So then when He comes He will gather His elect from one end of heaven to the other. Why no gathering of them from earth? Why is He gathering them from one end of heaven to the other? Just thinking.
That is a reference to the 4 eternal destinies...the 4 spirits of heaven. Arba rouchot hashamayim...and the 4 ENDS of heaven...Arba ketsot hashamayim. The 4 ENDS are the four outcomes...or destinies of heaven.
Job says...what shall be my end (kets)? or...what shall be my destiny? Also God says...Kets kol basar ba lephanai..."the END of all flesh is come before Me." This does not mean the termination of all flesh...it means the destiny of all flesh.
There have always been 4 destinies...just as there were 4 rivers coming out of Eden. (Gen. 2). Jesus also lists the 4 destinies in Rev. 22:11. (for they that are interested in prophetic things that are from the whole counsel of God)
So then Jesus will gather His people from whatever spirit surrounds them.... wherever they may be found.
The wise virgins trimmed their lamps. To trim is to "kosmeo" (where we get the words cosmos and cosmetics). It means to adorn or to trim as a sail. To order things rightly. The cosmos (universe) is arrayed in order.
So no matter what spirit we find ourselves in the midst of...God's people sail in the right direction. We are learning to be spiritual sailors. A non-spiritual person is in a boat without a sail...pushed along by winds and currents of doctrine. But a person who has a sail (an open spirit) just has to lift it to trim it so that it sails in the right direction. We catch HIS wind (Spirit) that moves above the waters...OR...we learn to trim our sails to go in THAT direction when the winds are contrary.
An example of sailing in the right direction in spite of contrary winds is when the Pharisees asked Jesus if they should pay taxes. He said...give to Caesar what is his and give to God what is His. IOW He was showing us how to sail.
Did I mention that this takes wisdom? ;)
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