This song was originally written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack to the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. The song is about an officer who, having accidentally shot the kid, is wondering and hoping, while lying on his death bed that he will be let into heaven, hence “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.” He knocks because he thinks he needs permission to enter there.
Although this is Hollywood which employs imagination, it does represent the beliefs of a great number of people. They erroneously believe that they have to ask permission to get into heaven. One never knows if the answer will be in the affirmative on in the negative. For some, it’s all based on a very complicated formula that no one on earth understands.
It wasn’t that way with Jesus:
Luke 23:43
And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
1 John 5:13
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
You don’t want to be tentatively knocking on heaven’s door. You need to read the Book that tells you of a grand entrance which is available for you.
Think about it.
Gary