Copied From Our Daily Bread 2012-05-17 A Place For You

Copied From Our Daily Bread 

2012-05-17  A Place For You

— by David C. McCasland

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Read :  John 13 : 36–38

13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
 

13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

John  14 : 1 - 4

14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
 

14:2 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.
 

14:3 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.
 

14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. —John 14:3

Bible in a Year : Job 11-13

A couple who brought their elderly aunt to live with them were concerned that she would not feel at home.

So they transformed a room in their house into an exact replica of her bedroom at the home she left behind.

When their aunt arrived, her furniture, wall hangings, and other favorite things felt like a special “Welcome home!” to her.

In John 13:36–14:4, we read that at the Last Supper Jesus spoke to His disciples and tried to prepare them for His death.

When Simon Peter asked, “Where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward” (13:36). 

Jesus was still speaking directly to Peter (and also meant it for all of His followers) when He said, “In My Father’s house are many mansions [rooms]; if it were not so, I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (14:2-3).

Heaven is a family gathering of believers from every tribe and nation, but it is also our Father’s house—and in that house He is preparing a room just for you.

When you arrive in heaven and Jesus opens the door, you’ll know you’re home.

I have a home in heaven above
 

From sin and sorrow free—
 

A mansion which eternal love
 

Designed and formed for me. —Bennett

For the Christian, heaven is spelled H-O-M-E.