>Exactly! The (Christian) church is the wife, which is the bride who the bridegroom is marrying.
>So when five of the 10 virgins stay behind outside of the door, the bride (which is the church) is
>on the other side of that door, together with the remaining 5 virgins. So there are six ladies, the
>bride plus 5 virgins that are now with the bridegroom, and only the bride is marrying, the 5 virgins
>are invited to be the bridemaids.

No.


>That is the complete picture of the parable, and you will not find this properly explained in almost
>any of the commentaries.

There's a reason for that.


>So then, the 10 virgins do not represent the church (the christian believers are the church).

Five of the 10 virgins represent the church. The wise five. The foolish five profess to be proper virgins (part of a proper church following Christ), but are something else. They are shut out.


>Therefore, this parable of the 10 virgins cannot be interpreted by saying the bridegroom is
>Jesus, and the virgins are representing Christians, because where does this leave the
>bride, which is the "Christian church"?

You need to read it again.


>Everything you find in the New Testament, which you have quoted, says very clearly there is
>one wife, which is the bride of the Lamb in the book of Revelation.

The church is the bride. A singular unit. The church is made up of many members, just as a body is made up of members, yet it remains one body.


>The book of Revelation completely goes in line with what Jesus said as recorded in
>Matthew, and this is not a coincidence.

No.


>Also, there is another clue: There is indeed a group of "virgins" (again this word!)
>mentioned in the book of Revelation. They don't represent the bride of Christ, neither
>are they Christians. But they are called "virgins". And did you see why they are
>called virgins?

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