I am grateful, Jesus, for the place prepared!
1 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
Me: Good morning, Jesus!
Jesus: Good morning, Jon!
Me: I thank you for Your prompting to investigate the Greek behind “mansions” in John 14:2! I have never lived in a mansion, and frankly, this passage has never resonated much with me, until now.
Jesus: Yes, many have not felt the desire to seek after a fancy place to call home. But as you found out, I was talking about the marvelous and unmatched privilege of you personally, permanently abiding in relationship with the Father, and with Me, and with the Holy Spirit; all the fullness of God. The culmination of my preparation occurred at the cross, as I told Thomas:
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14
In fact, all the rest of John 14 consists of my efforts to get the disciples to look past the impending terror of the cross to the fullness of the abiding life that I Am making possible.
You should look upon the translators with grace. Words fail any effort to describe the majestic panorama of the union I Am promising and is growing even now.
Me: Thank You Jesus! Thank You! I love You!
Jesus: You are welcome! Welcome home! I love you!
Missionary Sojourn 
It reminds me of that story of the rich man and the beggar, because someone once suggested they’d basically gone to the same place but the rich man was in hell because of his mindset.
Anyway, I’m with you.
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That mindset can be trouble…
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Here we say location, location, location. There it will be relation, relation, relation….There we will know even as we are known. It’s important to start knowing God now. Good one Jon.
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Great observations Gary! May the new year bring an ever deepening relationship with Him!
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Mansions of his glorious presence. Jesus longs to welcome us home!
“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation.
John 17:24 CSB
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That’s a wonderful verse about Jesus heart towards us. We need to see His glory to fully understand that our present troubles don’t stand a chance against the strength of His light.
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Our little minds put God in a box more often than we can realize. His plans for us, as He’s told us in His Word, are greater than we can imagine. It’s so exciting! Nice way to frame the discussion too, Jon! God bless!
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Thank you Nancy! We certainly tend to overestimate our ability to know the extents of our infinite Creator!
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Jon, thanks for sharing! I was inspired to write a spin-off from this (titled “Nuggets”), giving you the credit and God the glory!
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You are welcome! Sorry I didn’t catch that your comment was hung up in the approval loop.
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No worries 😁
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Good choice of photo. It looks so natural, elegant, and peaceful. As close as we’ll ever get to imagining the future with Jesus, this side of heaven anyway.
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