This is My Word
Alpha and Omega
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
The one who fulfils the commandments of love is the watchful one.
He has the Inner Light, the seal on his forehead
(1-7)
1. Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
2. The foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them. But the wise ones took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
3. Since the bridegroom was a long time coming, they all became sleepy and fell asleep. But at midnight there was a loud cry, 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming. Go out to meet Him!' Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.
4. But the foolish ones said to the wise ones, 'Give us of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.' But the wise ones answered, saying, 'No, otherwise there will not be enough for us and for you. Go rather to the shopkeeper and buy for yourselves.'
5. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with Him to the wedding. And the door was locked.
6. Afterwards, the other virgins, too, came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.' He answered, saying, 'Verily, I say to you, I do not know you.'
7. Therefore watch, for you know neither the day nor the
hour when the Son of Man will come. Keep your lamps burning. (Chap. 62:1-7)
I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:
The watchful person who awaits his Lord can be compared to the wise virgins. They also took along a reserve of oil in their vessels for their lamps. This means that they bore the light within themselves, through the actualization of the laws of God.
The watchful person who takes care that he fulfil the commandments of love will have the Inner Light: It is the seal on his forehead.
But if a person realizes - only when the Christ of God has already come very close to His own - that he does not bear any light within himself, and if only then he sets out to walk the path to the heart of God, his soul in the human garment will no longer perceive Me, the Christ. For the one who, to the very end, is servile to the world will pass away in that time when I assume the rulership over this earth. The light-poor soul will then set out on its path to higher forms of life in the spheres of purification and will walk it with much hardship and heartache.
The one who does not know Me has not received Me either and, for this reason, also bears little light in his soul. These people have indeed heard of My coming, have indeed spoken of the bridegroom, but they did not array themselves with the ornament of Inner Life and with the virtue of selflessness, in order to come towards Me, the bridegroom. But the true brides, who arrayed themselves with the virtue of selfless love and with the ornament of Inner Life and have thus kindled the Inner Light, will be with Me, the bridegroom.
The stronger the light grows on earth, the more the door will be closed to those who only heard and spoke of Me, but did not accept and receive Me. The door then remains closed for the incarnation of souls which did not unfold their Inner Light.
The words "I do not know you imply that you do not know Me because you
do not know yourselves. And as long as you do not know Me, you cannot enter into the light
either; for I Am the light of the world, the truth and the life
This Is My Word
Alpha and Omega
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