Wednesday, September 25, 2003 (83) THE FOOLISH VIRGINS IN REVELATION. When the Bride is removed to the place which the Lord has prepared for her. The dragon which attempted specifically to destroy her child, and failed. Rev. 12:4 Will also mount an attack against the Bride, and fail. Rev. 7:15 His efforts are then turned against a segment of Christianity which had failed to meet the requirements necessary to be a part of the Bride. They are called the remnant or the rest of her offspring. They definitely have an association with the Bride but are left behind, they are foolish or have squandered their opportunity to be in the Bride. The spiritual nature of this remnant is to be noted by the fact that they keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Rev. 12:17 That they are children of the Lord is further sealed by 1 John 5:2. They love God and keep his commandments. These foolish virgins will face the full force of the power and wrath of the complete forces of evil who are in authority during the tribulation period. These, left being Christians are found again in the book of Revelation and they are identified as those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus Christ. A voice from heaven is heard telling them of their future, they are a Blessed people for they are to die as martyrs, for the Lord. They will in this manner be delivered from their persecution and will rest from their labors and they will be rewarded accordingly. Rev. 14:12
WILL THERE BE CHRISTIANS WHO ENTER THE TRIBULATION? The answer is most definitely, yes. The scripture has shown to us that there are very definitely two classifications of Christians. The wise and the foolish. We have already seen them classified as the remnant of the woman’s seed. They are identified as saints who will face the antichrist in all of his furry and anger. He will be granted the ability to make war against them and overcome them. Rev. 13:7 This attests to the fact that not all Christians will be delivered at the opening of the tribulation. Only the wise. Not only will they face difficulties from the direct assault of the antichrist but at the same time the false church, the harlot church will turn on them because they will not enter into her compromise with satanic powers. Her attack will be so vicious that she will become as a person who is drunken, only this time on the blood of the saints. Rev. 17:6 The consistent witness and testimony of the existence of this group is found again in the Revelation. They are identified as the souls who had been beheaded when the antichrist and his forces will try to make them worship him. They will not receive the number name or mark of the antichrist. They will be martyred because they held fast to their testimony of the Lord Jesus and maintained their confidence in the Word of the Lord. They may be found as those who make up the complete number of martyrs who will die for their belief in the Lord Jesus. Rev. 6:9-11 We are not yet in the tribulation but in some countries of the world the spirit of the antichrist is already at work. If you were being persecuted for your faith as some are, you would believe it.