Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
The knocks at the door of His life
English answer:
being called on to play the role of Redeemer through pain and suffering
Added to glossary by
Yvonne Gallagher
Apr 17, 2019 08:39
5 yrs ago
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English term
The knocks at the door of His life
English
Art/Literary
Religion
About how to stop worrying
Look to the suffering of Jesus
He suffered like no one else has ever suffered. He had more reasons to be anxious than any of us. All hell was set against Him. The whole course of human history depended on Him. All of His people's salvation rested on His shoulders. One misstep on His part and all would have been lost.
...Jesus was divine [...], but He had a truly human nature, subject to weakness, fatigue, and all afflictions. He had not only a human body but also a human soul. On one occasion, in the garden fo Gethsemane, he was "sore amazed, and... very heavy" (Mark 14:33). He was so sorrowful, so full of anxiety, that blood came out of His pores. ***The knocks on the door of His life*** were infinitely more ominous than what we experience because they carried the weight of the world with them.
What does this expression imply?
He suffered like no one else has ever suffered. He had more reasons to be anxious than any of us. All hell was set against Him. The whole course of human history depended on Him. All of His people's salvation rested on His shoulders. One misstep on His part and all would have been lost.
...Jesus was divine [...], but He had a truly human nature, subject to weakness, fatigue, and all afflictions. He had not only a human body but also a human soul. On one occasion, in the garden fo Gethsemane, he was "sore amazed, and... very heavy" (Mark 14:33). He was so sorrowful, so full of anxiety, that blood came out of His pores. ***The knocks on the door of His life*** were infinitely more ominous than what we experience because they carried the weight of the world with them.
What does this expression imply?
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| 4 +4 | various meanings... |
Yvonne Gallagher
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| 3 +3 | Hardships/sufferings |
Sina Salehi
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Apr 29, 2019 11:21: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
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English
Works in field
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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various meanings...
"A knock at the door" can signify various things:
a) simply what it says, someone is knocking on the door and you decide whether to answer the knock by opening the door and see who is there
b) 3 knocks sounded in a theatre signify the curtain is about to rise (or fall), i.e. you are being called upon to go on stage and play your part until the curtain falls, or
c) where "knocks" can mean various types of suffering and hardships to be endured during your life
Here I believe it means all of these. God the Father is knocking on the door calling upon His Son to suffer for humankind and asking Jesus to play the role of Redeemer for us all
See this quotation where Jesus the Redeemer is doing the knocking, waiting to be invited inside, into our lives
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice,
and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and
he with Me. (Rev. 3:20)
https://goodnewsarticles.com/Oct02-1.htm
" ... Knock, knock, knock. And we all know what to do
when we hear that sound: We go to the door to find out who is
there.
According to this passage from Revelation, Jesus Christ is
knocking ...because He wants to be invited in. .. -- to eat with
us. This is symbolic of close fellowship. ...
We talk much about seeking God. But according to this passage,
Jesus is seeking US. He is taking the initiative to come over -- to
right where we are. And He is talking the initiative to knock on our
door. He is not waiting for us to find HIM.
This is not merely a picture of salvation which Jesus is here, in
Revelation, giving us. It is more. It is a picture of the heart of God.
It is His eternal attitude towards, not only unbelievers, but towards
those who do believe. Jesus says that He is continually standing
and continually knocking. He is continually wanting to be invited
into more and more of the "rooms" of our lives.
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Note added at 49 mins (2019-04-17 09:29:20 GMT)
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There are quite a few examples in scripture of God/Jesus knocking at the door
https://www.openbible.info/topics/knock_at_the_door
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Note added at 12 days (2019-04-29 11:19:18 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped
a) simply what it says, someone is knocking on the door and you decide whether to answer the knock by opening the door and see who is there
b) 3 knocks sounded in a theatre signify the curtain is about to rise (or fall), i.e. you are being called upon to go on stage and play your part until the curtain falls, or
c) where "knocks" can mean various types of suffering and hardships to be endured during your life
Here I believe it means all of these. God the Father is knocking on the door calling upon His Son to suffer for humankind and asking Jesus to play the role of Redeemer for us all
See this quotation where Jesus the Redeemer is doing the knocking, waiting to be invited inside, into our lives
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice,
and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and
he with Me. (Rev. 3:20)
https://goodnewsarticles.com/Oct02-1.htm
" ... Knock, knock, knock. And we all know what to do
when we hear that sound: We go to the door to find out who is
there.
According to this passage from Revelation, Jesus Christ is
knocking ...because He wants to be invited in. .. -- to eat with
us. This is symbolic of close fellowship. ...
We talk much about seeking God. But according to this passage,
Jesus is seeking US. He is taking the initiative to come over -- to
right where we are. And He is talking the initiative to knock on our
door. He is not waiting for us to find HIM.
This is not merely a picture of salvation which Jesus is here, in
Revelation, giving us. It is more. It is a picture of the heart of God.
It is His eternal attitude towards, not only unbelievers, but towards
those who do believe. Jesus says that He is continually standing
and continually knocking. He is continually wanting to be invited
into more and more of the "rooms" of our lives.
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Note added at 49 mins (2019-04-17 09:29:20 GMT)
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There are quite a few examples in scripture of God/Jesus knocking at the door
https://www.openbible.info/topics/knock_at_the_door
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Note added at 12 days (2019-04-29 11:19:18 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
+3
2 mins
Sina Salehi
Germany
Germany
Germany
My two mottos, punctuality and precision
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, English, and 4 more.
Hardships/sufferings
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Note added at 8 mins (2019-04-17 08:48:24 GMT)
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It could mean the warnings too. Usually in religious thinking every pain or suffering is a warning/ or even a blessing or gift from God. You may also think of it as an opportunity for getting nearer to God in religious thinking. Those who suffer more pain, in religious thinking, can shape stronger bonds with their God.
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Note added at 8 mins (2019-04-17 08:48:24 GMT)
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It could mean the warnings too. Usually in religious thinking every pain or suffering is a warning/ or even a blessing or gift from God. You may also think of it as an opportunity for getting nearer to God in religious thinking. Those who suffer more pain, in religious thinking, can shape stronger bonds with their God.
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AllegroTrans
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Thanks Allegro!
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philgoddard
: This is not English as we know it.
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Thanks! It is.
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Mariana Passos
: It is not a usual EN expression. Taking from the context (already talking about suffering) the author is stressing that Jesus' suffering was harder because it was not only his, it was the world's on him.
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