9369. Those whose faith is no more than persuasion are meant by the following people, in Matthew,
Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy through Your name, and through Your name cast out demons, and do many mighty works in Your name? But then I will confess to them, I do not know you, you workers of iniquity. Matt. 7:22, 23.
Also in Luke,
Then you will begin to say, We ate in Your presence and we drank; and You taught in our streets. But He will say, I say to you, I do not know where you come from; depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity. Luke 13:26, 27.
The same people are also meant by 'the five foolish virgins who had no oil in their lamps', in Matthew,
Finally those virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But He replying will say, Truly I say to you, I do not know you. Matt. 25:11, 12.
'Oil in lamps' is good within faith, 886, 4638.
EXODUS 24
1 And He said to Moses, Come up to Jehovah, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and you are to bow down from afar. 2 And Moses alone shall come near Jehovah; and they shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him. 3 And Moses came and reported to the people all Jehovah's words and all the judgements; and all the people answered with one voice and said, All the words which Jehovah has spoken we will do. 4 And Moses wrote all Jehovah's words. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar under* the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent boys of the children of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings - young bulls - to Jehovah. 6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and half of the blood he sprinkled over the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah has spoken we will do and hear. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it over the people, and said, Behold, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah has made with you according to all these words. 9 And Moses and Aaron went up, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. 10 And they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there was so to speak a work of sapphire stone, and it was like the substance of the sky for clearness. 11 And on the children of Israel who had been set apart He did not lay a hand;** and they saw God, and ate and drank. 12 And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to Me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I shall write, to teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister, and Moses went up into*** the mountain of God. 14 And he said to the elders, Sit for us in this [place],**** until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has words,***** let him go to them. 15 And Moses went up into*** the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain. 16 And the glory of Jehovah lay over Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and He called to Moses on the seventh day from the middle of the cloud. 17 And the sight of Jehovah's glory was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into*** the mountain; and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights. * i.e. at the foot of ** lit. He did not send His hand *** lit. to or towards **** i.e. Wait here for us ***** i.e. anyone who is in difficulty or has a grievance