Will You Open the Door?

[529 words] William Holman Hunt was an English painter from the late 19th century. He was a very religious man and spent much of his talent for painting directed toward religious subjects. In 1854, he completed another religious work. The painting was titled “Light of the World.” The title for the painting comes from the statement Jesus made in John 8:14. However, it is the scene of Revelation 3:20 that inspired the painting. It was a painting of Jesus knocking at a door and waiting to go inside. As the story goes, he completed this particular painting and then invited a close friend to be the first to view the work. The friend, a fellow artist, looked closely at the painting for several minutes. After Hunt couldn’t stand it any longer, he asked, “Well, what do you think?” The friend responded, “It’s certainly beautiful, but I think you’ve forgotten something.”…