Did the Foolish Virgins Have Oil? Yes or No with Explanation?
No.
The Bible says, “They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them” (Matthew 25:3). And when the cry came, they said, “Our lamps are going out,” and they tried to borrow and then went to buy (Matthew 25:8-10). Now notice, if they had oil, they wouldn’t need to borrow or go purchase it.
You see, the lamp is the profession; the oil is the Holy Spirit. They were virgins—clean—but without the Oil they had no light when the Bridegroom came, so they were not ready.
Existing Follow-Up Answers
- Some Teach That The foolish virgins Must Have Had Some Oil for Their Lamps to Light Up at All and What the Actually Lacked Was Extra Oil. Is This True
No. That is not true. The parable draws a sharp line: some had oil; some did not. Scriptural explanation: - "They that were foolish took their la
Ask a Follow-up Question
What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The sudden, secret going away of the Church
58-1012 §35
How many of you, all perhaps, have read of the virgins? Some were wise and some were foolish. Virgin means "purity." They were all good people, everyone of them virgins, sanctified vessels of God. But those who had oil in their lamps went in. And the others was left out. They were all virgins, everyone people that you couldn't put your finger on for anything wrong. They everyone believed in the coming of the Lord. They were ready to go meet Him, but some of them let their oil go out. Don't let that be your case! Ke...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §156
Now do you understand what the remnant of the Jews is, the 144,000? Where they're sitting, waiting? Right at the hour? Can you see now that the foolish virgin that won't take the ... wouldn't take the oil, and will have to rise and be separated---the rights and wrongs---at the day of the judgment? Do you understand that when the foolish virgin began to receive (just like now) that she needed this, she went after it, it was that very minute that the bridegroom came? Then how close are we? Right now. We have just a s...
Letting off the pressure
62-0518 §110
Look what's happened now. What is it? The World Council of Churches---they talk about that. And they say all these ... like our brother Presbyterian, and so forth coming in. That's wonderful. I believe in that too. But did you ever wake up to think that Jesus said that that foolish virgin, when she begin to call for oil, it was right then the bridegroom come! When they woke up and begin to realize that they had no oil, they went to buy oil. And it's at that minute, when they went to buy oil, that the bridegroom com...
The Seal of God
54-0514 §64
But you see how that spirit moved right up here. And Jesus looked and foresaw that through that Catholic church, coming out. Said "Don't call no man 'father'; don't use vain repetitions"---all these things coming out. Said, "Now, be careful, the antichrist will be so close till it'll deceive the very elect if possible." Look, there were how many virgins went to meet the Lord? Ten. All of them were virgin. What does sanctify mean? "Pure, holy, virgin." Ten of them were virgins. Five had no oil in their lamps. Five h...
Escape hither, come quickly
58-0202 §39
Christ declared Himself to every nation, and through every generation. He's doing it today. The church nominal sits asleep. The church spiritual is awake. The sleeping virgin has went off to sleep, that'll take the tribulation period. But the one that had oil in her lamp is ready. Blessed be the name of the Lord. How I love that parable of the virgin. You know the old coal oil lamps we used to have. We never had lights till just recently. And looky here. The oil's in the bottom of the lamp. And there's a wick that...