tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4741016084835411898.post3401588237043765048..comments2023-05-24T09:44:22.363-07:00Comments on Refreshed by the Word: A Walk Through Revelation - Part 9Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4741016084835411898.post-90718057231582117002014-05-24T15:44:56.224-07:002014-05-24T15:44:56.224-07:00Thanks for dropping by and leaving some great comm...Thanks for dropping by and leaving some great comments. It just makes me all the more excited and Jesus' return and beginning our lives in Heaven!Jan Christiansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578696706386613012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4741016084835411898.post-81141073660406168102014-05-24T13:06:17.707-07:002014-05-24T13:06:17.707-07:00The closest reference to an open door (near Rev. 3...The closest reference to an open door (near Rev. 3:7-8) is shortly thereafter in Rev. 4:1, which refers to an open door to heaven. Despite all their enemies--like the synagogue of Satan in 3:9--when Jesus opens the door to heaven and makes them a "pillar" in the "temple" (of the New Jerusalem in heaven), they will never go out of it (3:12). Their enemies cannot shut them out (of heaven's door) and cannot open it in order to take them down.<br /><br />When Jesus adds that he is coming soon, so hold fast what they have, so that no one seizes their crown (3:11), he would then be saying that if they remain faithful (during the relatively short time until death), he will come (as soon as they die) and open the door to heaven where they will enter and receive their crowns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com