In my Father's house are many mansions

[traveller]

I want lots and lots of water. I want to swim and swim and swim. And I want to lay in my front yard and watch a new galaxy being formed. I want to stroll through beautiful gardens as I listen to David playing his harp and singing his psalms. I want to feel the warmth of the heat from the Light of the World. I want to see Jesus' reflection in the the crystal sea. I want my mansion to be warm with joy and love. I want to experience me with no sin nature. And you. I want to be able to see all that God created/creates simply by looking at it. I want to sit in the garden while Jesus tells us stories of wonder. I want to see my son. I want to fly and float and soar with the heavenly host. I want my mansion to have no doors. And no walls. I want to stand in the presense of my Lord and know that I am home. I want to see colors that are non existant in this realm. I want to eat food prepared by angels. I want to see everyone there.

I'm hanging out at Trav's place! :a:

:bg: :bg: cool!

[Matthitjah]

Grace to you all,

Isa

[AllforJesustheLord]

Before I get into that, I would say, I want to make sure I am going to make it into heaven, through having faith in Meshiach with a pure heart, that means following Him where ever He goes, and saying what He says, for me to say. Plus I would think I do not even know what I want which is perfect as far as a place to stay, I would love any place He wants to give me, He knows what is best.

[other one]

I want lots and lots of water. I want to swim and swim and swim. And I want to lay in my front yard and watch a new galaxy being formed. I want to stroll through beautiful gardens as I listen to David playing his harp and singing his psalms. I want to feel the warmth of the heat from the Light of the World. I want to see Jesus' reflection in the the crystal sea. I want my mansion to be warm with joy and love. I want to experience me with no sin nature. And you. I want to be able to see all that God created/creates simply by looking at it. I want to sit in the garden while Jesus tells us stories of wonder. I want to see my son. I want to fly and float and soar with the heavenly host. I want my mansion to have no doors. And no walls. I want to stand in the presense of my Lord and know that I am home. I want to see colors that are non existant in this realm. I want to eat food prepared by angels. I want to see everyone there.

I'm hanging out at Trav's place! :a:

sounds like North East Oklahoma. All we need is Jesus being here.....

[Guest idied2]

In John 14:2 "mansions" is more properly rendered as "abodes" as it is in verse 23. The many abodes here are just the many members of the Body of Christ (Rom. 12:5), which is God's temple (1 Cor. 3:16-17). This verse should be taken in context with the rest of the passage in which the Lord describes the believer's being indwelt by the Triune God, and the Triune God becoming a dwelling place for the believers.

AMEN

In CHRIST JESUS :hug: :hug:

[Guest idied2]

Thanks God-man

I really get excited when I learn new truths.

:t: PRAISE THE LORD :t:

In CHRIST JESUS :hug: :hug:

[Born Again]

I will have cats, dogs (especially pugs!), sloths, lions, tigers, dolphins, goats, lambs- ok- just a ton of animals. Well, maybe not all in my room, but accessible! I'll also know how to surf and I'll have a chopper. I think our little pea brains ( ) just can't even fathom the glory of it all! It will be perfect

[2bba]

Mansion

monh mone mon-ay'

from 3306; a staying, i.e. residence (the act or the place):--abode, mansion.

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.

3 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.

YEE HA!

Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

[Ovedya]

This word is only used twice in the New Testament, both times in John 14. The first is verse 2, which has already been pointed out, and the second is in verse 23. John 14:23 says, "Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come and make an abode with him."

It stands to reason that if the same word is used in verse 2 as in verse 23 then, in context, it should be translated the same way. However, if we use the English word "mansion" in verse 23 instead of "abode" then the meaning of the verse is changed. Therefore, verse 2 must be translated as "abodes" instead of "mansions."

In verse 23 the Lord Jesus is telling the believers that He and the Father will make an abode with whoever keeps His word. In light of the revelation of the Scriptures, this simply means that the believers become a dwelling place, and abode, of the Triune God, in spirit.

Romans 8:9 states clearly that the believers are the dwelling place of the Triune God: "...if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you..."

There are several other verses that we can quote that prove that the Triune God comes to dwell in the believers the moment that they believe into Christ. But I think that many of us are already well familiar with them. Surely every believer knows that God comes to dwell in them the moment that they believe into Christ.

Another word that is used in John 1:14 is skenoo. This word is translated in the English as "dwelt" (The Word became flesh and dwelt among us). However, if we examine this word closely, we find that it is actually referring to a kind of dwelling place, a tent. Actually, this word is more properly rendered as "tabernacled." When the Triune God stepped out of eternity to dwell on the earth as the man Jesus, He was the tabernacle of God on the earth.

However, God was not just content to dwell among His people. God's desire from eternity past was to dwell within His people, to be their life and their everything. Therefore, Jesus went through a process (death and resurrection) to release the divine life, that God's people could themselves be the temple of God. The children of Israel carried the tabernacle in the wilderness, but eventually they built a temple for God's dwelling place. In God

[2bba]

Luke 11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?