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IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE, ARE MANY MANSIONS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

I grew up listening to gospel songs that said, “The houses on earth are beautiful, but my house in heaven is even more beautiful.” I also heard preachers say that the more souls you bring into the kingdom, the finer your heavenly mansion will be. Some even claimed to have visions of heaven where they saw many “abandoned mansions.”, while others say they saw their mansion in heaven, some said the reason Jesus hasn't returned yet because He is still building the Mansions.

But how true is this? Let’s look at John 14 and see what “mansion” truly means.

Before chapter 14, Jesus had been telling His disciples about His coming death and how He would be going away. Then He said in John 14:2:

“In my Father’s house are many mansions… I go to prepare a place for you.”

The problem here is the word “mansion.” You can’t really blame King James because in old English, “mansion” didn’t mean a luxurious palace. It meant a dwelling place or place to stay. It’s just like if I wrote in my article, “My grandma kicked the bucket.” A hundred years later, someone might think she literally kicked a bucket, when my actual meaning was that she died.

Jesus’ intent here was not to describe physical real estate in heaven. He was revealing why God became flesh(Jesus) to bring salvation and eternal life so that man could permanently dwell in God’s presence. No one had ever done that before.

That’s why He told them He would destroy the temple and raise it in three days. When He died, the temple veil tore, giving all believers access into the holiest place.

So in John 14, “In my Father’s house are many dwelling places” simply means that in God’s household there is room for all who believe. Jesus was saying, “I will prepare that place.” And how did He prepare it?

By His blood and finished work:

Hebrews 10:19,20 His death and resurrection gave us access into God’s presence.

Hebrews 10:10,14 We have been cleansed and perfected once for all.

Now, we are worthy to be God’s permanent dwelling place. It’s not a physical building, it’s a spiritual reality, a position and identity.

Ephesians 2:6 We are seated in heavenly places in Christ.

God lives in us, and we live in Him.

The Greek word in John 14 for “mansion” (monē) simply means a dwelling or abode. And that’s exactly what we have become: the house of God, prepared by Jesus through His finished work because He is the way, the truth, and the life.

To unbelievers:
Jesus said, “If you believe my word, My Father and I will make our home in you.” (John 14:23) This word has already been fulfilled. Believe and you will be saved because He loves you.

Finally:
Salvation is beautiful. Thank You, Jesus because without You, our works, morals, goodness, or law-keeping would never have been enough for God to permanently dwell in us. But now, we are the household of a holy God.

It's not about real estate in heaven, but God dwelling in us all, so we are always in His presence, we never leave the holiest of holies.

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Regarding what Jesus said in the Bible book of John 14:1-3 Paul told born again Christians in Thessalonica:


For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. ‭1Thessalonians 4:16-17 NIV‬

Please what is Paul saying here?

Beautiful question! Is the Lord Jesus coming? Yes! But from the earlier write up, by Jesus sacrifice, death, resurrection He has given us the opportunity to abide in God and God abide in us forever, for example Jesus was on earth before after He ascended , He has been seated at the throne bodily, the church in thesalonia was a young church facing persecution acts17 many were killed so they needed to ask the fate of the dead and Paul wrote to them that the dead in Christ will rise and meet Jesus and we alive too will meet Him, are we in heaven now? Yes but it's not yet full because we are still on earth but departure from this earth brings you into full dwelling where God is forever but all made possible because Jesus went to prepare the place , we are the place He prepared that can now stay forever in a divine atmosphere

MaxInDHouse:
Regarding what Jesus said in the Bible book of John 14:1-3 Paul told born again Christians in Thessalonica:


For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. ‭1Thessalonians 4:16-17 NIV‬

Please what is Paul saying here?

iamteegee:
Beautiful question! Is the Lord Jesus coming? Yes! But from the earlier write up, by Jesus sacrifice, death, resurrection He has given us the opportunity to abide in God and God abide in us forever, for example Jesus was on earth before after He ascended , He has been seated at the throne bodily, the church in thesalonia was a young church facing persecution acts17 many were killed so they needed to ask the fate of the dead and Paul wrote to them that the dead in Christ will rise and meet Jesus and we alive too will meet Him, are we in heaven now? Yes but it's not yet full because we are still on earth but departure from this earth brings you into full dwelling where God is forever but all made possible because Jesus went to prepare the place , we are the place He prepared that can now stay forever in a divine atmosphere.

