HEAVENLY HOME
Part five of fifteen devotions in Heaven Enchantment Series
John 14:2-3: “In My Father’s house
are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for
you. And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come back and take you to be with Me that you also may be where I
am.”
The
triumphal ride into Jerusalem was still ringing in the disciple’s ears. Jesus warned the Jews who continued disbelieving,
“As for the person who hears My words but does not keep
them, I do not judge him. For I did not
come to judge the world, but to save it.
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not accept My
words, that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.” (John 12:42-48).
He
probably let that sink in before continuing in verses 49-50, “For I did not speak of My own accord, but the Father who
sent Me commanded Me what to say and how to say it. I know that His command leads to eternal
life. So whatever I say is just what the
Father has told Me to say.”
Forewarned
is forearmed.
Now
was time for the Passover Feast. How
fitting that this is the last time Jesus and His disciples would dine together. Jesus, Himself, would be the LAST necessary Passover
Lamb sacrificed to atone for people’s sins!
Time
for a learning lesson:
Jesus
poured water into a basin and tied a towel around His waist. He washed His disciple’s feet, showing how
they are to serve one another (John 13:5, 15).
Feet-washing anchored Jesus’ news about His betrayal and upcoming death
(John 13:18-33). The opening Scripture intended
to comfort them after this awful shock.
That
Scripture still comforts believers today…often quoted at funerals. “Preparing a place” and “Take you to be with
Me” sounds like personal space and individual care for every believer.
God
always intended to dwell with His people.
See lesson linked below for specifics about where believers’ heavenly
home will be living with Jesus. Forever!
Take
Home Nugget
Revelation
21:1-3 says: “Then I saw a new heaven
and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and
there was no longer any sea.
“I
saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out from heaven from God,
prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
“And
I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Now the dwelling of God is with
men, and He will live with them. They
will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.’”
J.D. Griffith
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