Laodicea: I stand at the door

Laodicea was a rich city. The church said: I am rich, and have need of nothing. Christ calls it lukewarm. Many interpreters point to the water: nearby Hierapolis had hot springs, Colossae cold water, and Laodicea received lukewarm water through an aqueduct.

And then this tender image. Christ stands at the door and knocks. He doesn't break in. He waits for you to open. The painter Holman Hunt made a famous painting of it, The Light of the World, and gave the door no handle on the outside. It can only be opened from within.