The highlighted is where i will like you to expatiate more because Jesus said in that Bible book of John:


“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that 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. You know the way to the place where I am going.” ‭John 14:1-4 NIV‬


Paul said:


For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 1Thessalonians 4:16-17 NIV‬

Please can you correlate the highlighted in blue so we can fully understand what you are saying?

Thanks in advance!

Okay what is the essence of salvation is a new Life which is the eternal life of God, eph2:6 says we are in the heaven seated in Christ, we experience that spiritual truth, however we will experience that full reality by the coming of Jesus, spiritually now we are consecrated set apart but He said He would come to take us to where He is is both spiritual reality and soon our new body physical reality so we can connect it to 1thess that shows us about His coming, the dead in Christ will be caught up and we alive would be but if you read further the bible made us to know that we will have a new body, incorruptible body with our already regenerated Spirit where God dwells in, by then it will no longer be a spiritual reality but our full reality . 1thess is connected to john14 but that mansions expression of a physical real estate is what' have been misunderstood,

MaxInDHouse:
The highlighted is where i will like you to expatiate more because Jesus said in that Bible book of John:


“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that 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. You know the way to the place where I am going.” ‭John 14:1-4 NIV‬


Paul said:


For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 1Thessalonians 4:16-17 NIV‬

Please can you correlate the highlighted in blue so we can fully understand what you are saying?

Thanks in advance!

iamteegee:
Okay what is the essence of salvation is a new Life which is the eternal life of God, eph2:6 says we are in the heaven seated in Christ, we experience that spiritual truth, however we will experience that full reality by the coming of Jesus, spiritually now we are consecrated set apart but He said He would come to take us to where He is is both spiritual reality and soon our new body physical reality so we can connect it to 1thess that shows us about His coming, the dead in Christ will be caught up and we alive would be but if you read further the bible made us to know that we will have a new body, incorruptible body with our already regenerated Spirit where God dwells in, by then it will no longer be a spiritual reality but our full reality . 1thess is connected to john14 but that mansions expression of a physical real estate is what' have been misunderstood,

Please don't be confused about this things heaven is a real place where Jesus is taking his corulers not all worshipers of God that's why he said during his sermon on the mountain:

To his prospective corulers whose number is limited: Revelations 14:1


“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." ‭Matthew 5:3 NIV‬

To his countless subjects: Revelations 7:9


"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." ‭Matthew 5:5 NIV‬



God never designed heaven (spiritual realm) for creatures having fresh and blood {1Corinthans 15:50} so the place was made only for God and his spirit sons (angels) it's planet earth that God made for fleshy creatures {Psalms 115:16} that's why He puts man in charge of this planet! Genesis 1:26-28

So those going to heaven with Jesus must be transformed into spirit beings {Luke 20:34-36 compare to 1Thessalonians 4:16-17} Jesus begged his father for this privilege that's why he said it has not been so in the beginning but since his father has granted his request he has to return home in order to PREPARE dwelling places for his prospective corulers in heaven! John 14:1-3

May you have peace!

