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494 495 496 497 hear My voice, and should open the door, I [also] will enter in to him, and I will eat 498 499 supper with him, and he with me! 494 rd The 3 person singular subjunctive active verb íïßî, anoikse, “he should open,” is st changed to the 1 person future indicative active avnoi,xw, anoikso, “I will open,” by Sinaiticus and the first writer of Minuscule 2053 (probably). This changes the meaning of John’s statement. Instead of the door-opening being the responsibility of the person at whose door the risen Lord is knocking, it is something that the risen Lord promises He will do Himself. 495 Again, we remark the emphasis of Biblical Theology upon the importance of human freedom and decision for any genuine religion. The risen Lord's relationship with His people is dependent upon their response to His knocking at the door of their heart. He will not force His way in--but waits, patiently and lovingly, for them to open the door! Again we note that there is a large IF written at the heart of Biblical Theology! 496 The conjunction kai, kai, “and,” or “also,” is read by Sinaiticus, Uncial Manuscript 0169, Minuscules 1006, 1841, 1854, 2329, 2344, 2351, the Majority Text (K) and the Philoxenian Syriac. The word is omitted by Alexandrinus, Minuscules 1611, 2050, 2053, the Majority Text (A), the entire Latin tradition, the Harclean Syriac and the Coptic tradition. The evidence is fairly evenly balanced, so that it is difficult to determine whether the original read the conjunction or not–thus its placement in the text within brackets. 497 For this divine promise, "I will enter into him," compare John 14:23, "..."If [note again the “IF”!] anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him; and We will come to him, and We will make Our dwelling-place with him!" 498 st The 1 person future indicative active verb äåéðíÞóù, deipneso means "I will eat," "I will dine," and is used of the Passover meal as well as for pagan cultic meals. The related noun dei/pnon, deipnon means "dinner," or "supper." When combined with kuriako,j, kuriakos it means "the lordly [or imperial] supper" (1 Corinthians 11:20). It is also used for "formal dinner," a "banquet." Used in Christian circles at the close of the first century, such language could not fail to have connotations of the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper. The text implies, then, that the risen Lord is now sharing once again with His followers in the bread and wine--compare Mark 14:25, "Truly I say to you people that I will not again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God!" Is this an offer of the risen Lord to share with them in the supper, as members of the Kingdom of God? We think it is, and that this promise makes a very important contribution to our understanding of Jesus’ language at the Last Supper. 499 It is an invitation of the risen Lord to His church members whom He loves at Laodicea, in spite of their proud, self-sufficient attitudes, to enter into a relationship of the utmost intimacy and closeness! There can be no doubt that the imagery of this invitation is rooted in the promise of YHWH to His people made in the Jewish Bible, one that constantly appeared in the teaching of Jesus, including His parables. 243 (continued...)
500 3.21 The one who is conquering, I will give to him to sit down with Me on My 501 502 503 throne, just as I also conquered, and I sat down with My Father on His throne! 3.22 499 (...continued) “On this mountain YHWH of Armies will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine--the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain He will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; He will swallow up death forever. My Lord YHWH will wipe way the tears from all faces; He will remove the disgrace of His people from all the earth. YHWH has spoken!” (Isaiah 25:6-8) “...Many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven. But the subjects of the Kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 8:11-12; see the Parable of the Wedding Banquet in 22:1-14) “You are those who have stood by Me in My trials. And I confer on you a Kingdom, just as My Father conferred one on Me, so that you may eat and drink at My table in My Kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” (Luke 22:28-30) 500 For the exact phrase, using the present participle, "the one who is conquering," see Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12 and 21 (here). This phrase occurs in each of the seven letters, and emphasizes that the life-style of those who share their lives with the risen Lord is one of "fighting the good fight," of struggling to the end; but it promises that at least some of them are successfully "conquering" in the midst of their spiritual warfare. See our footnotes on Revelation 2:7, 11, 17 and 26. This interpretation will play an important role in our understanding of the rider on the white horse in 6:2 who is riding on a white horse, kai. evxh/lqen nikw/n kai. i[na nikh,sh|, kai ekselthen nikon kai hina nikese, “and he went out conquering (the same present participle as seen here in 3:21 and the other passages).” See our notes on chapter six. 501 This risen Lord, who is also a "Son of the Person" (compare Revelation 1:13 with its footnote) longs to share His "Throne"--that is, His Kingdom and His authority--with every one of His people, with every church member! It can happen, if they will listen to the divine voice, and respond obediently to its counsel! Beasley-Murray comments, “No higher honor than this can be imagined. But it is promised to the Laodiceans. The sincerity of the love expressed in verse 19 is matched by the height of its expression here. Lohmeyer justly comments, ‘This saying promises the last and final privilege; it concludes equally effectively the crown of the seven promises to the conquerors and the seven letters themselves.’" (P. 108) Hough explains that "Christ does not allow His throne to put a distance between Him and His loyal follower. He shares His throne with him who conquers. The limitless power of the divine grace is suggested by these words. A [human being] is to be prepared to share the 244 (continued...)
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