14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 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 (John 14:1-3).
These are words of reassurance from Christ. Christ prepares a place for each believer. Each believer will be with Christ. There is also the promise of Christ’s return contained in verse 3. Christ will return. From this verse the purpose of the return is to receive or gather people to Himself. To me, this is about the resurrection of believers. Remember the purpose of this particular verse is one of reassurance and there is no mention of other purposes or of timing. Except that the timing was in future. These other details or purposes are described elsewhere in scripture, but the first 3 verses of John 14 are a general statement of hope for the believer. Maranatha.
These are words of reassurance from Christ. Christ prepares a place for each believer. Each believer will be with Christ. There is also the promise of Christ’s return contained in verse 3. Christ will return. From this verse the purpose of the return is to receive or gather people to Himself. To me, this is about the resurrection of believers. Remember the purpose of this particular verse is one of reassurance and there is no mention of other purposes or of timing. Except that the timing was in future. These other details or purposes are described elsewhere in scripture, but the first 3 verses of John 14 are a general statement of hope for the believer. Maranatha.
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