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ThaddeusB
ThaddeusB
2:37 PM
Another new answer to an old question by me:
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A: What does the oil in the ten virgins parable represent?

ThaddeusBI agree with the gist of several comments and previous answers that the oil does not need to have an specific symbolic meaning for the parable to make sense. That said, meaning can still be tied to the oil, and on that subject I think the questioner is on the right track. Meaning of parable as ...

(Bounties do motivate new answers as intended :), thanks @H3br3wHamm3r81)
 
H3br3wHamm3r81
H3br3wHamm3r81
2:49 PM
@ThaddeusB: You're welcome. On another note, I think every subject in the parable is tied to a reality.
 
ThaddeusB
ThaddeusB
3:02 PM
@H3br3wHamm3r81 I had never really thought about this particular parable deeply before, just taking it on the surface level of "be always prepared", but on reflection it is a rich parable, full of meaning. It does raise an interesting challenge to the "faith only" crowd (which as times I find myself in, hehe), as how can you have insufficient "oil" if all you need is faith - I may raise a related question on C.SE... Again, thanks for focusing my attention on it.
A nice answer to an old question by a brand new user:
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A: Can we harmonize the two meetings of David and Saul?

Andrew WhitmanInteracting with Frank Luke's response, I like the theory proposed by E.W. Bullinger, however it does not seem to fit with what immediately follows in Chapter 18. First of all I believe that Bullinger is correct in his analysis of the construction of the passage. I agree that the intent is to...

 

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