235 - To Be a Door
By Jonathan S. Rose
Title: To Be a Door
Topic: First Coming
Summary: The Lord (meaning Jesus) is the door to heaven, bridging and uniting this world with the afterlife.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
John 10:1, 7-11; 10:9
Genesis 1:1
Ephesians 1:19; 4:8, 10
John 1:1, 14
1 Corinthians 15:44
Matthew 7:13
Psalms 24:7-10
Revelation 22:14
John 10:9; 21:15
Numbers 27:15-17
Joshua 14:11
1 Samuel 29:6
2 Samuel 3:25
2 Kings 19:27
Ezekiel 46:8-10
Acts of the Apostles 9:26-28
Evening
Evening, a time when the light and heat are fading away, represents a state in which a person -- or a community of people -- is turning away from the Lord, with little desire left to be good and little knowledge left regarding what good is. Evening is often a time of judgment.
In Genesis 19:1, the evening signifies the visitation that comes before judgment. (Arcana Coelestia 2318)
In Genesis 30:16, this signifies the good or truth in a state of good, but in the obscurity that is characteristic of the natural. (Arcana Coelestia 3949)