It also looks as if Jesus isn’t too sure if this door will actually be opened – yet still he knocks.
Holman Hunt painted three versions of this painting, the original he donated to Keble College, Oxford but incredibly they didn’t want it in the Sanctuary and placed it instead in a side room charging people for the privilege of viewing it. So he painted a second, life sized version which today hangs in St Paul’s Cathedral.
Jesus – God – seeking us out, looking for us, longing to greet us if only we would open the door.
I wonder what the story might be behind the door and the reason for the delay in opening?
In a season when we remember the Coming of God – I look at Hunt’s work and I am comforted, inspired and immensely grateful for the idea that God is seeking me out, longing and searching for me – wanting my company. Mind blowingly wonderful that still The Light of the World knocks on our hearts door.
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