. It was customary to prepare the bride in a certain place, and she would await the arrival of the groom, who would come in with parade procession to take her and be wed.

The waiting here was an indication that these young women were eager to take part in the festivities, but some were not prepared to wait as long as they needed to. There is nothing in the text that says they were all brides waiting for the groom. Rather, they were waiting to be participants in the parade procession that went into the wedding feast- but only half of them were actually able to enter because they were prepared.

Answer 3

First you don't have the correct interpretation of the 10 virgins, These 10 virgins is not a absolute number only symbolic, & only 5 of them was Bride, The other 5 was foolish virgins, You will as many others will disagree with what I say, But You asked, & I answered, Study those 10 virgins St. Matt 25:1 10 virgins took their lamps & went forth to meet the Brdiegrrom, 2: And 5 were wise & 5 was foolish, yet the foolish ones is still a Christian, they are in a different catagory, 3: They that were foolish took their lamps & took No OIL(HOLY GHOST) with them 4: But the wise took OIL(HOLY GHOST) in their vessels with their lamps. While the BRIDEGROOM tarried, Jesus is the Bridegroom, They ALL slumbered & slept. 6: And at MIDNIGHT, (OR THE ENDING OF THE 7TH CHURCH AGE) a Cry was made, Behold The Bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him, . 7: then ALL those virgins arose & trimmed their lamps, (Something made them to wake up) ( A cry at Midnight or at the closing of the 7th church age) Therefore God would have to had a man on earth at the closing hours of this church age. 8: And the foolish said unto the wise, give us of your oil(HOLY GHOST) for our lamps are GONE OUT. (yet they were still virgins) They were foolish, no Holy Ghost, Only a simple plan of salvation, but no revelatory meat as the Wise virgins had to eat. Rev. 19:7 His Bride hath made herself ready. Matt. 25:9 But the wise answered saying not so, let there be not enough for us & you, But go ye rather to them that sell & buy for yourselves10: Go to Benny Hinn & those big TV evangelaists, & get your oil. But they don't really get any oil. And while they went to buy The Bridegoom came & the door was shut, what door, the door of Revelation to any new meat in due season.And while they went to buy the bridegroom came & they that were READY(You can Find this word also in Rev.19:7) went in with him to the marriage & the door was shut. Now notice, they went into the marriage, Not the marriage supper. You can go on & read the rest, But what I am getting ready to say, There may be one out of a million will agree with me. I thank my God, That I had the chance to study & follow this man's ministry in the right way. I said That in order for there to be a cry made at Midnight, That God would have to had a man on this earth in our generation that was ordained to fulfill that verse, Did you know someone somewhere fulills a verse. Now back To Verse 6, who made that cry. Friends, I can only give you 2 web-sites to go to, to see what this Cry was, If you are really wanting to know, you will go it, if you don't want to know you won't to it, The 2 sites is www.williambranham.com & fachurch.org The 5 wise virgins caught a true revelation of what God was doing in these last days, & a group of foolish virgins did not get a true revelation, yet they are saved, they are not bride material., Because the Bride will rule & reign with Christ

Answer 4

No, because the 10 virgins were bridsmaids. Why would you think they were brides? The virgins/bridesmaids were responsible to prepare everything for the groom when he returned home with his bride. 5 did their job, 5 did not.