Pick-up orders must be paid for 24 hours before scheduling a pickup. They are in used condition and will contain unseen flaws and/or imperfections in addition to the information listed here. The readings for Tuesday of Advent III () are:Īnd are online at /lectionary/2Advent3.htm. Condition: Overall, this item is in good condition. Will I be able to recognize them as the Christ too? This Advent I pray for grace to hear each knock as an opportunity to invite Jesus into my heart and for a willingness to open the door so that the Reign of God can begin in us. More often I will see the one knocking as family, friend, neighbor, or stranger-each hoping for me to open the door and to share my time and on occasion a meal or a cup of tea.
We can sit down and share a meal together, and I will be changed by his very presence.īut before I get too carried away with this idyllic picture, I also need to be aware that the Christ standing at the door to my heart probably won’t take the form of this gentle Jesus in Sallman’s painting. I can trust his message of good news, open the door, and welcome him inside. Just last week I had read Mark 1:15, “The time has come and the Reign of God is at hand: change your hearts and believe in the good news!” This Advent Jesus stands outside my heart’s door knocking and waiting. Perhaps recognizing Jesus at the door could help soften my heart of stone and transform it to a heart of flesh. That idea caught my attention because Advent 2015 had already presented itself as an opportunity for a change of heart. Given the title of the painting, the stones suggested that in my case Jesus too often knocks on the door to a very hard heart. When I searched for the image online, I learned that the painting by Warner Sallman is titled “Christ at Heart’s Door.” As I looked at the painting anew, I observed that the door is set in a stone structure.
Jesus will only be able to gain access if someone opens the door from the inside. One detail about that painting stood out in my memory: the door has no handle. I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”Īs I read these words, I immediately recalled a painting that depicts Jesus standing outside a door knocking. This is the practical way that the wise virgins welcome the bridegroom.If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, And we should measure whether His words are the truth, the voice of God. If we want to welcome the second coming of Jesus Christ and sit at the table with Him and enjoy the blessings of the kingdom of heaven, we should proactively seek and investigate when we hear someone bearing witness to the second coming of Jesus Christ and preaching that His expression is the words from the Spirit to the churches. The wise virgins are able to hear God’s voice and behold the appearance and work of God, and thus they follow God’s footprints, welcome Jesus Christ, be taken before God’s throne and attend the wedding banquet with Him. He merely extends His handand waits for our answer. The Lord does not pressure us to meet with Him: he gives us a choiceno stress.
He who hears my voice and opens the door, I will come to him and dine with him and he with me. Jesus Christ returns in the last days to speak His words and knock at our door. JESUS SAYS: Revelations 3: 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. These truths are words from the Spirit to the churches, as well as the voice of the Bridegroom. From these verses, we can see that Jesus Christ will express all the truths when He comes again. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. There Revelation prophesied many times, “ He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches” (Revelation 2:7). King James Version 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. However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come” (John 16:12-13). Then how will Jesus Christ knock at our door when He comes again? Jesus Christ said, “ I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. For two thousand years, believers in the Lord have been watching and waiting for Jesus Christ to knock. Jesus Christ’s words have made it clear to us that Jesus Christ returns to speak His words and knock at man’s door.
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This verse tells us how to welcome the second coming of Jesus Christ in the last days.
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