I wonder if The Doors "Fire on the Mountain" song was inspired by the Bible.
Hosea 2:15 "Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
The Lord wants to give us hope while we are in here and when we leave.
Acts 14:27 - When they had arrived and gathered the church (people, not a building) together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles (non-Jews / non- believers).
Are we doing the same?
1 Corinthians 16:9 - for a wide door for effective service has opened to me (Paul), and there are many adversaries.
We have physical & spiritual enemies.
Romans 8:37 - But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.
2 Corinthians 2:12 - Now when I Paul came to Troas for the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened for me in the Lord
A city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor, named after ancient Troy, which was at some little distance from it (about 4 miles) to the north. Here Paul, on his second missionary journey, saw the vision of a "man of Macedonia," who appeared to him, saying, "Come over, and help us" (Acts 16:8-11). He visited this place also on other occasions, and on one of these visits he left his cloak and some books there (2 Corinthians 2:12; 2Tim 4:13). The ruins of Troas extend over many miles, the site being now mostly covered with a forest of oak trees. The modern name of the ruins is Eski Stamboul i.e., Old Constantinople. http://www.biblemaster.com/bible/dict/ebd/view.asp?number=3724
Colossians 4:3 - praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the Word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;
“When Iranian officials demanded that he recant his faith in Jesus Christ or die, he responded, I cannot.” Pastor Youcef http://aclj.org/nadarkhani He spent 1000 days in prison
Revelation 3:8 - `I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power (dunamis-dynamite) and have kept My Word, and have not denied My name.
Matthew 10:33 - "But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
Isaiah 61: 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;
2 To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,
Acts 5: 18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.
19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said,
20“Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple the whole message of this Life.”
21Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach.
