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Ten can be regarded as an integer, pointing to all believers. In the original text, this "virgin" refers to an unmarried virgin or virgin, which means virgin. Ten virgins are waiting for the groom with lights in their hands. Because the groom came late, all ten boys and girls dozed off, and all the clever boys and girls slept, but they prepared enough oil, so the lights were still on at midnight. This tells us that it is coming to an end, because believers are material. But vigilant believers keep in touch with God, so that they are filled with the Holy Spirit and shine with good deeds. Although the stupid virgins also held the lamp, they didn't prepare any oil, so when they woke up, they found that the oil in the lamp was running out, and they had to ask the clever virgins to give them some oil.
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I'm afraid few people can accept this profound explanation. The following is the basic meaning:
First of all, virgins are believers who have washed their sins and their spiritual clothes, just like 144000 people in Revelation14 (they are virgins).
As for the difference between stupidity and cleverness, many people think that this refers to the vigilance that believers need, and it is also said at the end of the metaphor. Yes, that's how stupid people understand it!
The real meaning of this metaphor is not that we need to be alert, but how to be alert. It is clearly recorded that fools do not prepare oil, but wise people do. Oil is used for lighting, which is the heat in our hearts. Maybe when many believers first believe in God, their hearts are burning. This is because they have oil in their hearts and the lights are on. But after a long time, believing in God becomes a form. Their hearts are cold, and they are no longer eager for the word of God as before. That is, when the oil in their hearts runs out, their hearts stop burning and they become stupid people. A wise man always pursues God's Word, and prepares his oil in time if he is a little slack.
So there are very few believers who can be called "virgins", but only half of them are smart enough to enter the kingdom of God. Thus says the Lord, "Go through the narrow gate." Because it leads to destruction, the gate is wide, the road is big, and many people go in; To life, the door is narrow and the road is small, and few people are looking for it. "