Weddings in NT
This celebration was the height of the wedding experience.
What is the wedding feast?
How many bridesmaids were there?
What is 10?
What is the kingdom of heaven?
This step precedes the wedding, and marks the commitment between the bride- and groom-to-be.
What is betrothal?
What were the brides waiting for?
For the groom to arrive to start the feast.
Were prepared with extra oil.
Weddings often lasted this length of time.
What did the bridesmaids bring with them?
Lamps and oil.
The foolish bridesmaids missed the feast for this reason.
They were locked out while going to buy oil. They weren't prepared.
The bride waited in her home for this.
What is for the groom to arrive?
What were the bridesmaids doing when the message came?
Sleeping
Jesus warns his hearers to keep watch for this reason.
We do not know the day or the hour
This exchange took place between the bride's father and the groom, based on negotiations before the wedding.
What is the dowry or bride price?
"young"--they had not yet gotten married themselves so probably pre-teens or teens
What was Jesus warning his hearers to do?
To be spiritually prepared for the kingdom to arrive at any time. Not to delay.