Picture Of Jesus At Door With No Handle

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

Picture of jesus at door with no handle.

Then the light comes in. Painted between the years 1853 54 the artist depicts jesus christ standing at a door with a lantern in his hand. It was a statement made originally to believers who had left jesus out. 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.

There is no handle on the outside of this door. 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. The portrait hangs in the northernmost transept of st. Take a look at this picture.

Jesus knocking on your door religious wall picture 8x10 art print. The painting by holman hunt shows jesus outside a door with no handle requesting entry but will he be admitted. It s a rather famous painting by an artist whose name was holman hunt. 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.

Jesus carrying a lantern is depicted knocking at a door with no handle on the outside. Just because there isnt a doorknob on the outside doesnt mean that there isnt a doorknob on the inside. If anyone hears and opens the door i will come in all a sinner has to do is hear and open the door. Jesus spoke to the laodicean church saying i stand at the door and knock.

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 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. This door is shown as an old door covered with vines and the door has not been opened for a long time.

If any man hear my voice and open the door i will come in to him and will sup with him and he. Behold 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. The door is overgrown with weeds and the nails and hinges are rusted implying that the door has never been.

With his arm raised jesus is knocking on this door.