If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. Behold, Behold, I stand at the door and knock, knock, knock: Behold, Behold, I stand at the door and knock, knock, knock: If any girl hear my voice, If any. New King James Version Behold, I stand at the door and knock. The Lord Jesus Christ urged them to repent and have fellowship with Him before the night of judgment fell and it was too late forever. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 11:25, where the underlying Greek is rendered “sup,” “supper,” and “supped,” respectively). Dine is from deipneo, which refers to the evening meal, the last meal of the day (cf. Believers will dine with Christ at the marriage supper of the Lamb (19:9), and in the millennial kingdom (Luke 22:16, 29–30). Sharing a meal in ancient times symbolized the union of people in loving fellowship. The picture of Christ outside the Laodicean church seeking entrance strongly implies that, unlike Sardis, there were no believers there at all.Ĭhrist’s offer to dine with the repentant church speaks of fellowship, communion, and intimacy. If one person ( anyone) opened the door by repentance and faith, Christ would enter that church through that individual. But He is knocking on the door of the church, calling the many to saving faith, so that He may enter the church. But the startling reality, introduced by the arresting word behold, was that Christ stood at the door of the Laodicean church and knock ed if anyone in the church would hear His voice and open the door, He would come in to him and dine with him, and he with Christ. The invitation is, first of all, a personal one, since salvation is individual. The apostate Laodicean church could only have expected Christ to come in judgment. Christ was outside this apostate church and wanted to come in-something that could only happen if the people repented. The door on which Christ is knocking is not the door to a single human heart, but to the Laodicean church.
Revelation 3:20 in all English translations. He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Though this verse has been used in countless tracts and evangelistic messages to depict Christ’s knocking on the door of the sinner’s heart, it is broader than that. Christ said, I stand at the door and knock for He promises to share our experiences and invites us to share His.
But the startling reality, introduced by the arresting word behold, was that Christ stood at the door of the Laodicean church and knocked if anyone in the church would hear His voice and open the door, He would come in to him and dine with him, and he with Christ. The apostate Laodicean church could only have expected Christ to come in judgment.
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