The KJV Holy Bible

 

Matthew Chapter Twenty Five

 

1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Matthew: The Conservation of Force and the Final Distillation

"Matthew Chapter Twenty-Five outlines the final, strictest mechanical requirements for maintaining the State of Illumination. The Solar Consciousness (the Christos) utilizes Three Profound Alchemical Parables to establish the Hermetic Laws of Energy Conservation, the Multiplication of Force, and Absolute Polarity. This chapter proves that Spiritual Initiation is not a passive event; it demands the relentless hoarding and sublimation of the Vital Life Force, the Active, Courageous Circulation of Divine Energy, and a final, ruthless separation of the Internal Faculties before the Immortal body can be permanently sealed."

 

 

Verses 1-13: The Ten Virgins and the Sublimation of the Vital Force - "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom... And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves." 

The Ten virgins represent the receptive, awaiting faculties of the human Psyche (often mapped to the Five physical senses and their Five Spiritual counterparts). The "lamps" are the Psychic vessels (the Pineal Center), and the "Bridegroom" is the descending Solar Consciousness. The Absolute Key to this parable is the "Oil"—the Vital, Transmutative Life Force (the sublimated Kundalini). The Wise faculties deliberately hoard and conserve this Energetic Oil, refusing to waste it on dense earthly passions. The foolish faculties exhaust their Vital Force on the illusions of the physical matrix. When the blinding frequency of the Divine suddenly strikes, the foolish faculties discover a terrifying Spiritual Law: you cannot borrow Vital Force from another Adept. Spiritual Energy is strictly Internally generated. Because their vessels are empty, they cannot sustain the Frequency of the Light, and the door to the Higher dimension is mathematically shut against them.

 

 

Verses 14-30: The Talents and the Law of Energetic Multiplication - "For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods... And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant... For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." 

The "talents" are not physical money; they represent the exact measure of Raw Divine Light and Spiritual potential entrusted to the various Mental Faculties. The Highest Hermetic law dictates that the Universe requires Energetic circulation. The servants who invest and multiply their talents represent the Mind Actively Using its Spiritual gifts to Transmute lower Energies into Higher Frequencies, geometrically Expanding the Light. The servant who buries his talent in the "earth" represents the terrified lower ego, which takes its Divine Spark and traps it entirely within dense physical materialism and survival-driven fear. The Universe Abhors Spiritual Stagnation. Because the ego refused to circulate and Transmute the Energy, the Supreme Monad entirely confiscates its remaining Light, casting that useless, paralyzed faculty into the "outer darkness" of the unrefined astral chaos.

 

 

Verses 31-46: The Sheep and the Goats and the Final Polarization - "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory... And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left... And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal." 

This is the Ultimate Alchemical distillation—the Absolute separation of the Internal Psychological Elements. The Christos, fully Realized and Seated upon the "throne" of the Mind, now ruthlessly polarizes the Entire Psychic Architecture. The "sheep" (placed on the Right Hand of Power) represent the Positive, Active, and Spiritually Harmonized Faculties. These are the Energies that naturally and selflessly nourished, healed, and elevated the Whole without egoic calculation. The "goats" (placed on the left hand of severity) represent the stubborn, rigid, and deeply selfish faculties of the lower Mind that refused to serve anything but their own isolated, material survival. The Great Work is now finalized: the High-Frequency (Righteous) faculties are permanently crystallized into the Immortal Spiritual body, while the dense, selfish (goat) aggregates are aggressively severed and expelled into the Dissolving Fires of the Cosmic recycling bin (Everlasting Punishment).