Dear John and all Doves,
      We read in the book of Revelation, "He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens, says this: I know your works-- see I have set before you an open door..." This is about Christ/Messiah as our open door and doorway to Abba Father. It is also about an open door to where He is. Heaven? If He knows us He alone has the full data bank on our thoughts, words, actions, sins, and so on. He is the Judge. He is on the other side of the open door and He is our door to forgiveness, grace, and the life eternal.
      Some translations have the Master telling us to hold fast  or hold what you have that no one take your crown. Hold Fast? Are we told to be a bride who is fasting when the door is open? Is the crown a wedding present? The pieces of the eternal spiritual puzzle are nearly all in place. The bride who is meek, fasting, repenting, praying, prepared, mourning, will have her sorrow turned into the joy supreme. Soon the bridegroom cometh. The red of His Blood is combined with the good deeds of the saints who wear clean white linen. Master, our Beloved, may Abba's Kingdom Come..

With Love and Shalom,
Jean Stepnoski.