We are saying the same thing brother, Christ has prepared us and brought us humans into the household of God, spiritually now it has been sealed however Jesus is coming to finally take us all believers into the kingdom of God, the kingdom of God spiritually dwells in us but we are are gonna be caught up and we believers will be in the heaven with a new body where mortality will be swallowed by immortality. He has prepared us spiritually which is the first step of been born again and then a new house which is the new body as we get to that new reality. But this is not a real estate mansion but a new body as we have new Spirit, the limited number you mentioned in rev14:1 is not the total number of the people , it is a symbol of the first fruits presented to God because if you read revelation he talked about a number of people that he could not count

MaxInDHouse:
Please don't be confused about this things heaven is a real place where Jesus is taking his corulers not all worshipers of God that's why he said during his sermon on the mountain:

To his prospective corulers whose number is limited: Revelations 14:1


“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." ‭Matthew 5:3 NIV‬

To his countless subjects: Revelations 7:9


"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." ‭Matthew 5:5 NIV‬



God never designed heaven (spiritual realm) for creatures having fresh and blood {1Corinthans 15:50} so the place was made only for God and his spirit sons (angels) it's planet earth that God made for fleshy creatures {Psalms 115:16} that's why He puts man in charge of this planet! Genesis 1:26-28

So those going to heaven with Jesus must be transformed into spirit beings {Luke 20:34-36 compare to 1Thessalonians 4:16-17} Jesus begged his father for this privilege that's why he said it has not been so in the beginning but since his father has granted his request he has to return home in order to PREPARE dwelling places for his prospective corulers in heaven! John 14:1-3

May you have peace!

iamteegee:
We are saying the same thing brother, Christ has prepared us and brought us humans into the household of God, spiritually now it has been sealed however Jesus is coming to finally take us all believers into the kingdom of God, the kingdom of God spiritually dwells in us but we are are gonna be caught up and we believers will be in the heaven with a new body where mortality will be swallowed by immortality. He has prepared us spiritually which is the first step of been born again and then a new house which is the new body as we get to that new reality. But this is not a real estate mansion but a new body as we have new Spirit

The highlighted is a misconception Jesus never said the kingdom of God dwells in people because it's a real government that's coming to destroy all human governments {Daniel 2:44} so what Jesus meant in that verse is that the kingdom of God is in the midst of those who were listening to him that day because he is the way to get there! John 14:6

Let's look at luke17:21 Jesus was talking to the pharisees that were expecting a physical kingdom of God that will destroy and set them free from their colonial masters but Jesus said that the kingdom of God is already within, signifying that He in their midst is the rule of the kingdom of God, however Jesus lives in in every believer which is the kingdom of God within us, Jesus is the way however to making all this a reality and by believing in Him we have passed from the realm of death to Life. Jesus is coming and we are ready because we are already in Him

MaxInDHouse:
The highlighted is a misconception Jesus never said the kingdom of God dwells in people because it's a real government that's coming to destroy all human governments {Daniel 2:44} so what Jesus meant in that verse is that the kingdom of God is in the midst of those who were listening to him that day because he is the way to get there! John 14:6

iamteegee:
Let's look at luke17:21 Jesus was talking to the pharisees that were expecting a physical kingdom of God that will destroy and set them free from their colonial masters but Jesus said that the kingdom of God is already within, signifying that He in their midst is the rule of the kingdom of God, however Jesus lives in in every believer which is the kingdom of God within us, Jesus is the way however to making all this a reality and by believing in Him we have passed from the realm of death to Life. Jesus is coming and we are ready because we are already in Him.

It's not only the Pharisees that's expecting God's Kingdom to be restored back to Israel that's the expectation of all faithful servants of God:

David said:


The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!” ‭Psalms 110:1-2 NIV‬

Isaiah said:


For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. Lord ‭Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV‬


Daniel said:


“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever." ‭Daniel 2:44 NIV‬


So Jesus' faithful disciples asked him:


Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” ‭Acts 1:6 NIV‬


It's the theme of the Bible as proclaimed by John the baptist {Matthew 3:2} and Jesus of Nazareth {Matthew 4:17} and what he commanded us to preach about! Matthew 10:7

So it's not some imaginary thing in minds of people rather God's Kingdom is a real government that's coming to solve all the problems facing mankind that's why Jesus said we should continue praying for God's Kingdom to come! Matthew 6:10

