‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in
God, trust also in me.
In my Father’s house are many
rooms, if it were not so, I would have told you;
for I go to prepare a place for you’ John 14:1-2
Jesus said, ‘…for I go to prepare a place for you…’
Now there are a couple of ways of
interpreting this statement…’
Did Jesus mean that he was going to heaven
and was going to build a place for us – like some kind of divine carpenter? I am going ‘there’ to prepare a
place for you?
-No, I don’t think so, because he had
already said that His father’s house had many rooms or dwelling places. So our
dwelling place in heaven is already built, already in existence and it’s big
enough for everyone who has a ticket (Rev 21)
Jesus said ’…for I go to prepare a place
for you…’ perhaps Jesus meant that ‘one
day’ he was going to prepare a place for us? Once again probably not;
God’s plan is already in place. He is not just reacting to circumstances but
already has a programme in place which will find its future fulfillment.
Jesus said, ‘I go’ and the Way He goes is the Way He prepares a place
for us! He goes via the cross. He makes the Way for us to follow Him; through
His going.
‘…for ‘I
go’ to prepare a place for you...’ Because I go in this Way, this will
make it possible for you to follow me. Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and
the Life. Jesus is the Way to the Father because He is Truth and Life! (John
14:6)
‘If
I go and prepare a place for you I will back and take you to be with me forever’.
(John 14:3) Amen
Symbols of his body broken and His blood
shed to make a Way by the forgiveness of sins to all who believe and put their
trust in him.
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