"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come into him, and sup with him, and he with me."
This verse is often used to say that Christ is knocking on the individual's heart and if anyone will open their hearts door, Jesus will come in [salvation]. Problem is, we can't open a dead heart.
Is this the right interpretation? Let's find out as we let the Scripture speak.
Context is King:
Christ is writing to the seventh church of Revelation, the Laodicean church. Seven historical and contemporary churches. That is, they actually exsited in that time and have a prevailing trait of churches today.
The Laodiceans church was the church that thought they had everything they needed and did not need Christ [v. 17].
In otherwords, Christ is on the outside looking in and seeking to get into the church. This not an appeal to the lost, but the professing church.
This Laodicean church is the professing liberal church of our day that functions without the head of the church and the Holy Spirit. They have left the Doctrine of Christ and have become a worldly church without Christ at the center.
I personally believe the faithful church at Philadelphia [3:7-13] is the rapture church. Laodicea is the liberal church left behind. This faithful church is the one who is raptured and taken out before the seven year period of tribulation [3:10].
