The disciples were frightened. In the Upper Room Judas had just left to betray their Lord, and they worried that Jesus would be killed. Then Jesus told them He would be leaving. Peter wanted to go with him. He wanted to die for Him. Jesus said he would deny Him three times before the Rooster crowed the next morning and that shocked him. Midst their gloom, Jesus begins to tells them about Heaven to cheer them up. This scripture always cheers me up, too.
John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 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 unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
The Father’s House would have to be holy. It would have to be filled with glory. It would have to be a place of peace, blessing, and joy---a place of love. What a thrill to live there. The mansion fades in the light of his Glory.
Jesus will return to take the redeemed saints to their Father’s House. We will see Him and be like Him. We will worship Him for eternity. We will have perfect bodies. We will sing of His glory with perfect voices and shout His praises and that’s only the beginning. Sometime we need to crawl out of the chaos and rejoice in our Heavenly Hope.