All what you posted still points to what men perceived to be the kingdom of God and what Jesus was saying to the pharisees, Jesus is the truth and the image and true nature of the invincible God, we humans have our own mindset about God's kingdom that Jesus came to establish, like I said however our lord is coming and we will all be caught up to Him and there it won't just be a spiritual experience but a full body (new body, new house not built by humans hands or how we hm think houses should be but a new body and we will see Him in that reality

MaxInDHouse:
It's not only the Pharisees that's expecting God's Kingdom to be restored back to Israel that's the expectation of all faithful servants of God:

David said:


The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!” ‭Psalms 110:1-2 NIV‬

Isaiah said:


For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. Lord ‭Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV‬


Daniel said:


“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever." ‭Daniel 2:44 NIV‬


So Jesus' faithful disciples asked him:


Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” ‭Acts 1:6 NIV‬


It's the theme of the Bible as proclaimed by John the baptist {Matthew 3:2} and Jesus of Nazareth {Matthew 4:17} and what he commanded us to preach about! Matthew 10:7

So it's not some imaginary thing in minds of people rather God's Kingdom is a real government that's coming to solve all the problems facing mankind that's why Jesus said we should continue praying for God's Kingdom to come! Matthew 6:10

Set a reminder for my upcoming Space by 7pm as we talk about Harpazo (Rapture) , come as the Holy Spirit teaches us His word with clarity .



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MaxInDHouse:
It's not only the Pharisees that's expecting God's Kingdom to be restored back to Israel that's the expectation of all faithful servants of God:

David said:


The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!” ‭Psalms 110:1-2 NIV‬

Isaiah said:


For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this. Lord ‭Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV‬


Daniel said:


“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever." ‭Daniel 2:44 NIV‬


So Jesus' faithful disciples asked him:


Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” ‭Acts 1:6 NIV‬


It's the theme of the Bible as proclaimed by John the baptist {Matthew 3:2} and Jesus of Nazareth {Matthew 4:17} and what he commanded us to preach about! Matthew 10:7

So it's not some imaginary thing in minds of people rather God's Kingdom is a real government that's coming to solve all the problems facing mankind that's why Jesus said we should continue praying for God's Kingdom to come! Matthew 6:10

iamteegee:
All what you posted still points to what men perceived to be the kingdom of God and what Jesus was saying to the pharisees, Jesus is the truth and the image and true nature of the invincible God, we humans have our own mindset about God's kingdom that Jesus came to establish, like I said however our lord is coming and we will all be caught up to Him and there it won't just be a spiritual experience but a full body (new body, new house not built by humans hands or how we hm think houses should be but a new body and we will see Him in that reality.

Well it's not all believers that's going to heaven with Christ Jesus only those who are spirit anointed like him will because they are to rule with him so it's wherever he goes or stays they will be with him! Revelations 14:4

As for millions of faithful servants of God and other Christians earth is where we will live forever! Psalms 37:29

We will reign on earth, I have teaching on x so I won't talk much on rev14:4

MaxInDHouse:
Well it's not all believers that's going to heaven with Christ Jesus only those who are spirit anointed like him will because they are to rule with him so it's wherever he goes or stays they will be with him! Revelations 14:4

As for millions of faithful servants of God and other Christians earth is where we will live forever! Psalms 37:29

iamteegee:
We will reign on earth, I have teaching on x so I won't talk much on rev14:4

Jesus and his corulers will rule the earth from heaven because that's where they will be with Jesus since they will become like angels! Luke 20:34-36

Everything you said about the mansion that it is a spiritual place where God lives in us, is absolutely correct.
But...

iamteegee:
are we in heaven now? Yes but it's not yet full

do you have any scripture to show that we are not fully in heaven according to all the scriptures in your op?

Yes , kindly check my next letter

paxonel:
Everything you said about the mansion that it is a spiritual place where God lives in us, is absolutely correct.
But...
do you have any scripture to show that we are not fully in heaven according to all the scriptures in your op?

iamteegee:
Yes , kindly check my next letter

please specify the next letter and the scripture

It is titled Harpazo, I've posted it since yesterday night, check it out, I gave a detailed explanation

paxonel:
please specify the next letter and the scripture