STAND AT DOOR KNOCK

Intelligence Brief

The most startling image in the seven letters: Christ stands outside His own church, knocking. He has not abandoned them but they have excluded Him through self-sufficiency. The promise is individual ("if anyone hears"). The fellowship offered is intimate: "I will dine with him" — sharing a meal was the deepest expression of covenant fellowship. Christ offers what wealth cannot buy — His personal presence. GK: hestēka epi tēn thyran kai krouō — perfect active: "I have taken my stand and continue standing." deipnēsō = the main evening fellowship meal. HEB: Song of Songs 5:2. SCIF: Commander at the perimeter requesting entry to his own installation — the tragedy: the door is locked from the inside.

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