http://newjerusalemcommunity.blogspot.com/2011/05/jewish-wedding-customs.html
At the end of the period of separation, the bridegroom came - usually (at night) to take his bride to live with him. We see this parallel in Thessalonians 5:2 ; 2 Peter 3:10. The groom, the best man, and other male escorts went to meet the bridegroom with lite torches and left the father’s house and conducted a torch-light procession to the home of the bride. Jesus uses this same parallel in Matthew 25:1 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Although the bride was expecting her groom to come for her, she did not know the time of his coming. As a result, the groom’s arrival was preceded by a shout, which announced his departure to be gathered with him. Those on the street, ...knowing that a groom was coming to claim his bride, would begin to shout out ‘Behold the bridegroom comes! Behold the bridegroom comes !’. We see in scripture references to both the shouting and the shofar blast taking place as Christ the bridegroom comes for his bride.
(1 Thessalonians 4:1617)
http://www.opendoorministrieswv.org/ancientjewishwedding.html
http://focusonjerusalem.com/jewishwedtrad2.html
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You should have finished the parable of the virgins!
It demolishes the pre-trib foolishness.
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