Our Lord Jesus speaking to His disciples...
John 14:2-3
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
KJV
I will show the difference between men's doctrines on those verses, vs. what God's Holy Writ reveals.
A. Men's doctrines teach that's about Jesus coming to 'rapture' His Church from the earth, take them to Heaven where they think The "Father's house" will be along with those "many mansions", and then to live and reign with Jesus from there forever.
Problem with that interpretation is it shows they haven't really done their homework in the Old Testament prophets like they were supposed to.
B. Per God's Word, The "Father's house" and the "many mansions" will be manifest ON THE EARTH when our Lord Jesus returns to reign here, with His elect, on earth (see also Rev.5:10). The Ezekiel 40 through 48 Chapters gave us the details of The Father's house and the abodes of the priests which is what those "many mansions" actually are. It all involves the sanctuary layout on earth in the future per the Book of Ezekiel 40-48.
Ezek 40:45-46
45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
KJV
The Hebrew word Zadok means 'The Just', or 'Righteous'. These represent Christ's elect who will reign with Him.
Ezek 45:2-5
2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
KJV
The Greek word for "mansions" in John 14:2 is mone, and it simply means an abode, or residence. That's what these houses above are that our Lord Jesus was talking about with that idea of "many mansions".
Now where God showed Ezekiel this Millennial Sanctuary called The "Father's house", would be located, we are shown at the start of Ezek.40:
Ezek 40:2
2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
KJV
This is the SAME holy city that Apostle John was given to see per Revelation 21, which there we are given even more details about the future New Jerusalem:
Rev 21:10
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
KJV
Here's a diagram of the Millennial Sanctuary based on the layout from the Book of Ezekiel:
https://levendwater.org/companion/append88.html
John 14:2-3
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
KJV
I will show the difference between men's doctrines on those verses, vs. what God's Holy Writ reveals.
A. Men's doctrines teach that's about Jesus coming to 'rapture' His Church from the earth, take them to Heaven where they think The "Father's house" will be along with those "many mansions", and then to live and reign with Jesus from there forever.
Problem with that interpretation is it shows they haven't really done their homework in the Old Testament prophets like they were supposed to.
B. Per God's Word, The "Father's house" and the "many mansions" will be manifest ON THE EARTH when our Lord Jesus returns to reign here, with His elect, on earth (see also Rev.5:10). The Ezekiel 40 through 48 Chapters gave us the details of The Father's house and the abodes of the priests which is what those "many mansions" actually are. It all involves the sanctuary layout on earth in the future per the Book of Ezekiel 40-48.
Ezek 40:45-46
45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
KJV
The Hebrew word Zadok means 'The Just', or 'Righteous'. These represent Christ's elect who will reign with Him.
Ezek 45:2-5
2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
KJV
The Greek word for "mansions" in John 14:2 is mone, and it simply means an abode, or residence. That's what these houses above are that our Lord Jesus was talking about with that idea of "many mansions".
Now where God showed Ezekiel this Millennial Sanctuary called The "Father's house", would be located, we are shown at the start of Ezek.40:
Ezek 40:2
2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
KJV
This is the SAME holy city that Apostle John was given to see per Revelation 21, which there we are given even more details about the future New Jerusalem:
Rev 21:10
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
KJV
Here's a diagram of the Millennial Sanctuary based on the layout from the Book of Ezekiel:
https://levendwater.org/companion/append88.html