Rev 3:20 Hinei, I have stood at the delet (door) DOFEK (âknocking,â SHIR HASHIRIM 5:2); if anyone hears my kol and opens the delet, indeed I will come in to him and we, the two of us, will dine together at the BEIT HAYAYIN [âBanquet Hall,â SHIR HASHIRIM 2:4].
i. We might say that it all began with their spiritual blindness. If you are blind, you canât look at yourself and see that you are wretched, miserable, poor . . . and naked. Mental darkness is worse than a loss of sight; but a loss of spiritual vision is even worse.
ii. âThe Laodiceans are typical of the modern world, which revels in that which the natural eye can see but is untouched by the gospel and does not see beyond the veil of the material to the unseen and real eternal spiritual riches.â (Walvoord)
iii. I stand at the door and knock . . . If anyone hears My voice and opens the door: This statement of Jesus expresses a profound mystery. Why does Jesus stand outside the door? Why does He knock? Why does He wait until someone opens the door? Doesnât He have every right to break down the door, or enter some other way on His own accord? But He doesnât. The sovereign, omnipotent Jesus has condescended to work out His eternal plan by wooing the cooperation of the human heart.
iv. âThe occupant must open the door. That is, he must repent of his pride and self-sufficiency, his human wisdom, and his cowardly neutrality.â (Morris)
v. âChrist stands - waits long, at the door of the sinnerâs heart; he knocks - uses judgments, mercies, reproofs, exhortations, to induce sinners to repent and turn to him; he lifts up his voice - calls loudly by his word, ministers, and Spirit.â (Clarke)
vi. Jesus comes to the door as the lover in the Song of Solomon. This is similar to - or perhaps a quotation of - Song of Son_5:2 : It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, âopen for me, my sister, my love.
v. The key to opening the door is to first hear His voice. When we give attention to what Jesus says, then we can be rescued from our own lukewarmness and enter into a âzealousâ relationship with Him.
f. I will come into him: What a glorious promise! If we open the door, He will come in. He wonât ring the bell and run away. He promises to come in, and then to dine with the believer.
i. When Jesus says dine with him, He speaks of a specific meal known as the deipnon. âThe deipnon was the main meal of the day and was a leisurely affair, not a hurried snack.â (Morris) This speaks of fellowship. This speaks of a depth to the relationship.
ii. âSupper (deipnon) was the main meal of the day. This was the meal at which a man sat and talked for long, for now there was time, for work was ended . . . it is not a mere courtesy visit, paid in the passing, which Jesus Christ offers to us. He desires to come in and to sit long with us, and to wait as long as we wish him to wait.â (Barclay)
Have a good day
J.
i. We might say that it all began with their spiritual blindness. If you are blind, you canât look at yourself and see that you are wretched, miserable, poor . . . and naked. Mental darkness is worse than a loss of sight; but a loss of spiritual vision is even worse.
ii. âThe Laodiceans are typical of the modern world, which revels in that which the natural eye can see but is untouched by the gospel and does not see beyond the veil of the material to the unseen and real eternal spiritual riches.â (Walvoord)
iii. I stand at the door and knock . . . If anyone hears My voice and opens the door: This statement of Jesus expresses a profound mystery. Why does Jesus stand outside the door? Why does He knock? Why does He wait until someone opens the door? Doesnât He have every right to break down the door, or enter some other way on His own accord? But He doesnât. The sovereign, omnipotent Jesus has condescended to work out His eternal plan by wooing the cooperation of the human heart.
iv. âThe occupant must open the door. That is, he must repent of his pride and self-sufficiency, his human wisdom, and his cowardly neutrality.â (Morris)
v. âChrist stands - waits long, at the door of the sinnerâs heart; he knocks - uses judgments, mercies, reproofs, exhortations, to induce sinners to repent and turn to him; he lifts up his voice - calls loudly by his word, ministers, and Spirit.â (Clarke)
vi. Jesus comes to the door as the lover in the Song of Solomon. This is similar to - or perhaps a quotation of - Song of Son_5:2 : It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, âopen for me, my sister, my love.
v. The key to opening the door is to first hear His voice. When we give attention to what Jesus says, then we can be rescued from our own lukewarmness and enter into a âzealousâ relationship with Him.
f. I will come into him: What a glorious promise! If we open the door, He will come in. He wonât ring the bell and run away. He promises to come in, and then to dine with the believer.
i. When Jesus says dine with him, He speaks of a specific meal known as the deipnon. âThe deipnon was the main meal of the day and was a leisurely affair, not a hurried snack.â (Morris) This speaks of fellowship. This speaks of a depth to the relationship.
ii. âSupper (deipnon) was the main meal of the day. This was the meal at which a man sat and talked for long, for now there was time, for work was ended . . . it is not a mere courtesy visit, paid in the passing, which Jesus Christ offers to us. He desires to come in and to sit long with us, and to wait as long as we wish him to wait.â (Barclay)
Have a good day
J.
