6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, …
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)Here, I. That in general which is to be illustrated is, the kingdom of heaven , the state of things under the gospel, the external kingdom of Christ, and the administration and success of it. Some of Christ’s parables had shown us what it is like now in the present reception of it, as Matt. 13:1-52 This tells us what it shall be like, when the mystery of God shall be finished, and that kingdom del…
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