John 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..."
So, how exactly was Christ going to 'prepare' a place? Was He going to build some furniture to put in those mansions maybe? No, Christ is speaking here of His death on the cross.
You see, in order to prepare a place for those given to Him by the Father before time began, He had to shed His blood unto death to purchase the release of each one from the sentence of an eternity in hell. They had to be redeemed, made righteous, justified from their sins against God before they would be allowed to spend eternity with Him in His mansions.
I can remember many years back they always used to say, "Leave the Gospel of John everywhere you go because that is the simplest of all Scripture to understand." But the more I study the book of John, the more I realize how little I know by this flesh.
There is such amazing depth and such richness regarding Christ Jesus in each verse of Scripture, that apart from the Spirit of God teaching us, we would miss the very One that's set forth, "But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." (1 Corinthians 2:10)
Being finite creatures, we know so little of the universe around us and even less about the God Who created it all, but in time, He is pleased to reveal the rich, yet free Truth to His children, "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God." (1 Corinthians 2:12) "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven..." (Matthew 13:11)
So may we rejoice in the Word of the LORD, savor Him, be grateful for Him and, "Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given." (Mark 4:24)
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