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“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” (John 14:2).
After the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, He went back to heaven as a man. Here in our verse He tells the disciples that He was going to prepare a place for them. What did He mean?
When I was young, I thought that the Lord had to make everything ready in heaven, just as we would get our home in proper order if we were expecting guests. But could anything possibly be out of place in heaven? Could anything need to be straightened out there? No, for everything is perfect in the place where God lives.
The Lord Jesus makes the place ready for us by being there as a man. He became a man when He came into this world, and He will remain a man for all eternity so that He can enjoy our company. When we get there, we will not feel strange or out of place, for He will be there as a risen man, with a glorified body. We too will have glorified bodies, suited to heaven.
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