The Way To The Father

The Way To The Father

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. 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. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” - John 14:2-4

More often than not, we think that Jesus was referring to mansions and bungalows in heaven in future. But context is always the key. Read the previous chapter and you will know that Jesus was talking about His coming death.

The Father's house is none other than the dwelling place among believers (John 14:19-23; 1 Cor 3:16). Why are there many mansions? Because there are many people. Before Jesus' resurrection, the dwelling place was not possible because the Holy Spirit could not abide in us. Jesus was not yet glorified (John 7:39; John 12:27).

Jesus said, "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." He prophesied that again in John 14:19-21.

The Holy Spirit, which was given after the resurrection of Christ, gives us co-union with Christ so that "we are seated with Christ in the heavenly places" (Eph 2:6). We are One with Him. We are the dwelling places, the mansions of the Father. Therefore, where Christ is, there we are also.

Heaven is not the destination. The Father is. This is why it's not about how big your future mansion is. It's about you being the mansion of the Father. Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

Jesus is not the Way to heaven. The Bible doesn't say that. He is the Way to the Father. Knowing who you are is more important than where you are going. #identity