童女象征信徒生命的一面。信徒是国度的子民，乃像贞洁的童女，在黑暗的世代里为主作见证（灯），并从世界走出去迎接主。为此，他们不仅需要圣灵的内住，也需要圣灵的充满。
我们基督徒首先是童女。作童女不是工作、服事或活动的事，乃是生命的事。此外，我们不仅是童女，还是贞洁、纯洁的童女。作童女不在于我们作甚么或能作甚么；作童女绝对在于我们的所是。不论我们是男是女，我们都是童女。虽然我是个老人，行事为人却像童女。我绝不会出卖我童女的身分。甚至在仇敌面前，我也是童女。
二十五章一节说童女拿着她们的灯，出去迎接新郎。灯象征信徒的灵（箴二十27），里面装着神的灵作油。信徒从他们的灵里，照耀出神的灵所发的光。因此，他们成了世上的光，如同灯照耀在这黑暗的世代里（太五14-16，腓二15-16），为主作见证，使神得着荣耀。因此，我们作童女，不是拿着武器争战，或拿着运动器具游戏，乃是拿着灯作见证、发光并照亮。我们手中有为着主的见证照耀的灯。
童女们出去。这表征信徒从世界出去，迎接要来的基督。童女没有徘徊或定居在任何地方；反之，她们从世界出去。我们不是定居在这世界上，我们乃是从世界出去。
新郎象征基督是令人喜悦，且富有吸引的人（约三29，太九15）。在这比喻中，主不是把自己比喻为得胜的将军或伟大的元帅，乃是把自己比喻为新郎，最令人喜悦的人。因此，我们是出去的童女，祂是来临的新郎。
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Virgins Went Out to Meet the Bridegroom
– Prov. 20:27
Virgins signify believers in the aspect of life. Believers, who are the kingdom people, are like chaste virgins, bearing the Lord’s testimony (the lamp) in the dark age and going out of the world to meet the Lord. For this they need not only the indwelling, but also the fullness of the Spirit of God.
We Christians firstly are virgins. Being a virgin is not a matter of work, service or activity, but a matter of life. Moreover, we are not only virgins, but chaste, pure virgins. Being a virgin is not a matter of what we do or are able to do; it is absolutely a matter of what we are. Whether we are male or female, we are virgins. Although I am an old man, I conduct myself like a virgin. I would never sell my status as a virgin. Even before the enemy, I am a virgin.
Chapter 25:1 says that the virgins took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Lamps signify the spirit of the believers (Prov. 20:27), which contains the Spirit of God as the oil. The believers shine with the light of the Spirit of God from within their spirit. Thus, they become the light of the world, like a lamp shining in the darkness of this age (Matt. 5:14-16; Phil. 2:15-16) to bear the testimony of the Lord for the glorification of God. Thus, as virgins we do not take weapons for fighting or sports equipment for playing, but lamps for testifying, shining and enlightening. In our hand is a lamp shining for the Lord’s testimony.
The virgins went forth. This signifies that the believers are going out of the world to meet the coming Christ. The virgins do not linger or settle in any place. Instead, they are going out of the world.
The bridegroom signifies Christ as the pleasant and attractive person (John 3:29, Matt. 9:15). How good it is that in this parable the Lord likens himself not to a victorious general or great commander-in-chief, but to a bridegroom, a most pleasant person. Thus, we are the virgins going, and he is the Bridegroom coming.