Revelations 3:19 hose I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Meaning of DOOR according to “bible study tools”
“”Most commonly the rendering of Hebrew pethach, "doorway," deleth, "door" proper (the two distinguished in Genesis 19:6, or of Greek thura, which represents both meanings. The door proper was usually of wood, frequently sheeted with metal, sometimes of one slab of stone, as shown in excavations in the Hauran. It turned on pivots (the "hinges" of Proverbs 26:14 working in sockets above and below, and was provided with a bolt ( 2 Samuel 13:17) or with lock and key ( Judges 3:23). The doorway was enclosed by the stone threshold (1 Kings 14:17), the two doorposts on either side, and the lintel above (Exodus 12:7). Doors were frequently two-leaved, and folding ones are mentioned in connection with the temple (1 Kings 6:34). Where "door" is used in connection with city gates (Nehemiah 3:1) it refers to the door proper which swings on its hinges as distinguished from the whole structure. The custom of fastening to the doorposts small cases containing a parchment inscribed with the words of Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:13-21 had its origin in the command there given. See also \GATE\; \HOUSE\.
Figurative:
(1) Christ is "the door" into the gospel ministry (John 10:1-2,7) ; ministers must receive their authority from Him, and exercise it in His spirit.
(2) `Through faith in Him also both shepherds and sheep enter into the kingdom of God (John 10:9), and find all their spiritual needs supplied.'
(3) The figure in Revelations 3:20 is expressive of Christ's patient, persistent and affectionate appeal to men.
(4) Elsewhere also of opportunity (Matthew 25:10, Acts 14:27, 1 Corinthians 16:9, 2 Corinthians 2:12, Revelations 3:8).
(5) Of freedom and power (Colossians 4:3). See also \ACHOR\; \SHEPHERD\.””
Matthew 24:33 So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door. Luke 12:36 Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once. John 10:3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. John 14:23 Jesus replied, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make Our home with him. James 5:19 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
(The Bridegroom)
Song of Solomon 5:1 “I have come into my garden, my sister, my [promised] bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words]. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”
(The Shulammite Bride)
2 “I was asleep, but my heart was awake. A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew; My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’ 3 “I had taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I had washed my feet, How could I get them dirty again? 4 “My beloved extended his hand through the opening [of the door], And my feelings were aroused for him.
Create in me a new heart, pardon me: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+51&version=AMP
Luke 14:15-24
15 When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
Parable of the Dinner
16 But Jesus said to him, “A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many guests; 17 and at the dinner hour he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is ready now.’ 18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have purchased a piece of land and I have to go out and see it; please consider me excused.’ 19 Another one said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’ 20 And another said, ‘I have [recently] married a wife, and for that reason I am unable to come.’ 21 So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then [his master,] the head of the household, became angry [at the rejections of his invitation] and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and the lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.’ 22 And the servant [after returning] said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ 23 Then the master told the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled [with guests]. 24 For I tell you, not one of those who were invited [and declined] will taste my dinner.’”
IS THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART OPEN TO WHAT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS DOING IN THIS SEASON? DO YOU HEAR HIS INVITATION CALLING TO YOU? WILL YOU TRUST HIM?
By LoveJoy 4/25/2020