And we are his witnesses of these things; and
so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath
given to them that obey him (Acts 5:32).
In the parable of the ten virgins, all ten represented
spiritual purity. Five were wise and
possessed the oil of the Holy Spirit in their
vessel. The other five were foolish and did
not have the oil of the Spirit. At the midnight
hour when all was dark, the call went forth,
Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out
to meet him (Matthew 25:6).
This parable represents the Rapture of the
glorious Church. The five wise virgins possessing
the oil lit their lamps and could see their
way clearly to Rapture ground. The five foolish
virgins disobeyed the Word of God and did not
have the oil in their vessel, so they had no spiritual
light to see their way to Rapture ground.
The five wise virgins met the Bridegroom
and were ushered into the Kingdom of God to
enjoy the marriage feast, and the five foolish
virgins were left outside. They knocked on the
door crying, Lord, Lord, open to us (Matthew
25:11). But the Lord replied, I know you not
(Matthew 25:12). All ten virgins were called,
but only the five wise ones were chosen. Only
they could see their way to Rapture ground and
enter into the Kingdom of God.
Jesus Is Our Safety
Many people are called and think they will
make it safely into the Kingdom of God, but so
many of them will be disappointed when they
are left outside. Jesus said, Not everyone that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into
the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the
will of my Father which is in heaven. Many
will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have
we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out devils? and in thy name
done many wonderful works? And then
will I profess unto them, I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity (Matthew
7:21–23).
The chosen few will be doers of the
Word, not hearers only. They will have
no contamination of deceit from the
devil, man or self. The chosen few will
be led by truth and the Spirit of truth
all the way to Rapture ground. Jesus
said, Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever
he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will
shew you things to come (John 16:13).
The chosen few have a work to do before
Jesus returns just like Noah and his family did
when they worked to build an ark of safety. We
don’t have to build an ark because Jesus is our
Ark of deliverance and safety. We are working
to fill that Ark with souls; and then on Rapture
Day, that Ark will sail safely into Heaven.
Gideon’s 300 Were Chosen
The chosen few are like Gideon’s 300—a
select few ordained of God for a mighty,
divine mission. The book of Judges tells of
Israel being under oppressive bondage by their
enemies who had overrun the country, so God
ordained Gideon to gather together an army to
bring deliverance. Gideon’s call to duty went
forth throughout the land, and 32,000 men
responded to the call. Then God told Gideon
to tell those who were afraid to go back home,
and 22,000 men left. Those men did not possess
divine love. None of them had a heart of sacrifice
or were willing to pay the price.
Later, the remaining 10,000 men were led to
the bank of a river, and God told Gideon that
those who put their face in the water to drink
must be turned away. Those who knelt down
and took up water in their hands and lapped it
were to be chosen. And the number of them
that lapped, putting their hand to their
mouth, were three hundred men (Judges 7:6).
Why were 9700 men rejected?—because
those who put their face in the water to drink
were selfish. They were only thinking of themselves
and their bodily thirst. The enemy was in
the land, but they were not being watchful; and
they were not considering the task at hand.
The 300 men who remained were not thinking
of themselves; they were alert and keeping
a watchful eye on the enemy.
After the test was over, Gideon had
300 men—a chosen few who were
willing to obey God’s instructions
in everything and lay their lives
on the line without fear. God used
those chosen few to bring about a
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