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“In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you” (John 14:2).
At the time that the Lord Jesus said these words, His disciples were very concerned because He had told them that He was going away from them. He was going back to heaven—back to His Father. They had hoped for an earthly kingdom, but the Lord told them clearly that this was not going to happen at that time. But then He told them something better.
He told them that instead of an earthly kingdom, they would spend eternity with Him in the Father’s house—the place where He lived. What a wonderful prospect that is! It is really more than we can understand. God the Father, and His Son the Lord Jesus, love us so much that they want us to spend eternity in the Father’s house.
This is the only time in the Bible that the expression “My Father’s house” is used in connection with heaven, but it is enough to show us how much God loves us. He wants us to enjoy His presence for all eternity, in His home!
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