Matthew 25:1

First Nations Version

“When that time comes, the ones who are walking Creator’s good road from above will be like ten young, unmarried women who took their ceremonial torches and went out to welcome the groom.

Cross References

Revelation 19:7

“Dance for joy with glad hearts and give honor to the Great Spirit, for the time for the wedding ceremony of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.”

Revelation 21:9

Then one of the seven spirit-messengers who had the seven smudge bowls that were filled with the seven last disasters came and spoke to me. “Come,” he said, “and I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”

Revelation 21:2

I saw a new Sacred Village of Peace (Jerusalem), coming down from the Great Spirit in the world above and dressed in wedding regalia, like a bride made ready for her husband.

John 3:29

The bride at a wedding belongs to the groom, and like the best man, a friend who stands with the groom, I am glad to hear his voice.

Matthew 13:24

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) told the people another story. He said, “Creator’s good road from above is like a man who scattered good seed in his garden.

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who have kept themselves spiritually as pure as a virgin. Wherever the Lamb goes, they walk the road with him. They are the first from among humans to be set apart for the Great Spirit and for the Lamb. They are the ceremonial first fruits of the harvest, for a great price has been paid to rescue them and set them free.

Titus 2:13

For we are looking and waiting for the blessing of the bright-shining appearance of the one who set us free and made us whole—our Great Spirit, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One.

Matthew 22:2

“Creator’s good road from above is like a chief who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

2 Timothy 4:8

There is a chief’s headdress for doing what is right waiting for me in the spirit-world above. Our Honored Chief, whose decisions are always right, will honor me with a headdress on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved his appearing.

Matthew 3:2

“It is time to return to the right ways of thinking. Creator’s good road from above is close. It is time to begin walking it.”

1 Corinthians 11:2

I have great respect for you. You have never forgotten to hold on to the things I have taught you. You have followed the traditions that I entrusted to you in the same manner that I gave them to you.

Matthew 20:1

“Creator’s good road from above is like this tribal member who managed a large vineyard. He went out early in the morning to find people to harvest the grapes.

Matthew 13:47

“Here is another way to see the good road from above: A large fishing net is let down into the great waters. Many different kinds of fish are caught in it.

Matthew 13:38

“The garden is all the nations of the world. The good seeds are the children of the good road. The weeds are the children of the worthless ways of the world,

Revelation 4:5

From the seat of honor came flashes of lightning and rolling thunder. There were seven torches of fire burning before the seat of honor, which are the seven spirits of the Great Mystery.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you with a jealousy that comes from the Great Spirit. For I have promised you in marriage to one husband, the Chosen One, to give you to him as pure as a maiden who has never been with a man.

Matthew 9:15

“Do you expect wedding guests to be sad and go without eating when the groom is hosting a feast?” he asked. “The time will come when he is gone. Then they will be sad and go without eating.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine by doing what is good and right. When others see, they will give honor to your Father—the One Above Us All.

Acts 20:8

There were many torches burning in the upper room of the house where we had all gathered. The number of people and the torches in this room, using up the air, may have made some people sleepy or lightheaded.

Matthew 13:31

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) then told them more stories about the good road: “The good road from above is also like a man who plants a single grain of mustard seed,

Matthew 25:7

“All the women woke up to prepare their torches, but the oil in the torches had run out.

John 18:3

The betrayer came into the garden, and with him came a band of lodge soldiers sent from the scroll keepers, head holy men, and Separated Ones (Pharisees), representing the elders of the Grand Council. The air was filled with the smell of burning torches as they entered the garden carrying clubs and long knives.

Revelation 8:10

The third spirit-messenger sounded his eagle bone whistle, and from the sky came a great star flaming like a torch. The flaming star fell down on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.