"I stand at the door and knock"
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Question: What is the meaning of Revelation 3:20?
The Jews have been resisting all the attempts of Almighty God to get them to honour their vows to Him in Deuteronomy; and is well summarised in Malachi!
Rev. 3:20 is again the Lord attempting to draw them to Himself; as the “Dispensation” is post the “Age of Grace”; and applies to the “Ecclesia”!
V.20 (a)Behold, I have taken My station 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.
(a) The context here is still Jewish, and refers to the 7 groups initially. However, the Jewish Nation will read and understand these words in the future and it will apply to many of them. As the present time (Age) applies to the Church (which is Christ's Body) the sense of this is that this yet future grouping will relate to Christ eventually as Bride. Hence the Bridegroom will be Christ and Christ-ones, and the Bride will be all the above mentioned, at least! (See: Luke 12:35-38 and Rev. 19:9, etc.). The misapplication of the words "Behold, I stand at the door and knock", "if any man hear my voice", initially by Jerome, and subsequently by the Roman Church, followed by others, is to use Dr. Bullinger's words, "akin to blasphemy". As said the context is Jewish, the timing is certainly the latter part of the "7" remaining years of the revelation to Daniel, and is therefore the "Ammi", or just prior to the "Ammi" period. Further; the words "any man", should from the Greek be "certain men", meaning a particular grouping, in this context Jews.
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