This passage is taken incorrectly all the time. Many think Jesus was telling His disciples that He was going to Heaven to build "the rooms" but the rooms where already built. They are there!! Jesus hadn't even been to the Cross yet so He wasn't talking about His return the Heaven. It is the Cross where Jesus was going and that was weighing on His mind.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]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. [SUP]3 [/SUP]And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. [SUP]4 [/SUP]And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
Notice the mansions (or rooms) are already there!!??!!
Where is Christ going? ANSWER: To the Cross
Why did Christ go to the Cross: ANSWER: So that we could go to Heaven when we die
Without the Cross there would be no way for us to enter Heaven where the rooms were already built. So, this deals with what Christ was to be doing and how it affects believers when they die:
[SUP]2 [/SUP]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.
The rest of the passage deals with Christ return. He starts out by saying that since He is going to "the Cross" He will come again to receive those alive when He comes so that we all can be together.
I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. [SUP]4 [/SUP]And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
When He comes again, He will be here to reign. He makes no mention of coming to take us to heaven. There is no mention anywhere of Christ coming to gather then returning with us to Heaven. All mentions of Christ coming is to reign here on earth. You see, Christ returns and gathers us to Him. This message is consistent with Mat 24 also:
...and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. [SUP]31 [/SUP]And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect...
[SUP]2 [/SUP]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. [SUP]3 [/SUP]And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. [SUP]4 [/SUP]And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
Notice the mansions (or rooms) are already there!!??!!
Where is Christ going? ANSWER: To the Cross
Why did Christ go to the Cross: ANSWER: So that we could go to Heaven when we die
Without the Cross there would be no way for us to enter Heaven where the rooms were already built. So, this deals with what Christ was to be doing and how it affects believers when they die:
[SUP]2 [/SUP]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.
The rest of the passage deals with Christ return. He starts out by saying that since He is going to "the Cross" He will come again to receive those alive when He comes so that we all can be together.
I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. [SUP]4 [/SUP]And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
When He comes again, He will be here to reign. He makes no mention of coming to take us to heaven. There is no mention anywhere of Christ coming to gather then returning with us to Heaven. All mentions of Christ coming is to reign here on earth. You see, Christ returns and gathers us to Him. This message is consistent with Mat 24 also:
...and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. [SUP]31 [/SUP]And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect...
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