Those that are considered wise, though, in Greek, are those who see ahead, who have foresight enough to know that the Groom may delay and they must prepare ahead. The wise must always consider the future. Then the Bridegroom comes. He comes at midnight. Midnight is not just the middle of the night.
Midnight has a Scriptural meaning.
Midnight means the darkest part of the day, and not simply the middle of the night. The Bridegroom comes in all of the midnights of our lives, all of the darkest moments of our days and of our lives. Consider for a moment what that darkest darkness may be in your own life. Perhaps your spouse has forfeited the intimacy that he or she once had for you, or you for him or her. And the loneliness that comes about seems so bleak and unending.