Picture Of Jesus At Door With No Handle

The light of the world 1851 1853 is an allegorical painting by the english pre raphaelite artist william holman hunt 1827 1910 representing the figure of jesus preparing to knock on an overgrown and long unopened door illustrating revelation 3 20.

Picture of jesus at door with no handle. Jesus carrying a lantern is depicted knocking at a door with no handle on the outside. If anyone hears and opens the door i will come in all a sinner has to do is hear and open the door. This door is shown as an old door covered with vines and the door has not been opened for a long time. But it also provides a wonderful word picture.

If any man hear my voice and open the door i will come in to him and will sup with him and he. The door is overgrown with weeds and the nails and hinges are rusted implying that the door has never been. Just because there isnt a doorknob on the outside doesnt mean that there isnt a doorknob on the inside. It was a statement made originally to believers who had left jesus out.

Jesus knocks on the door of your heart the handle s on the inside this painting was based on jesus own words recorded in our word for today from the word of god revelation 3 20. Painted between the years 1853 54 the artist depicts jesus christ standing at a door with a lantern in his hand. Jesus knocking on your door religious wall picture 8x10 art print. It s a rather famous painting by an artist whose name was holman hunt.

Behold i stand at the door and knock. Canessioa modern canvas wall art for office 12x18inch jesus christ knocking at the door religious and spiritual art print poster still life decorative paintings stretched and framed ready to hang. Take a look at this picture. There is no handle on the outside of this door.

Jesus spoke to the laodicean church saying i stand at the door and knock. So depicts the life sized portrait of jesus who knocks on a door with no handle a heart determinedly closed to christ. Hunt presents us with the figure of jesus preparing to knock on an overgrown and long unopened door is it the door of our own heart and our mind. Then the light comes in.

The door has no handle on the outside and therefore can be only opened from within illustrating that we are free to keep the door of our heart locked leaving the divine guest on the doorstep. Notice there is no handle on the outside he waits for you to choose to open it from the inside. With his arm raised jesus is knocking on this door. Paul s cathedral in the city of london though it is a replica painted by william holman hunt towards the end of his life as his eyesight deteriorated.

The original is hung in st paul s cathedral in london.