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Matthieu 25.1

Alors le royaume des cieux sera fait semblable à dix vierges qui, ayant pris leurs lampes, sortirent à la rencontre de l'époux.

La parabole des dix vierges. (Matthieu 25:1-13)
La parabole des talents. (Matthieu 25:14-30)
Le jugement. (Matthieu 25:31-46)

Cette parabole des dix vierges retrace une coutume relevant du mariage parmi les Juifs, mais elle se réfère également au grand jour de la venue de Christ.

Remarquez la nature du christianisme : en tant que chrétiens, nous professons nous appuyer sur Christ, L'honorer, et attendre Sa venue. Les enfants de Dieu sincères sont les « vierges sages », les hypocrites étant, quant à eux « les vierges folles ».

Ceux qui, selon la Parole, sont « sages » ou « fous », sont en fait des personnes qui négligent leur âme. Beaucoup tiennent une « lampe » en main, montrant ainsi leur profession de foi, mais n'ayant, dans leur cœur, aucune connaissance saine ni recherche de sainteté, qui puisse leur permettre d’affronter les aléas et les épreuves du présent. Leur cœur n’est pas rempli des « saintes dispositions », que peut donner l'Esprit vivifiant de Dieu. Notre lumière doit briller devant les hommes, par le biais de nos bonnes œuvres ; mais cette lumière ne peut jaillir bien longtemps, si nous n’en possédons pas les principes actifs dans notre cœur : la foi en Christ, et l'amour pour Dieu et nos frères.

Les vierges de cette parabole se sont d’abord toutes assoupies, puis elles s’endormirent. Le retard de l’époux représente l'espace entre la conversion, véritable ou apparente, de ceux qui professent être chrétiens, et la venue de Christ, Celui qui les ôtera de cette terre, lors de leur mort ; ce retard peut s’appliquer aussi à la patience divine, pour juger le monde. Bien qu’à notre avis, Christ semble tarder pour revenir, en fait Il respecte le temps prévu pour ce retour.

Les vierges sages gardèrent leurs lampes allumées, mais elles se sont assoupies. Trop de chrétiens deviennent parfois négligents : un certain degré d'insouciance réside en leur cœur, au lieu de la vigilance. Ceux qui se permettent de commencer à s’assoupir spirituellement, pourront difficilement s'empêcher de « dormir » : il leur faudra donc redouter un début de décadence spirituelle.

Ensuite, le texte nous dit qu’un cri se fit entendre : « allez à sa rencontre » ! En fait, c'est un appel à ceux qui sont prêts. L'avis de l'approche de Christ, l'appel à Le rencontrer, sera un cri de réveil. Même ceux qui sont le mieux préparés à rencontrer la mort ont beaucoup à faire pour être réellement prêts, 2Pierre 3:14. En ce jour, il y aura un véritable appel et Il est primordial de savoir comment nous serons « trouvés » à ce moment, et quel sera l’état de notre cœur.

Certaines vierges manquaient d'huile pour alimenter leurs lampes. Ceux qui ne saisissent « qu'une portion » de la Grâce véritable, en ressentiront un certain manque, à un moment ou l’autre. Un semblant de profession de foi peut éclairer un homme lorsqu'il parcourt ce monde, mais « l'éteignoir » de la vallée de l'ombre de la mort chassera vite cette modeste lumière.

Ceux qui ne prennent pas soin de vivre la « vie du juste », voudraient cependant mourir comme étant des vertueux. Ceux qui veulent être sauvés doivent posséder la Grâce ; et ceux qui possèdent cette Grâce ne doivent nullement l'économiser ! Le meilleur des hommes a toujours besoin de Christ ! Quand une pauvre âme tourmentée, lors de sa dernière heure ici-bas, se dirige, en pleine confusion, vers Christ, dans la repentance et la prière, la mort vient alors et tout est fini : elle bénéficie alors du salut éternel ; le triste pécheur, de son côté, dans la même situation, reste perdu pour toujours...

Il arrive, parfois trop tard, qu’il faille « acheter de l'huile spirituelle », pour la faire brûler dans nos lampes, alors que nous aurions dû auparavant « puiser » dans la Grâce, toujours disponible. Seuls pourront aller au ciel plus tard, ceux qui s’y seront d’abord préparés ici-bas. La soudaineté de la mort n’entravera pas le bonheur de notre rencontre avec le Seigneur, du moins si nous nous y sommes préparés !

La porte de la salle de noces fut fermée : beaucoup chercheront à être admis dans le ciel, alors qu’il sera trop tard. La vaine confiance des hypocrites les fait errer bien loin, en quête d’un bonheur inaccessible.

L'appel inattendu de la mort peut alarmer le chrétien ; mais s'il se met sans retard à « raviver sa lampe spirituelle », son témoignage brillera, souvent d’ailleurs d'un éclat encore plus vif ; une vaine conduite ne peut qu'éteindre la lampe d'une âme.

Veillez donc, songez à votre âme ! Soyez sans cesse dans la crainte du Seigneur !

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      Psaumes 45

      9 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
      10 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.
      11 So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
      14 She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

      Cantique 1

      3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.

      Cantique 5

      8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
      16 His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. Friends

      Cantique 6

      1 Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved
      8 There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
      9 My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

      Esaïe 54

      5 For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

      Esaïe 62

      4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.
      5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

      Daniel 2

      44 In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

      Matthieu 3

      2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"

      Matthieu 5

      16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

      Matthieu 9

      15 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

      Matthieu 13

      24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
      31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
      38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
      44 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
      45 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
      47 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

      Matthieu 20

      1 "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

      Matthieu 22

      2 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

      Matthieu 24

      42 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
      43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
      44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
      45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
      46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
      47 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
      48 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
      49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
      50 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
      51 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

      Matthieu 25

      1 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

      Marc 2

      19 Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.
      20 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

      Luc 5

      34 He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
      35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days."

      Luc 12

      35 "Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
      36 Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

      Luc 21

      34 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
      35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
      36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

      Jean 3

      29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.

      Actes 20

      8 There were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together.

      1 Corinthiens 11

      2 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

      2 Corinthiens 11

      2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

      Ephésiens 5

      25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
      26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
      27 that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
      28 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
      29 For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
      30 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
      31 "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."
      32 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
      33 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

      Philippiens 2

      15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
      16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.

      2 Timothée 4

      8 From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

      Tite 2

      13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

      2 Pierre 1

      13 I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you;
      14 knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
      15 Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.

      2 Pierre 3

      12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
      13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

      Apocalypse 4

      5 Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

      Apocalypse 14

      4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

      Apocalypse 19

      7 Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready."

      Apocalypse 21

      2 I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
      9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride."
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